Harold Benjamin

When his wife got breast cancer, Benjamin quit his successful Beverly Hills law practice to support her struggle with the disease. He founded the Wellness Community, a network of free support centers for cancer patients (and their families), with centers in 22 cities in the U.S. and abroad. He also trained therapists who have started non-associated programs, such as "Gilda's Club", opened in memory of comedian Gilda Radner, who was helped at a Wellness Community. "What Harold did was organize a replicable national model," says the founder of Commonweal, another cancer treatment center. "Nobody, to my knowledge, has done such a comprehensive job for all cancer patients." Wellness Communities help support 30,000 cancer patients per year. His wife survived her cancer and her husband, who died December 23 from pulmonary fibrosis. He was 80. From This is True for 19 December 2004 Suggestions for further reading: The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted And... by T. Colin Campbell, Thomas M. Campbell II Amazon Price: $10.86 Customer Review: The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted And the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, And Long-term Health My Dad was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2008. After reading this book I am convinced t...   Promise Me: How a Sister's Love Launched the Global Movement to End Breast Ca... by Nancy G. Brinker Amazon Price: $14.03 Customer Review: What an encouraging book. I know the book is about the Susan G. Komen for the Cure not for profit foundation and work, but it goes way beyond that. The first thing that caught my attention was the solid family that Susan and Nancy were ...   Your Soul's Plan: Discovering the Real Meaning of the Life You Planned Before... by Robert Schwartz Amazon Price: $11.53 Customer Review: This book resonated with me from beginning to end, which took a long time coming because I could only read a few pages at a time. A remarkable book.   The Letter Sweater by Skip Crayton Amazon Price: Customer Review: I'm not usually into this sort of book, but when I read the description of the book, I decided, what the heck? I got the book, started reading it, and after a slow start, I got into the book. I could picture the surroundings, picture the conversati...   What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause (TM): The Breakthrough Book... by John R. Lee, Virginia Hopkins Amazon Price: $7.99 Customer Review: I have been researching menopause over the last 3 years and have Dr. Lee's information to be technical, yet necessary to fully understand with is going on in woman's body at this time of her life. There is so much confusion and mis-information out t...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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