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Notes on Kris Carr and Crazy Sexy Cancer
I’m half-tempted to put down yesterday’s new NYT Magazine feature on crazy sexy cancer goddess Kris Carr. Her blog was one of the first I found when I started ML, and it was the most popular link on my...
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A Website About Illness In Celebrities and Other Public Figures
I’m uncertain how I came upon CelebrityDiagnosis.com, a website with an eye on “teachable moments” in medicine. A husband-wife team, Drs. Michele Berman and Mark Boguski, provide health information...
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Considering Steve Jobs, Medical Diagnoses and Privacy
Yesterday morning I wrote a short post on CelebrityDiagnosis.com. By evening, news broke that Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs resigned from his position, presumably for reasons of his health. What’s...
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Early this week I was saddened to hear of a former colleague’s death from pancreatic cancer. Dr. Ralph Steinman, a physician-researcher at the Rockefeller University, received a Nobel Prize for his...
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A Good Outcome from Celebrity Chef Paula Deen’s Message about Diabetes?
Paula Deen’s new message I never heard of Paula Deen until this week, when the plump Food Channel celebrity and cookbook author announced she has Type 2 diabetes. The Georgia-born, sweet tea-loving...
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On Sheryl Crow’s Report that She Has a Meningioma, and Singing Loud
This morning CNN fed a headline: Sheryl Crow: ‘Brain Tumor is a Bump in the Road.’ This concerned me, not only because I’m a huge fan, but because in 2006, she began treatment for breast cancer at age...
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Don’t Judge Her! An Essay on Angelina Jolie, BRCA, Cancer Risk and Informed...
Angelina Jolie at Cannes in 2011 (Wikimedia Commons, attribution: Georges Biard) Before this morning, I never wondered what it’s like to walk in Angelina Jolie’s shoes. Like many, I woke up to the news...
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For MLK Day – On Giving Blood, and Maybe Being the Match
January is National Blood Donor Month. For those who can give, it’s never too late; the need is year-round. A few years back, I wrote on the value of donating blood, as many will do today to honor the...
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Learning About Lou Gehrig, his Diagnosis, Disability and Pride
I can’t resist mentioning that today I caught part of another old baseball flick in the gym. Pride of the Yankees, on TCM, features Gary Cooper as Lou Gehrig. Sam Wood directed this 1942 MGM classic in...
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Shirley Temple Made It Easier to Talk About Having Breast Cancer
If a former film star held a press conference today about having breast cancer, she would hardly make history by doing so. Unless she were exceptionally young or famous for her gorgeous body, a...
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Gregg Allman Stars in Hepatitis C Awareness Campaign, with Merck
This weekend I learned that Gregg Allman, of the Allman Brothers, has hepatitis C. Not just that; he underwent a liver transplant last year for treatment of liver cancer. This information came my way...
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Thoughts on the Death of Amy Winehouse
I feel compelled to write at least a short note on Amy Winehouse, a young woman who was found dead in her London apartment a few days ago. I don’t like to speak ill of the dead, but the truth is I was...
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