At 17, Akriti Gupta saw the lives of cancer patients and survivors up close. In 2015, her father was diagnosed with a rare type of blood cancer in 2015. During routine hospital visits, Akriti and her mother Kavita Gupta came across many breast cancer patients and learnt about their difficulties in finding a quality affordable …
In its heyday, during the mid-2000s through about 2015, the annual Relay for Life fundraising event in Kandiyohi County took in upward of $100,000 year after year. Funds raised provide needed support to cancer patients with extra expenses such as lodging and transportation. The funds also support research and education through the American Cancer Society. …
Genetic testing for all women over 30 would prevent millions of deaths from breast and ovarian cancer globally and be cost effective in medium and higher income countries. That is the conclusion of international research published in the journal Cancers, looking at the economic case for population-level screening for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations. Breast …
Parking costs can add hundreds—or thousands—of dollars in out-of-pocket expenses to the cost of cancer treatment. A new study did the math. Hospital Parking Adds To Cost of Cancer Treatment A new study examined parking fees at 63 cancer centers Parking fees can add $655 to $1,680 to treatment costs Some centers offer free parking …
Before nurses at the Norma Pfriem Breast Center in Trumbull began collecting donations of food and asking people to donate meals through local restaurants, as the coronavirus pandemic got underway, some cancer patients went weeks without a hot meal, staff said. The number of cancer patients who need help with food, utilities and transportation to …
Just4Cancer, partners with Pills2Me, to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Program aims to protect vulnerable populations most likely to develop severe symptoms from COVID-19. Las Vegas, United States – August 18, 2020 /PressCable/ — Program aims to protect the vulnerable. Las Vegas, Nevada – August 17, 2020 – Just4Cancer, a peer-to-peer fundraising network committed to …
If cancer has not and will not stop for the pandemic, can oncologists stop, asks Dr Rakesh Reddy Boya, Senior Medical Oncologist, Mahatma Gandhi Cancer Hospital & Research Institute, Vizag. He reviews the changes oncologists made to hospital practices to deal with the pandemic, some in line with guidelines and some with logic and reason. He also …
Buying health insurance through the government marketplace will cost less in the fall for Pennsylvanians as the state creates its own online platform for selling policies, ending the federal government’s role. Saying goodbye to healthcare.gov means that premium rates are expected to be about 5% lower for health insurance coverage that goes into effect Jan. 1 when …
Worse mental and physical health, money worries, and problems accessing health care because of COVID-19 are among some of the pandemic-related hardships reported by people who care for disabled family members, according to new research from the University of Pittsburgh. The survey of more than 3,500 family caregivers and non-caregivers was released late last week …
Lee Tomlinson knew his Stage III throat cancer could cost him his life. What he didn’t know is that it would cost him his home, his savings and his career. When Tomlinson received his diagnosis in 2013, he was an award-winning TV producer. Two years later, his cancer was in remission—but his finances were on …