Jean Campbell

LATEST ARTICLES ( 848 )

• Tweeting Live from Katie Couric’s New Show…”Katie”

  

  Tomorrow I will be tweeting live from the taping of the new Katie Couric show. The focus of the show is “Women and Their Health”. Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2012 HEALTH

• Pain Can Linger Long After Breast Cancer Surgery

  

  New research confirms what many of us who are breast cancer survivors already know… pain can last for years after surgery.After my first breast cancer surgery, ... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2012 HEALTH

• Facts About Kids and Sports

  

  Safe Kids USA wants you to know the following key facts about kids and sports: • More than 38 million children and adolescents participate in sports each year i... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Managing Treatment Fatigue with Exercise

  

  All of us in treatment following surgery for Breast cancer, be it radiation or chemotherapy or both, experience treatment-related fatigue; given how we feel,... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2012 HEALTH

• A Thanksgiving Wish

  

  My wish, if you are in treatment, or just newly diagnosed is that you can give yourself a time out from all things breast cancer this Thanksgiving weekend. Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2012 HEALTH

• An Invitation to Your New Beginning

  

  A seven workshop sessions on transitioning from active treatment to a new beginning in survivorship. Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2012 HEALTH

• Holiday Food Safety Tips from the USDA

  

  The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Offers the Following Food Safety Tips for the Holiday. Wash hands with warm water and soap for 20 seconds before and after handlin... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, FOOD & DRINK

• FDA Warns About Toxic Effects of Eye Drops and Decongestant Sprays in Young...

  

  The Food and Drug Adminisration (FDA) is warning parents to keep over-the-counter (OTC) eye drops used to relieve redness or nasal decongestant sprays away... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, HEALTH, SCHOOLING

• A New Beginning for No Boobs About It.Org

  

  After Hurricane Sandy blew through NYC taking with it the power to post for several days, came a wonderful surprise enabling a new beginning for No Boobs About... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2012 HEALTH

• Parents Underestimate the Calories in Fast Food Meals

  

  At a recent meeting of the Obesity Society Jason Block, MD, of Harvard Medical School and fellow researchers reported that parents often underestimate the... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, SCHOOLING

• When Sandy Came to Can Do Street

  

  While “Can Do”Street is an imaginary place, the creative place where “Can Do” Street is housed is in New York City. Since Sandy hit Monday, the 29th of... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• How to Thrive After Breast Cancer

  Right now many of us who come to you from cyberspace are without power, myself included. I am writing this from a library in one of the outer boroughs of NYC... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2012 HEALTH, LIFE COACH, MEDICINE

• Tips from Those in the Know

  

  The United States Department of Agriculture,USDA has an extensive site for parents of preschool and elementary school age children featuring comprehensive... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• 15 Breast Cancer Questions to Ask Your Doctor

  

  During the hour-long show, Dr. Harness mentioned that, on his site, he has a list of 15 questions to ask your doctor when meeting to discuss your recent breast... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2012 HEALTH

• “Changed by Chance, Champion by Choice”

  

  Liz Barker shares a bit of her story in the following guest post. Her experience with breast cancer would be every woman’s nightmare…a breast cancer diagnosis... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Halloween Food Safety Tips

  

  The Partnership for Food Safety Education (http://fightbac.org) offers the following tips for preventing foodbourne bacteria this Halloween: Keep all... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Mammograms Are Not the Only Screenings We Need

  

  Once we’ve had breast cancer, most of us are ever watchful about our breast health, sometimes to the exclusion of, or delaying of other health care screenings. Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2012 HEALTH

• How Parents Can Help the Nanny

  

  Jack Meyer contributed the following guest post. While his post focuses on a nanny as a caregiver, much of what he says rings true for any child care provider... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• When Friending on Facebook Backfires

  

  A few months ago, I put a page up on Facebook for this web site. Since then, each day, I carefully select who I invite to friend the page and whose page I... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2012

• Walking Safety Tips

  

  Safe Kids USA asks you to follow the tips below to make sure you keep your children safe while they are walking to and from school. Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, SCHOOLING