By now probably almost everyone has heard or read about the Supreme Court’s decision on June 13th to strike down Myriad Genetics’ patents on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. In case you haven’t, you can catch up here or here. All nine Supreme Court Judges concurred on this one; the decision was unanimous. Did we …
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When Angelina Joilie’s story broke last week, I knew I had to get going on this post. Her story was the perfect lead in. Some call Angelina a hero; I’m not sure I’d say that, but I certainly do applaud her decision to go public about her prophylactic bilateral mastectomy. Enough about her, though. I’d …
There is much wrong with the pink ribbon, more specifically, what it represents. So actually as I keep saying, it’s not really about pink or ribbons at all. It’s about the overuse/misuse of both that is bothersome to so many. This post isn’t about those pink ribbons, it’s about one tiny pink ribbon that for …
Why me? How many times have you asked this question in your life? Have you asked it a lot, just a few times or maybe never? Generally speaking, it seems we ask this question when bad things happen to us. When good things happen, we tend not to think in quite the same way. Perhaps we …
Cancer & the Domino Effect A cancer diagnosis sets off a domino effect like none other. In my case (if I don’t count my mother’s diagnosis), the first domino toppled on Easter 2010. My cancer domino effect was set in motion. Easter was when the chest pain started. Chest pain led to wait and see. …