Jean Campbell

LATEST ARTICLES ( 848 )

• Personal Quality of Life Issues as a Breast Cancer Survivor

  If you have a supportive family, close friends and/or a long-term marriage or relationship with a loving partner, this can ease the transition from patient to... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2011 HEALTH

• Quality of Life as a Survivor…Medical Expenses…Health Insurance

  

  Life after breast cancer may hold concerns and issues that impact on your quality of life. Two main issues are…medical bills and health insurance. Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2011 HEALTH

• SMART Celebrates 20 Years Helping Kids Learn to Love Reading!

  

  Nearly half of America's adults are poor readers, or "functionally illiterate." They can't carry out simply tasks like balancing check books, reading drug label... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2011 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Survivor Issue #1…The Big Fear…Recurrence

  

  You’ve had your last chemo or radiation treatment and the medical oncologist and /or the radiation oncologist says, “See you in three months.” Even the surgeon... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2011 HEALTH

• After Active Treatment…Then What?

  

  After completing active treatment your treatment journey may not be over.Depending on the results of the path report there may still be other treatments or... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2011 HEALTH

• Affordable Health Care Act, Women and Families

  

  Insurance companies selling individual policies could deny coverage to women due to pre-existing conditions, such as cancer and having been pregnant. Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2011 COMMUNITY, FAMILY

• Navigating Treatment…Chemotherapy

  

  While the planning tips for getting through radiation are also appropriate for getting through chemotherapy, there are more things to prepare for when getting... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2011 HEALTH

• Parents Can Influence a Child’s Food Choices

  

  In the Journal of Pediatrics news release of Oct. 6, 2011 there is a report on a study illustrating that food commercials have a strong impact on children’s foo... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2011 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Navigating Treatment…Radiation

  

  Once you know your radiation treatment schedule, it is time to develop a plan that will get you through the duration of your 6+ weeks of Monday through Friday... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2011 HEALTH

• Your Path Report…A Blueprint for Treatment

  

  Whatever you may know about your cancer prior to surgery, until the pathology report is in and your doctor reviews it with you, you do not know all there is to... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2011 HEALTH

• Do You Know What’s in Your Genetically Engineered Food?

  

  How about your right to know what you are eating when you eat genetically engineered food? Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2011 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, FOOD & DRINK, HEALTH, SCHOOLING

• A Woman’s Right to Know About Reconstruction

  

  This post is not a description of the reconstruction process. Nor is it about recommending reconstruction surgery. It is about every woman facing a mastectomy... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2011 HEALTH

• Outdoor Green Time for Children with ADHD = Milder Symptoms

  

  ChildUp, an Internet site for parents, ran an article by a staff member about the impact of playing in outdoor green space on the symptoms of children with ADHD. Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2011 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• A Woman’s Right to Know…An Appointment with the Surgeon

  

  Your appointment with the surgeon is about treatment. Yet, the surgeon may still want you to have additional tests so that he or she can have as much informatio... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2011 HEALTH

• A Woman’s Right to Know…Breast Cancer Basics Continued

  

  Once that lump you found, or was found during a comprehensive breast exam, or in a mammogram is confirmed as breast cancer, you are on a journey where your righ... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2011 HEALTH

• Study Shows BPA in Canned Foods That Target Children

  

  Susan Brady, Health News, recently reported on a study documenting the presence of BPA in canned foods that target children. A new study by the Breast Cancer... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2011 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• For Awareness Sake…Breast Cancer Basics

  

  During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I will cover information key to early intervention and treatment as well as information about what a woman needs and has... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2011 HEALTH

• When It Comes To Breast Cancer, Identify… Don’t Compare

  

  I don’t remember much about my first breast cancer support group meeting 12 years ago. What I do remember are the guidelines that one of the two meeting... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2011 HEALTH

• Why is Learning to Read Difficult for Some Children?

  

  According to the National Institutes of Health, one out of every ten children has significant problems with reading skills. Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2011 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• October…The Big Pink

  

  It’s almost that time again. It’s time for pink things to emerge in stores and shops, in catalogs and on TV shopper networks. It’s time to engage the public in... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2011 HEALTH