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How Disability Insurers Monitor Patients Online
Companies that offer disability insurance may monitor patients' social media accounts to determine if they qualify for the benefits being received.
by Kate Yandell
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Your Cancer Guide
Do You Need to Talk?Follow these steps to find a therapist who can meet your needs.
by Hester Hill Schnipper
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Caregiving With Confidence
Take Financial InventoryTreatment-related expenses can increase stress on both caregivers and patients. Learning to talk about these concerns may help ease the burden.
by Aimee Swartz
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Get Involved
Creative TherapyVarious kinds of artistic expression can play a role in processing the emotional effects of cancer.
by Bradley Jones
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Sound Advice
Winter 2019/2020vol 09 | issue 04
Experts offer advice on parenting a child who has had cancer, what to look for in a primary care provider, and peripheral neuropathy. -
Q&A
Coming of AgeDrawing on her own experiences as a teenager who learned her mother had pancreatic cancer, Marisa Bardach Ramel urges adolescents in similar situations to embrace all emotions—even the ugly ones.
by Marci A. Landsmann
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Secure Connections
Patients find each other online and get support they say is unparalleled, but with openness comes concern about privacy.
by Kate Yandell
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Healthy Habits
Step to ItInexpensive fitness trackers offer an easy way to monitor physical activity.
by Carisa D. Brewster
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Healthy Habits
Low-Effort EatsEating well during cancer treatment doesn't require a lot of work.
by Ashley P. Taylor
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Forward Look
Investigating the Keto Diet’s Effects on CancerJocelyn Tan on what the studies show.
by Sue Rochman
Cancer Talk
Melanoma Risk in Childhood Cancer Survivors
People treated for childhood cancer found to have twice the risk of developing melanoma as an adult.
by Cameron Walker
Online Second OpinionsMore than half of patients who participated in a program offering online second opinions were recommended a change to their treatment plan.
by Eric Fitzsimmons
Musical Toxicity an Effect of Cancer TreatmentStudy finding cancer treatment affects ability to play or sing music highlights need for physical therapy, experts say.
by Kyle Bagenstose
Treatment Lags Behind Guidelines for Many Men With Prostate CancerGuidelines for treating advanced prostate cancer changed in 2017, but a recent study indicated many patients were not being treated accordingly.
by Laura Gesualdi Gilmore