43 min

Lung Cancer: Live, Laugh, Breathe Naked Health

    • Medicine

In this episode we meet Heather, diagnosed with Stage 4 ALK +ve lung cancer at the age of 34. She has never smoked, she challenges the bias and stigma associated between lung cancer and smoking, the implicit association between the two. Is this why funding into lung cancer research is lower than other cancers, the idea it is somehow self-inflicted, preventable. Is this why people aren't speaking up about their stories and raised awareness, they feel guilt, shame, as if the finger ...

In this episode we meet Heather, diagnosed with Stage 4 ALK +ve lung cancer at the age of 34. She has never smoked, she challenges the bias and stigma associated between lung cancer and smoking, the implicit association between the two. Is this why funding into lung cancer research is lower than other cancers, the idea it is somehow self-inflicted, preventable. Is this why people aren't speaking up about their stories and raised awareness, they feel guilt, shame, as if the finger ...

43 min