Tompa: Firefighting and Cancer Risk

Tompa: Firefighting and Cancer Risk

Rachel Tompa covers new research for the University of Miami’s Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center on the inordinate cancer risk suffered by people with particular environmental exposures due to their professions (such as firefighters and farmers) or bad luck...
Mapes: Good Sleep During Cancer

Mapes: Good Sleep During Cancer

Writing for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Diane Mapes (@double_whammied) explains why cancer disrupts sleep and what cancer patients can do to regain good sleep if they find themselves tossing and turning all night. She talks to an expert about the health benefits of...
Russell: Cancer Neuropathy

Russell: Cancer Neuropathy

Writing for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Sabin Russell (@sabinwiki) takes a deep look at peripheral neuropathy, nerve damage in hands and feet that can result in numbness, tingling and stabbing pain. Often a result of treatment with particular cancer chemotherapies,...
Breda: Carcinogens in Beauty Products

Breda: Carcinogens in Beauty Products

New member Isabella Breda (@BredaIsabella) wrote a story for the Seattle Times on a new bill being considered in the Washington state legislature that would ban cancer-causing ingredients in makeup and hair products. She discusses some of the research that is...
Richards: When Cancer Doesn’t Happen

Richards: When Cancer Doesn’t Happen

For Fred Hutch News Service, Sabrina Richards wrote a two-part series about how we are all peppered with cells bearing cancer-causing mutations … and yet, most of us are cancer-free. She looks at how cancer biologists came to better understand the complex processes,...