Jean Campbell

LATEST ARTICLES ( 848 )

• Bringing Germs Home From School

  

  The following guest post is by Staci Marks, an earlier contributor to this site. Ms. Marks has a passion for health, fitness and exercise, which has led her to... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Different Fertility Advice for Men Vs Women with Cancer

  

  Are men and women receiving different fertility advice following a cancer diagnosis? That’s my question after reviewing a small study out of the University of... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2012 HEALTH

• Healthy Food is Not More Expensive Than Junk Food

  

  Healthy foods like beans, carrots, milk, and yogurt are actually less expensive than ice cream sandwiches, cinnamon buns, and soda. Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Danish Study Suggests Night Shift Work May Increase Breast Cancer Risk

  

  A new study was published in the May 28 online edition of Occupational and Environmental Medicine that reports on the possible effects of night shift work on th... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2012 HEALTH

• Watch Those Button Batteries

  

  Coin-sized batteries are the reason for seeing double the children’s emergency room visits during the past twenty years. In a study that is online and in the... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Bringing A Knife To A Gun Fight

  

  The following post is reprinted here with the permission of its author, Katie Evans. I read this post on http://www.facingcancer.ca/thebaldandthebeautiful. Kati... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2012 HEALTH

• Food Safety at Fairs and Festivals

  

  The Centers for Disease Control wants us to practice food safety when eating foods at fairs and festivals this summer. Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• The Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation

  

  During my years as a navigator, I met with thousands of women and some men with breast cancer, but only a handful had Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Poison Prevention in the Home

  

  The following is a prevention message from Safe Kids USA. You can best protect your children by keeping harmful substances out of their sight and reach, and by... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Make Sure Your Primary Care Physician is Kept Up To Date on Your Cancer Care

  

  I requested, in writing, that my primary care physician be sent a copy of every test result, information about every procedure, every treatment, every medicatio... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2012 HEALTH

• Helping Your Child Accept a New Baby in the Family

  

  Your firstborn, especially when he or she is in the toddler years, is going to have a hard time adjusting, not only to not being the only child in the family,... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING, SCHOOLING

• Permission Granted…Bonus Time Beginnings Are Realities!

  

  In my last two posts, I wrote about new beginnings in survivorship. This post, the last in a three-part series, is about how new beginnings are an opportunity t... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 HEALTH

• Check Out Your Sunscreen

  

  The Environmental Work Group, a nonprofit organization that uses the power of public information to protect public health and the environment wants to know,... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Permission:The Key to Every Beginning

  

  The long months of breast cancer treatment with their exhausting side effects are a great time to take inventory of how we have been living our lives and how... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2012 HEALTH

• Bonus Time…A Time for Beginnings

  

  Just before I finished treatment for my first breast cancer, my son and I were speaking about what I wanted to do with my time when treatment was over; what... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Watch Those Bottles, Pacifiers and Sippy Cups

  

  A recent national study of ER visits raises a red flag on the rates of cuts and bruises for infants and toddlers and what is causing them…pacifiers, bottles... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2012 FAMILY, PARENTING

• How Possible is It to Prevent Cancer?

  

  Because breast cancer is just one of many cancers, because having had breast cancer doesn’t exempt us from other cancers, we need to take a look at what the... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2012 HEALTH

• Are Bullies Born Or Raised?

  

  In an article by psychotherapist, Katie Hurley, she writes that children are not born bullies; bullies are something they become. Ms Hurley believes that... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2012 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• More on Brachytherapy

  

  On May 7th, I wrote about a study that stated that whole breast radiation following breast conserving surgery may be a better choice than brachytherapy. Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Make Reading Fun This Summer

  

  Today’s post is by Sarah Fudin who works in community relations for the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education’s online master’s programs. Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING