Ping! LIVESTRONG Responds to Cell Phone Concerns
When the World Health Organization decided this spring to list cell phone electromagnetic fields as "possibly carcinogenic" to humans, LIVESTRONG quickly posted a response for survivors. In the video, Brandon Hayes-Lattin, M.D., senior medical adviser to LIVESTRONG and medical director of the Oregon Health & Science University’s adolescent and young adult oncology program, reminds survivors that the results are preliminary and suggests "at this time [there is] no reason for alarm."

How to Take the "Gym" on the Road
If you’ve ever wished to take the gym outside on a day too beautiful to sweat indoors (or if your knees need a rest after heavy cycling or running mileage), you might consider the ElliptiGO. The new cross-training wheeled vehicle—a cross between a commuter bicycle and an elliptical trainer—recently raised interested eyebrows at the 2011 American College of Sports Medicine annual meeting in Denver. For information see elliptigo.com.

Change in Big C Changes Everything
As season two of The Big C comedy-drama about cancer rolled out on Showtime, it clearly seemed time to tackle cancer stigma. And to stop hiding the protagonist’s melanoma diagnosis—a main plot point in season one. Laura Linney, the Emmy Award-winning actress who plays survivor Cathy Jamison, says, "Being open about it and really dealing with it changes her attitude toward things, and it changes all of her relationships. Everyone who knows is affected." See sho.com/site/thebigc/home.sho.

Presidential Good News for Survivors
In advance of the June meeting of ASCO, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, in Chicago, George W. Sledge Jr., M.D., ASCO’s 2011 outgoing president, marked the 40th anniversary of the signing on the National Cancer Act, and said: "People with cancer are living longer, with a better quality of life, than ever before."