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Final CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline Could Have Unintended Consequences for Cancer Survivors Living with Chronic Pain

... the important role that pain management plays in caring for patients in active cancer treatment, at the end of life, or receiving palliative care, but the guidelines disregard the impact on cancer survivors. Pain does not end when an individual completes treatment. Most often, cancer ... or treatment including pain for a significant period of time or indefinitely. We continue to acknowledge and express concern about the public health emergency that has resulted from the growing misuse and abuse of opioid medications, and the harms associated with such use. We are ... to opioid analgesics for cancer survivors who experience severe pain that limits their quality of life. ACS CAN shares the goal of the public health community of encouraging appropriate use of opioids. We remain concerned that without a balanced approach that accounts for the full ...

Progress made in Congress on bills that would make today better for cancer patients

... to garner support for legislation that will improve the quality of life of cancer patients and survivors through an enhanced level of cancer care. In the House, thanks to the hard work of ACS CAN volunteers, the quality of life bill already has 258 co-sponsors -- only 42 away from the ... on the bill as co-sponsors to keep pushing the bill ahead. If these bills pass, more cancer patients could receive a better type of cancer care that includes: Less pain during treatment Coordinated care among their doctors and other health professionals Emotional support for themselves and their caregivers 0 Progress made in Congress on bills that would make today better for ...

Congresswoman Rodgers attends Spokane quality of life forum

... Family consultations. However, they weren't referring to a hospital support group. They were talking about a medical specialty called palliative care that treats patients beyond just diagnosing symptoms and prescribing treatments. Sacred Heart's 15-member palliative care team is a group of doctors, nurses and other health care professionals working together with the patient, their family and caregiver to provide a full range of services to improve the ...

Report Shows Majority of States Not Measuring Up On Laws and Policies to Fight Cancer

... challenges, many state legislatures missed opportunities to enact laws and policies that could not only generate new revenue and long-term health savings, but also save lives.ξ The report, How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer ... with much more work left to be done. Effective public policy measures in the states that encourage prevention, guarantee access to affordable health care, curb tobacco use and focus on patients ' quality of life have been proven to dramatically reduce the burden of cancer, a disease that still ...

Taking on Cancer in Your State Capitol

... and Washington D.C., ACS CAN staff and volunteers have hit the ground running in 2017, working with local lawmakers to pass and implement public health policies proven to have the highest impact in saving lives from cancer. From preventing the disease where we can, to detecting it early with ... down. In Iowa, for example, nearly 100 volunteers came together with lawmakers at the state Capitol to encourage the passage of proven public health policies. Among the asks, were support for a bill to prohibit young people from using indoor tanning devices and protect funding for the ... if they back this bill. In both Wyoming and Virginia, ACS CAN staff and volunteers urged lawmakers to pass bills to improve palliative care services in these state s. This specialized care is enjoying growing support nationwide and works to treat the whole patient not just the ...

Mixed Reviews for State Policies on cancer in Wisconsin

... WPR ways Wisconsin can improve our efforts to end cancer. "American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Recommends Earlier, Better Palliative Care. Every year, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network reviews state policies that can prevent and reduce suffering from cancer. ... short" for not having a law regulating the age of customers using tanning booths, the amount of tobacco prevention funding, access to palliative care and access to health coverage through Medicaid. The state has seen "some progress" in tobacco cessation services, and funding for breast and cervical cancer ...

Guest Post: Ore. Palliative Medicine Physician Makes Waves on Capitol Hill

... and staff recently participated  in the Patient Quality of Life Coalition (PQLC) lobby day to ask lawmakers to support the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA). Dr. Laura Mavity was one of the incredible ACS CAN volunteers who joined us. Dr. Mavity is a palliative medicine physician practicing in Bend, Ore. with St. Charles Health System and is the clinical director ofξits palliative care program. I asked her to recount her experience at the PQLC lobby day and what the experience meant for her as a provider of palliative care. I ...

600 Advocates Meet with Lawmakers at Annual ACS CAN Lobby Day

... treatment. Volunteers asked their representatives to restore this critical funding. Improve patientsŠ—È quality of life through palliative care . Palliative care, an extra layer of support for patients with serious chronic diseases, ensures that health care providers are treating the disease while also ensuring the best possible quality of life for the patient. Advocates asked their ...

Bill to Improve Quality of Life for Cancer Patients Passes in House

... and urged their members of Congress to support this life-changing legislation, which could offer cancer patients a better type of cancer care that includes: Less pain during treatment Coordinated care among their doctors and other health professionals Emotional support for themselves and their caregivers. Next up, the U.S. Senate version of the bill must pass. Ask your ...

Majority of States Not Measuring Up on Laws to Fight Cancer

... to save more lives from cancer, and many of those solutions are policy solutions. By encouraging prevention, guaranteeing access to affordable health care, curbing tobacco use and focusing on patientsŠ—' quality of life lawmakers can help fight cancer. These measures have been proven to ... did not meet the benchmark on any of the seven issues. In most cases, small upfront investments by a state can save millions of dollars in health care costs in the long run. In fact, we know we could prevent roughly half of all cancer deaths in the United States if everyone in America ...

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