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 Survivors &...
by Michele Rosenthal One of my former students and advisees has said, “Being a college student is difficult enough. Adding cancer to the mix only makes things harder.” I have been privileged to call higher education my professional home for many years. My experiences put me in...
When you file your taxes for 2015, you’ll need to include certain information about your health coverage, depending on the type of coverage you had. You had Marketplace coverage in 2015: If you enrolled in a health plan through HealthCare.gov or your state’s Health Insurance Marketplace, watch...
By Alice Crisi For years, California advocates have struggled to secure fertility preservation insurance coverage for cancer patients. A 2013 bill even made its way to the Governor’s desk only to be vetoed because of the one penny per member per month it would cost to...
The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program offers free tax help to people who generally make $54,000 or less, persons with disabilities and limited English speaking taxpayers who need assistance in preparing their own tax returns. IRS-certified volunteers provide free basic income tax return preparation...
Cancer treatment can affect people in many different ways, but one we often don’t think about is the impact on an individual’s ability to have children. People who have received cancer treatment and still want to have a family, but did not have the ability to...
For the third year in a row, Cancer and Careers will travel to the Windy City to host a free, daylong event focused on the challenges working people with cancer face in their efforts to balance treatment/recovery and employment. Cancer and Careers' Chief Mission Officer Rebecca...
CaringBridge was born online in 1997 after my friends JoAnn and Darrin had a premature baby named Brighid. That first website allowed Brighid’s family to communicate with loved ones by posting regular journal entries about their health journey. Family members and friends responded with messages...
A cancer diagnosis can bring a lot of unexpected expenses. And if you have to take time off work, how do you still pay your bills? Disability insurance can help you manage the costs of a cancer diagnosis. However, navigating the various disability insurance options can...