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... bill would create a national public education and awareness campaign to educate patients and providers about the availability and benefits of palliative care, expand federal research regarding palliative care , including pain and symptom management, and establish palliative care ... access to palliative care services in the future,” noted Lisa Lacasse, President at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “Palliative care is appropriate at any age and any stage of illness and is about helping individuals diagnosed continue to do the things that are important to them from diagnosis to treatment and ...

  Helena, MT—April 21, 2017—Today, Governor Steve Bullock offered hope to thousands of Montanans facing cancer and other chronic illnesses by signing into law House Bill (HB) 285 to improve their quality of life through palliative care.  Palliative care provides relief from physical, emotional and social side effects and symptoms, such as pain, ... ones comfortable.” HB 285, sponsored by Representative Wendy McKamey, was supported by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and numerous other patient and medical organizations. It will: •  Establish a State Palliative Care and Quality of Life Advisory Council ...

Nearly 150 people attended the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s (ACS CAN) ninth annual Cancer Research Breakfast earlier today at the North Carolina Museum of History. The event provided a forum for leaders in industry, advocacy, academia, and public policy to discuss the current state of therapeutic clinical trials and the need to focus on the barriers to patient enrollment and efforts needed to overcome them. North Carolina’s ...

TRENTON, NJ – The state and nation’s leading public health groups joined forces with Senate and Assembly leaders today to urge passage of bills that will vastly improve the state’s tobacco control efforts. A3338 and S862 will protect kids and save lives by increasing funding for the state’s Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program, specifically by dedicating one percent of tobacco tax revenues to fund anti-smoking initiatives. S359 and A2320 will prohibit the sale of tobacco products to anyone under 21. New ... use and its harms. “New Jersey lawmakers must drastically increase funding for the state’s Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program so it can do the vital work of preventing our children from smoking and helping smokers quit – saving lives and money,” said Joan Helfman, Chair of ...