Cancer blog round up: December 17
This week in our blog round up we feature breast and colon cancer bloggers, and two Navigating Care community members who have shared their cancer stories. As the year winds down, we’re thankful for all the stories and experiences that we’ve been fortunate to come across from the cancer community. Each post is a snapshot […]
Share Your Cancer Stories
Share an Experience for a Chance to Win a Kindle The holidays are a time to reflect on the past year, be thankful for your blessings, and a chance to give back to those in need and/or who played an important role in your life. Since our launch in January, we’ve experienced tremendous growth and are […]
Cancer blog round up: December 10
December – No Cancer Awareness Month? The fall is a busy time for cancer awareness months, with September, October and November raising awareness for ten(!) different cancer types. Things slow down dramatically in the winter, with no awareness campaigns until March. The most popular fundraising events seem to be walks and runs, and I suppose […]
Social Media tools improve healthy behaviors
A new study from the University of Michigan showed that adding social media features to an internet based walking program significantly decreased the number of participants that dropped out. Seventy-nine percent of participants who used online forums to motivate each other stuck with the 16-week program. Only 66 percent of those who used a version […]
Dr. David Brailer discusses online medical records
Did you know that the United States has a health information czar? America’s first HIC was Dr. David Brailer, and below is a short interview he conducted with the Wall Street Journal where he talks about the importance of online medical records.We couldn’t agree more, and are encouraged to have another influential voice in the medical community […]
Cancer blog round up: December 3
It’s Friday, and that means another round up of blog posts from the online cancer community. This week we feature posts from bloggers with lymphoma, thyroid and ovarian cancer. If you have a blog that you’d like us to consider for future round ups, please live a link in comments. Cancer bloggers Stepping into a new territory […]
Movember to remember
Mo’vember to Remember As Movember comes to a close we wanted to share the results of the great Navigating Care moustache experiment. With great care the men of NC strategically trimmed, shaved and cropped their mo’s into stylish(?) designs to raise awareness for prostate cancer. What started with five quickly turned into four (better luck […]
Cancer blog round up: week of Nov. 24
Before we close shop for the holiday, we wanted to publish another round up from the cancer blogosphere. This week we feature bloggers battling lymphoma, leukemia and prostate cancer, and of course a post about being thankful. We hope you’re surrounded by friends and family this Thanksgiving. Take Care. Cancer blog round up: week of […]
Cancer bloggers weigh in on caregiver survey
As you may have heard, this week we released the results of our caregiver survey. We asked members of the cancer blog community to share their thoughts on the findings as well – below are some of their posts. If you’d like to weigh in on the effects of cancer on the caregiver or write […]
Cancer caregiver survey results
4.6 Million Cancer Caregivers As you may know, last month we conducted a survey of cancer caregivers to learn more about their needs and experiences. With over 11 million people in the United States battling cancer every year, it’s estimated that 4.6 million people will become a cancer caregiver, with the majority of them coming […]