2025 Quarter 1 – COA Patient Advocacy Network News Bulletin
A Note from the Director of Patient Advocacy & Education .....
A Note from the Director of Patient Advocacy & Education .....
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is raising concerns about recent federal policy changes and executive actions by the Trump administration that they say threaten cancer research and patient care, warning that funding cuts could derail progress.
Due to the destructive nature of COPD on patients’ lungs and well-being, timely diagnosis is key, and integrating spirometry at the time of lung cancer screening could help identify this disease early in an at-risk population
Billionaire investor and entrepreneur Mark Cuban is taking strides to overhaul the U.S. healthcare sector, beginning with his venture, Cost Plus Drugs.
March serves as Kidney Cancer Awareness Month, and is often a time in which patients, doctors and caregivers raise awareness about the disease, its symptoms, early detection, treatment options and the importance of patient support, according to the official American Cancer Society website, which goes on to add that the awareness month also encourages advocacy and research efforts.
A high-tech T-shirt loaded with sensors can help track patients’ vital signs after their release from a hospital, researchers say.
Health insurers got double-paid by the Medicaid system for the coverage of hundreds of thousands of patients across the country, costing taxpayers billions of dollars in extra payments.
In a prospective cohort study of more than 85,000 adults in the United Kingdom, researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and University of Oxford found that individuals who engaged in light- and moderate-to-vigorous-intensity daily physical activity had a lower risk of cancer than individuals who were more sedentary.
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives introduced the Screening for Communities to Receive Early and Equitable Needed Services (SCREENS) for Cancer Act of 2025.
More smokers are getting CT screenings for lung cancer, thanks to guideline changes that included younger people and those who’ve smoked less, a new study says.