Dr Gawler on 2GB radio

Dr Gawler was a guest on the 2GB afternoon show on Tuesday, June 10. It’s a great interview which covers a lot of territory. >Listen to the interview > 2GB link

Newsletters are now online

The Gawler Foundation’s newsletters are now available online. All the newsletters since 2004 can be viewed > here

Studies Show Quality of Life Linked to Cancer Survival

What’s this? Research presented to June’s ASCO annual meeting shows that quality of life affects the survival of cancer patients. By Allison Gandey Medscape Medical News June 19, 2008 (Chicago, Illinois) – Patients reporting a good quality of life have statistically significant better overall survival, suggest 2 large meta-analyses. The studies, presented here at the [...]

Can thinking positive be negative when you are sick?

What’s this? Article by Jill Stark in The Age, page 6, June 14 2008, where Dr Gawler responds to claims made by recent research that thinking positively has no bearing on surviving serious illness. ONLY when her toenails turned black did Gillian Franklin realise the chemotherapy was doing its job. The 51-year-old had felt so [...]