The ultimate cancer taboo: Sometimes it kills you
We keep talking about battles, warriors, miracles and hope. Meanwhile, those with metastatic cancers are ignored
Thursday, May 2, 2013 3:11 PM UTC 17Life Cancer, Breast cancer
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Life Cancer, Breast cancer
Breast cancer awareness is big business
Pink ribbon campaigns and other mainstream initiatives might be hurting women more than they're helping
Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 5:49 PM UTCMedia Feministing, Cancer
Is there too much breast cancer “awareness”?
Yes, the world is a pinker place. But an author (and survivor) says we're squandering time, money and resources
Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 6:59 PM UTC 38Life Breast cancer, Cancer
The spaceship poetry of Iain M. Banks
The popular science fiction author reveals he has terminal cancer. A tribute to his "Culture"
Wednesday, Apr 3, 2013 4:54 PM UTCTechnology Iain M. Banks, Ian Banks, Culture
Roger Ebert scales back to review “only the movies I want to” due to cancer
The Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic announced a "leave of presence" on Tuesday night
Wednesday, Apr 3, 2013 1:02 PM UTCEntertainment Roger Ebert, film critic, Movies
A crowd-funding role model dies
Arijit Guha leveraged social media for his cancer treatment -- and showed others how to do the same
Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 3:42 PM UTCLife Cancer, Arijit Guha, Twitter
Could cancer be contagious?
An expert says that contracting an infectious form of the disease is highly unlikely, but not impossible
Tuesday, Mar 19, 2013 9:33 PM UTCTechnology Scientific American, Science
“Rhoda” gives lessons in life — and death
Valerie Harper discusses her terminal prognosis with the media, confronting with bravery "the pain ahead" VIDEO
Wednesday, Mar 13, 2013 6:46 PM UTCEntertainment Video, Cancer, cancer diagnosis
How Toms River cracked a cancer cluster
Chemical companies treated this N.J. town as a private dumping ground for decades. Here's how they were made to pay
Tuesday, Mar 12, 2013 12:00 AM UTCTechnology Books, Toms River, Environment
Valerie Harper diagnosed with terminal brain cancer
Doctors say that the "Mary Tyler Moore" actress may only have three months to live
Wednesday, Mar 6, 2013 9:00 PM UTCEntertainment valerie harper
Hugo Chavez is dead
Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced the news
Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 75News Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Cancer
When I parented my father
My dad's cancer forced me into the unlikely role of caretaker -- one I cherished and dreaded in equal measure
Monday, Mar 4, 2013 11:57 PM UTCLife The Nervous Breakdown
Study finds more breast cancer among young women
The results are potentially worrisome because young women's tumors tend to be more aggressive than older women's
Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 2:05 PM UTCLife Health, Cancer, Breast cancer
Ailing Chavez returns to Venezuela
Hugo Chavez had received more than two months treatment in Cuba after cancer surgery
Monday, Feb 18, 2013 8:39 PM UTCNews Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Cuba
Bill O’Reilly speaks for the babies
When I took on the topic of abortion, the Fox blowhard went after me
Tuesday, Feb 5, 2013 4:09 PM UTC 100Life Abortion, Bill O'Reily
FDA allows generic version of scarce cancer drug
Regulators say approval of the first generic version of cancer drug Doxil will help resolve a lingering shortage
Monday, Feb 4, 2013 11:19 PM UTCLife Cancer, Drugs, Medicine, FDA
Can magic mushrooms help cancer patients?
Researchers claim hallucinogenic "shrooms" may ease the disease's psychological side effects
Monday, Feb 4, 2013 9:21 PM UTCLife The Fix, Magic Mushrooms, Cancer
iPhones make lousy dermatologists
New smartphone apps claim to provide medical help, offering false promises of correctly diagnosing skin cancer
Monday, Feb 4, 2013 7:08 PM UTCSocial Pacific Standard, smartphones
Welcome to the age of cancer rehab
Doctors are finally wising up and realizing that the effects of disease don't stop when treatment does
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 8:57 PM UTC 10Life Cancer, Wall Street Journal
What he said before he died
Kevin and I loved each other till the end, but it's the ugly, human moments that continue to haunt me
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 1:00 AM UTC 73Life Real Families, Life stories
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