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...responses to statements like "In uncertain times, I expect the worst." Those scoring highest in optimism on this scale were more likely to be alive eight years later, while those with the lowest, most pessimistic scores were more likely to have died from any cause, including heart disease and cancer...
...falling ill without adequate insurance leaves you at risk no matter where you live. Since 2005, the American Cancer Society (ACS) has maintained a national call center for cancer patients struggling with their bills. In that time, more than 21,000 people have called in asking for help. Every story is different, but the contours of the problem tend to be depressingly similar: the 10-year-old leukemia patient in Ohio who, after three rounds of chemotherapy and a bone-marrow transplant, had almost exhausted the maximum $1.5 million lifetime benefit allowed under her father's employer-provided plan...
...primary care, CareLink assigned Pat to Dr. Carolyn Eaton, an engaging woman who has been working with the system for about a year. What alarms her most about the new patients she has seen lately, Eaton says, is how long people wait - diabetics whose feet are numb, cancer patients already in the advanced stages of the disease - before they seek treatment. "When people fall on hard times, they're kind of embarrassed," Eaton says. "Their health care ends up becoming much more expensive." (Facebook users, comment on the story below...
...families affected by cancer, the phone number is easy to remember: 1-800-ACS-2345. The letters stand for the American Cancer Society, and dialing the number takes you to the ACS's National Cancer Information Center in Austin, Texas. The call center fields about a million calls a year, offering answers questions both simple and complex, from "Where can I get help with transportation when I can't drive to chemo appointments?" to "How do I find insurance if my illness forces me to quit...
...Nanny would roll into Lamont at four on a Saturday afternoon decked out in knee-high boots, dark sunglasses, and a fur coat? No one, of course, but Fran Drescher herself. Drescher came to speak to the crowd in the Lamont Forum Room about her experience as a cancer survivor and her book, “Cancer Schmancer.” “I’ve reinvented myself since ‘The Nanny,’” Drescher explained. “I am a uterine cancer survivor, but it took me two years...