Tag: cancer survivors

Acupuncture for the Cancer Survivor

In the last two decades, many cancer survivors have resorted to Complementary and Alternative Medicine, which includes natural products, mind-body medicine, manipulative and body-based practices. According to the National Center of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, acupuncture is considered a form of mind-body medicine. A Centers for Disease Control (CDC) report indicated that more than 8…

CancerForward We Can Go Forward Luncheon 2014

CancerForward’s We Can Go Forward Luncheon 2014 will present as keynote speaker New York Times number one listed author and ABC News anchor, Dan Harris. Harris will share how meditation and mindfulness have entered the mainstream health care continuum for cancer survivors and their caregivers. His recently-released book, 10% Happier, tells of Dan’s 2004 live-on-national-TV…

CancerForward’s The New Summer Standard 2014

Donna & Robert Bruni and Ellie & Michael Francisco Honorary Chairs Gina & Devinder Bhatia, MD and Millette & Haag Sherman Chairs CancerForward’s The New Summer Standard 2014 — celebrating National Cancer Survivors Day 2014 — is a black tie end-of-the-season dinner dance that will evoke an early summer party in the Hamptons…with a new…

Matt Ferster, Founder/President, Single Jingles A Testicular Cancer Foundation

On January, 23 2009, at age 21, Matt Ferstler was diagnosed with testicular cancer. As part of Matt’s treatment, his left testicle was removed, leaving him with just one and thus, as he puts it, a “Single Jingle.” The thought of losing a testicle can be unbearable for some men, but it beats the alternative….

Cancer, Comedy & Friendship

Who is Will Reiser? He’s the screenwriter and executive producer of the hit comedy “50/50” a film inspired by his own journey of coming to grips with a spinal cancer diagnosis at a young age. Kate Allen Stukenberg chats with Reiser about his emotional inability to deal with the cancer, the often futile but humorous…

Psychological Challenges of Surviving Cancer

About 11 million Americans alive today — one in 30 people — are either currently undergoing treatment for cancer or have done so in the past. The National Cancer Institute considers all to be cancer survivors. Many would attest that cancer is not only life-threatening, but also life-altering.Cancer and its treatment sometimes leave scars and…