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  1. Make sure your Emergency Kit has your #cancer meds & doctor info. #Hurricane Preparedness Week. go.usa.gov/pSa 11:27 AM May 29th via web
  2. Teens & young adults with #cancer have unique challenges: here is some help for meeting those needs.. go.usa.gov/mK8 4:59 PM Apr 4th via web
  3. Today is Lynch Syndrome Hereditary Cancers Awareness Day. Knowing your family health history can save lives go.usa.gov/EKV 8:12 AM Mar 22nd via web
  4. Be there, be thoughtful, be involved: Advice for #teens whose brother or sister has cancer. go.usa.gov/EBE 11:31 AM Mar 21st via web
  5. #Teens whose parents have #cancer need support, too. Some info for you. go.usa.gov/El1 9:58 AM Mar 16th via web
  6. #Cancer patients have sleep trouble from illness, pain or therapy #SLEEPCHAT Some ideas to help: go.usa.gov/PXx 10:51 AM Mar 9th via web
  7. #sleepchat Here is the NIH CAM page on sleep disorders. go.usa.gov/P54 10:26 AM Mar 9th via web
  8. NCI's Dr. Ann O'Mara on call for today's NIH #SLEEPCHAT at 1 pm Eastern. Be sure to "listen in." 6:28 AM Mar 9th via web
  9. NCI's cancer.gov has gone mobile! The information you need when & where you need it @theNCI m.cancer.gov 11:40 AM Mar 7th via web
  10. Roger Daltry of The Who champions teen #cancer treatment centers in the UK and US go.usa.gov/P26 7:04 AM Mar 7th via web
  11. Seeing #ashtag today? Religious and spiritual values are important to patients coping with #cancer go.usa.gov/UCO 9:39 AM Feb 22nd via web
  12. RESEARCHERS: NIH seeks applications for projects w/Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Info System (PROMIS) go.usa.gov/UqJ 6:50 AM Feb 21st via web
  13. While two Cannabinoids are FDA-approved for chemo-caused nausea & vomiting, Cannabis (marijuana) is not. go.usa.gov/QVc 6:46 AM Feb 14th via web
  14. Congrats to Dr. Ann O'Mara for winning the 2012 John & Emma Bonica Public Service Award from the American Pain Society ampainsoc.org/awards/bonica.… 1:23 PM Feb 1st via web
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