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Melanie Haiken, Senior Editor of the Cancer channel, discovered how important it is to provide accurate, targeted, usable health information to people facing difficult decisions when she was health editor of Parenting magazine. She has written about health and family-related issues for magazines such as Health, Real Simple, Woman's Day, Yoga Journal, and websites such as BabyCenter.com, WebMD, and the Blue Cross/Blue Shield websites (aHealthyMe.com, aHealthyAdvantage.com) managed by Consumer Health Interactive. Melanie has held positions as Executive Editor at the Industry Standard and BabyCenter.com, and Managing Editor at San Francisco magazine. She has also worked for San Francisco's renowned Center for Investigative Reporting. She has a master's degree in Journalism and a B.A. in English, both from the University of California at Berkeley.

Melanie cared for her father while he battled esophageal cancer, which ended his life much too soon. She currently cares for her mother, who has multiple health problems including low vision. Melanie is a single mother of two daughters, so she understands the complicated pressures on the so-called "sandwich generation."

Recently Melanie Haiken…

• Responded Hi there, low blood... in the discussion low blood counts after radiation and chemotherapy [about 16 hours ago]
• Articleed Clinical Trials: How to Get Your Parent Accepted and Enrolled [1 day ago]
• Blog posted Cancer Patients Tell It Like It Is [2 days ago]
• Blog posted Catch Ovarian Cancer Early With a Simple Symptom Screening Test [10 days ago]
• Answered  This is a... to the question When should I take keys away? [15 days ago]

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