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Social Media tools improve healthy behaviors
Navigating Cancer Team
December 9, 2010
A new study from the University of Michigan showed that adding social media features to an internet based walking program significantly decreased the number of participants that dropped out. Seventy-nine percent of participants who used online forums to motivate each other stuck
Dr. David Brailer discusses online medical records
Navigating Cancer Team
December 6, 2010
Did you know that the United States has a health information czar? America’s first HIC was Dr. David Brailer, and below is a short interview he conducted with the Wall Street Journal where he talks about the importance of online medical records.We couldn’t agree
Cancer blog round up: December 3
Navigating Cancer Team
December 4, 2010
It’s Friday, and that means another round up of blog posts from the online cancer community. This week we feature posts from bloggers with lymphoma, thyroid and ovarian cancer. If you have a blog that you’d like us to consider for future
Movember to remember
Navigating Cancer Team
December 1, 2010
Mo’vember to Remember As Movember comes to a close we wanted to share the results of the great Navigating Cancer moustache experiment. With great care the men of NC strategically trimmed, shaved and cropped their mo’s into stylish(?) designs to raise awareness
Cancer blog round up: week of Nov. 24
Navigating Cancer Team
November 24, 2010
Before we close shop for the holiday, we wanted to publish another round up from the cancer blogosphere. This week we feature bloggers battling lymphoma, leukemia and prostate cancer, and of course a post about being thankful. We hope you’re surrounded by
Cancer bloggers weigh in on caregiver survey
Navigating Cancer Team
November 19, 2010
As you may have heard, this week we released the results of our caregiver survey. We asked members of the cancer blog community to share their thoughts on the findings as well – below are some of their posts. If you’d like
Cancer caregiver survey results
Navigating Cancer Team
November 17, 2010
4.6 Million Cancer Caregivers As you may know, last month we conducted a survey of cancer caregivers to learn more about their needs and experiences. With over 11 million people in the United States battling cancer every year, it’s estimated that 4.6
Cancer blog round up: November 12
Navigating Cancer Team
November 15, 2010
We continue to feature some bloggers from the lung cancer community as part of Lung Cancer Awareness month, and branch out to high light posts from some other cancer types as well. We’re still looking for bloggers from the pancreatic cancer community,
Cancer blog roundup week of Nov. 5
Navigating Cancer Team
November 5, 2010
November Awareness: Lung & Pancreatic Cancer, Family Caregivers With a new month comes a new group of cancer types that are running awareness campaigns and fundraisers. It can be tough generating attention after all the focus breast cancer receives in October (and
Lung Cancer Awareness Events
Navigating Cancer Team
November 5, 2010
As we mentioned last week, November is lung cancer awareness month (as well as pancreatic cancer), and while you couldn’t swing a meat dress in October without hitting a breast cancer campaign, it can be challenging for other cancer types to get
Cancer blog round up: week of October 29
Navigating Cancer Team
October 29, 2010
We finish up October and Breast Cancer Awareness month with a final look at some more breast cancer bloggers talking about pink garbage cans, Halloween and the need for more research rather than awareness. If you’d like to be considered for a
Branded Patient Portal for Cancer Clinics
Navigating Cancer Team
October 29, 2010
Branded Patient Portal Saves Time and Money Orlando’s Hematology & Oncology Consultants P.A. first partner to integrate, shifting intake process online We’re excited to introduce a white label version of our online care management tools for oncology clinics, and are thrilled to
Tips for breast cancer patients and survivors
Navigating Cancer Team
October 22, 2010
Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Cancer Care Alliance have been posting top 10 tips throughout the month of October for Breast Cancer awareness month. Each week a new list has focused on tips for prevention, screening, patients and survivors. Below
Cancer blogger roundup: more breast cancer stories
Navigating Cancer Team
October 22, 2010
Breast cancer bloggers share the struggles and side effects of their cancer journey This week’s posts keep with our breast cancer theme for the month of October, but also all share the different ways the bloggers have come to terms with the
Breast cancer blog round up: October 15
Navigating Cancer Team
October 15, 2010
Breast Cancer Survivors Share Their Experiences As Breast Cancer Awareness month continues, we feature a variety of posts from bloggers sharing their thoughts and perspectives on the issues surrounding this type of cancer. Check them out and please take a moment to
Has breast cancer awareness marketing gone too far?
