Mapes: Reducing Bias, Improving Care

Mapes: Reducing Bias, Improving Care

Diane Mapes (@double_whammied) writes for Fred Hutch News Service about the disparities in cancer prevention, care and research for Black Americans, and the efforts of teams in the Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium to reduce these inequalities....
Heisman: A Year Like No Other

Heisman: A Year Like No Other

In Audubon, Rebecca Heisman tells how birdwatching began as her 2020 New Year’s resolution but became much more meaningful over the months. From a bald eagle sighting on January 1, Rebecca takes us through her year and relates how birding kept her connected to the...

Rickey: Beyond Genomics

Genomics + proteomics, Tom Rickey writes, equals more power for characterizing the many alterations in genes and proteins in cancerous cells. Tom (@trickeyPNNL) describes a collaboration between Pacific Northwest National Laboratory acheter cialis en ligne and Johns...

James: Tweeting About “Emperor”

Sally James, at HealthNewsReview.org, gives a rundown of the social media response to “The Emperor of All Maladies,” a Ken Burns documentary about cancer. What do physicians, patients, and researchers say about the film, which is based on the best-selling 2010 book by...

Silberner: More Accolades

Have we mentioned that you must read the Joanne Silberner (@jsilberner) series on cancer worldwide? Don’t take ScienceWire’s word for it. Joanne has earned another award for this extensively reported yet clearly explained series—the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in...