Category: Cancer Related Information

  • Breast Cancer: How much pink turns into green?

    Breast Cancer: How much pink turns into green? How much pink turns into green? It can be hard to know what good comes from buying products that promise profits to breast cancer causes. The American Institute of Philanthropy gives out grades to help clarify the choices. Pink toothbrushes, pink bottles of wine, pink debit cards…

  • The Doctor-Patient Relationship

    What a great letter from a doctor. Scotty and our family has been so lucky to have met the most wonderful people including our Doctors during our cancer battle. It really can make all the difference in your treatment, how you respond to your treatment and how your life changes. A doctor that approaches you…

  • “What will you promise?” in the Fight Against Breast Cancer

    World’s Largest Breast Cancer Organization Promises to Fight for Access, Cures DALLAS – October 1, 2010 – Energized by its new Breast Cancer Bill of Rights and evidence of the grassroots power of the breast cancer movement, Susan G. Komen for the Cure enters its 26th Breast Cancer Awareness Month asking “What Will You Promise?”…

  • Cancer ‘iron man’ puts hope in drug trials – CNN.com

    Holding disease at bay Cossman is one of 16 patients with progressive forms of cancer currently taking part in a study of a developmental drug by the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Cerulean Pharma. The company hopes to add another 20 patients to the trial in laboratories in Arizona, California and New Mexico. The test drug is in…

  • October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

    October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month; Join in the Events I have known a few women in my circle that are now breast cancer survivors or have had to support a family member who has battled it — and as a care giver of a cancer survivor myself — I have seen firsthand the short…

  • Andy Whitfield leaving ‘Spartacus’ to fight Non-hodgkins lymphoma for the 2nd time

    ‘Spartacus’ loses its hero – USATODAY.com. 36 year old Andy Whitfield from the show Spartacus has to leave the show to pursue aggressive treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma once again…it has returned. Another younger person who should not be having to experience this… Spartacus: Blood and Sand star Andy Whitfield is bowing out of the second…

  • Childhood Obesity in AZ

    Here & Now: Childhood Obesity in AZ Here and Now talked to Janet Foote and Beth Jacobs, both from the College of Public health at the University of Arizona, about the increase of childhood obesity and what can be to to improve the health of kids in Arizona. KJZZ listeners offer their personal solutions to…

  • Maura Tierney – Breast Cancer Survivor

    Maura Tierney ‘I Was So Lucky’ | Parade.com. Her breast-cancer diagnosis was not a “Why me?” moment. “I was so lucky. I had insurance, I found a great team of doctors at UCLA, and I could afford not to work while I was getting treated. From the beginning my doctor told me, ‘You’re going to…

  • LFO Singer Rich Cronin Dies of Cancer

    LFO Singer Rich Cronin Dies (VIDEO). Although my family is resuming our lives after our cancer battle — I make it a point to not forget there are many many many more people still fighting or embarking on their journey or unfortunately losing their own battle — Here is a young guy -35 years old…

  • Eating Toward a Healthy Colon

    Stop Colon Cancer Now | Eating Toward a Healthy Colon. Researchers at Pennsylvania State University recently found that diets rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, seeds and vegetable oils, as well as low-fat dairy products in women and fish in men, are associated with a reduced risk of colon cancer. This healthy eating plan…