Navigating Cancer Team
October 15, 2010
Pinkwashing and edgy marketing campaigns raise concerns October is breast cancer awareness month, and already we’re hearing about some cause marketing campaigns that are raising questions based on the product partnerships, a practice that is being labeled as “pinkwashing”. Earlier this year
Weekly cancer blog round up: October 8
Navigating Cancer Team
October 8, 2010
As October rolls on, we continue to focus on bloggers sharing their thoughts about Breast Cancer Awareness month. We also feature a post from an ovarian cancer blogger. Please share your thoughts and any other blogs you’d like us to include in
Male caregivers of breast cancer patients have higher risk for hospitalization
Navigating Cancer Team
October 8, 2010
A large study in Denmark found that men whose wives or girlfriends had breast cancer were 40% more likely than other men to be hospitalized for mood disorders such as severe depression and anxiety. However, the overall number of men hospitalized was
Cancer blog round up: Breast Cancer Focus
Navigating Cancer Team
October 1, 2010
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month Today is the start of breast cancer awareness month, are you ready for an explosion of pink?! We’ll be sharing posts from breast cancer bloggers throughout October, as well as some of the interesting posts from
Cancer caregiver survey
Navigating Cancer Team
September 30, 2010
Survey for cancer caregivers – support the supporters Last week we wrote about a new page on our site that outlines the tools and resources that are available to cancer caregivers, and how those tools can help alleviate some of the anxiety
Cancer blog round up: week of 9-24-10
Navigating Cancer Team
September 24, 2010
We continue to share posts from bloggers whose cancers are in the September “Awareness” month, with a focus this week on ovarian cancer. As always, please feel free to share your own blog’s link with us in comments. The hilariously named If
NCCN releases new cancer patient treatment guidelines
Navigating Cancer Team
September 23, 2010
Patient Guidelines Published for Breast and Lung Cancer The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) today released updated guidelines for breast and lung cancer patients. The guidelines were created to help cancer patients and their caregivers navigate the maze of treatment options that
Tools and resources to support cancer caregivers
Navigating Cancer Team
September 21, 2010
750,000 Cancer Caregivers More than 1.4 million cases of cancer are diagnosed each year, and studies suggest that at least 50 percent of those diagnosed with cancer will have someone in their immediate family act as their caregiver. Being a caregiver is
Cancer blog weekly round up: September 17
Navigating Cancer Team
September 17, 2010
September is a big month for cancer awareness, as it’s awareness month for seven(!) cancer types including ovarian, leukemia/lymphoma and prostate cancer. In this week’s roundup, we have a couple of posts from bloggers battling those types of cancer, as well as
Cancer blog round-up for the week of Sep. 10
Navigating Cancer Team
September 10, 2010
Before you check out the Stand Up 2 Cancer telethon tonight, here are some of our favorite posts from the week in cancer blogging to get you through Friday. Enjoy. In Bringing Sexy Out of the Thyloset: A Dear Thyroid Blog Tour, Charlcie
Stand Up 2 Cancer telethon
Navigating Cancer Team
September 9, 2010
Tomorrow night @ 8pm Stand Up 2 Cancer is hosting a telethon that will take over all the major networks, as well as many cable channels. Hosted by the three network news anchors, Katie Couric, Diane Sawyer and Brian Williams, the telethon
Patient advocacy trend continues to grow
Navigating Cancer Team
September 2, 2010
It’s encouraging to see the growing trend in patient advocacy and personal involvement as reported recently in USA Today and the Wall Street Journal, the later focusing on patient’s that are actively tracking their health. There are several studies being run at
Cancer Blog roundup: how to speak up during bad doctor visit and more
Navigating Cancer Team
August 27, 2010
Cancer Blog roundup for week ending August 27 We’ve been making a point to keep tabs on the cancer blogosphere so we can share with you some of the most interesting and engaging posts from cancer patients, survivors and caregivers. Post comments
Home page improvements for Supporters
Navigating Cancer Team
August 26, 2010
We made some improvements today to the home page design. Below is a screen shot and overview of those changes as they relate to supporters. The green box on the right tells you that you are a supporter and provides a link
New Connections Page to view and manage Your Community
Navigating Cancer Team
August 26, 2010
A new page we added today is Connections, which is located in the Your Community green navigation box on the left side of the page. This is where you can view and manage all your connections on Navigating Cancer. Below is a
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