My very special guest is my good friend Kathryn Raaker, star of radio and television on shows such as Born B4 64, Let's Just Talk, and The Chef You and I. Through her extensive experience in broadcasting, Kathryn has always strived to improve the lives of her viewers and listeners. In her own words, “We educate

There are so many patient-based decisions that have to be made by not only the cancer patient and their family, but the oncology medical treatment team. These decisions should not be based on age, but the age of the patient may impact their quality and even the length of their life. For example, I know

My guest is Ellen Belk, President of Keep In Mind™ and creator of Memory Magz™. Since 2001, Ellen has specialized in developing programming for the memory impaired. In a recent article, Ellen wrote about something that I focused on in a chapter of one of my own books--using football team strategy to overcome the effects of

Is a patient's weight a factor in cancer screening? Amazingly, statistics seem to say so, along with race and gender. In cervical cancer screening, increased weight has consistently been associated with lower rates of Pap screening. In contrast, prostate cancer screening levels were consistently shown to increase with weight. In three of four studies obese

The lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community make up about 10 percent of the population who may experience barriers to care and healthcare professional discrimination, personal attitudes, and perceptions. Cancer issues in the LGBT community include: more likely to smoke than general population, not having a Pap smear, less likely to have a mammography, more