by Amber Bauer, ASCO staff Earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, fires, flooding, riots. The news has been filled recently with stories of catastrophic events. And while you can’t always know in advance when an emergency situation is going to occur, you can be prepared. This includes thinking through...
This past Labor Day, President Obama signed an executive order requiring federal contractors to offer workers up to seven days of paid sick time per year. For some, paid sick leave is something that is taken for granted. Most employers are not required to offer their employees paid...
Our resident chef extraordinaire, Pam Braun, is back with a Spring Recipe Series. Check back for the next couple of weeks for even more wonderful recipes! Most of us think of beets as red vegetables, but they also come in white and yellow (golden). I’ve included...
On Monday, 4/11, California expanded its Paid Family Leave program, when Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 908 into law. Paid Family Leave (PFL) is a lifeline for families who need to take up to 6 weeks of time off work to bond with a new...
If someone asked you “if you could get your chemotherapy treatment anywhere you can imagine, where would it be?” What would you say? Underwater? In outer space? These questions were the inspiration for the Infusionarium at the Hyundai Cancer Institute at Children’s Hospital (CHOC) in...
Recently, the Supreme Court of the United States refused to take up a widely-publicized case, Szafranski v. Dunston, involving disputed embryos. Karla Dunston, a doctor, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2009. Because her treatment presented the risk of infertility, Ms. Dunston took steps to preserve...
National Healthcare Decisions Day, or NHDD, is a national call to action, to build awareness and spark conversation on the importance of advance care planning. The theme for 2016 is “It Always Seems Too Early, Until It’s Too Late.” The main goals of NHDD are to...
by Carol Michales Exercise may be the furthest thing from your mind after a cancer diagnosis. Even if you have never been active, exercise can become one of your favorite activities. With more medical professionals recommending exercise to their patients, it is imperative for cancer survivors...
Triage Cancer and the California Dialogue on Cancer (CDOC), have partnered together in the development of new tools to help increase the use of cancer survivorship care plans. These new tools include: Cancer Survivorship Care Plans: A Toolkit for Health Care Professionals Fact Sheets for...
If you can afford health insurance and have chosen not to buy it, you will pay a fee when you file your federal tax return for the year you chose not to have coverage. Called an individual shared responsibility payment, the fee is sometimes called...