Good news

This is most definitely good news. The president signed the Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act into law today. The law calls for $150 million to be spent over five years for such initiatives as expanded pediatric cancer research and a national childhood cancer database.

PTSD in adult survivors

Fortunately, I do not believe I have ever suffered from PTSD related to my treatment of leukemia 17 years ago. Unfortunately, nearly 25 percent of survivors do.

More from Wisconsin

From The Reporter in Fond du Lac.

Wisconsin teen lobbies for research dollars

Of course, we should never forget that treatments, which can cause late effects, also make it so we can experience late effects. Which is pretty important.

Jacob Froehlich of Wisconsin is lobbying his state legislators to fund more childhood cancer research because therapies developed in the last seven years saved his life.