Cancer

Patrick Swayze: "I'm Going Through Hell"

ABC | Posted 01.06.2009 | Entertainment


Patrick Swayze, who has been battling pancreatic cancer for a year, sat down with Barbara Walters for an exclusive interview that airs Wednesday night...

Breast Cancer 'Vaccine' Being Developed By Arkansas Scientists

AP | Posted 01.05.2009 | Living


LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Scientists at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hope to begin clinical trials this spring on a vaccine to preven...

If Terrorism Is a Cancer, Treat It Like One

Deepak Chopra | Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics


Deepak Chopra

In the spirit of President-elect Obama's call for unity, the present divide between opponents and supporters of the war in Iraq needs to be healed. O...

"Sister Soldier: A Chronicle of Life After Iraq" - Part I

R. B. Stuart | Posted 12.28.2008 | Politics


R. B. Stuart

My sister Fran's cancer appeared at the beginning of January. She felt tired, bloated, and had an unusual feeling of fullness, and immediately thought her term in Iraq was the culprit.

Ash Christmas: Yesterday's TVA Coal Disaster is Toxic Wake Up Call to Nation

Jeff Biggers | Posted 12.23.2008 | Green


Jeff Biggers

Coal ash contains mercury, lead, and arsenic. Nearly 800 Olympic-size swimming pools of that toxic mix are flowing into the waterways of Tennessee right now.

A Holiday Wish for Healthy Children in a Healthy World

Nancy Chuda | Posted 12.23.2008 | Green


Nancy Chuda

In the eighties, we knew very little about the dangers of living with and around chemicals, and even less about the compounded exposures due to their cumulative effects.

Sam Bottoms Dies: "Apocalypse Now" Actor Passes Away At 53

AP | Posted 12.18.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — Sam Bottoms, who had small but memorable roles in the 1970s classics "Apocalypse Now" and "The Last Picture Show," has died. He wa...

Jimmy V and the Closed Wallet

Don McNay | Posted 12.13.2008 | Business


Don McNay

I'm not the only person thinking twice about giving money to charity. Or about spending money. Most people have the same kind of hesitation that I have. And this compounds the financial crisis problem.

Requiem for An Educator: In Memoriam James O'Keefe

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 12.11.2008 | Living


Jayne Lyn Stahl

In the short time I knew James O'Keefe, he wouldn't mind if I called him friend. He touched my life in ways that few ever have or ever will.

Fran Drescher for Senator Shmenator

Howie Greene | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics


Howie Greene

She's a cancer survivor. She's a great fundraiser. She speaks Spanish, Yiddish and some form of English. Fran Drescher is a lot of things -- but the next Senator from New York?

World Health Organization: Cancer To Be World's Top Killer By 2010

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 12.09.2008 | Living


ATLANTA — Cancer will overtake heart disease as the world's top killer by 2010, part of a trend that should more than double global cancer cases...

Gobble Up Your Zs this Holiday Season

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 12.09.2008 | Living


Dr. Michael J. Breus

The food comas that will descend on many of us over the holidays may not actually come from the turkey, ham or other holiday meal. You'd have to eat a...

Your Winter Horoscope

Eric Broder | Posted 12.04.2008 | Living


Eric Broder

Aquarius: The upper peninsula of Michigan asks you to lead its secessionist movement. Your grown grandchildren find your assertion that you were once a member of the Cure difficult to accept.

Patrick Swayze Slams Tabloids, Talks Cancer Battle

AP | Posted 12.02.2008 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — Patrick Swayze is angry about tabloid reports that say he doesn't have long to live. The actor, who was diagnosed with pancreatic can...

Ask Phyllis...Astrology and Beyond: Sibling-Starved Cancer

Phyllis F. Mitz | Posted 11.26.2008 | Living


Phyllis F. Mitz

Scorpios typically ignite their controlling behaviors out of a need to keep themselves safe -- emotionally and otherwise -- rather than out of deliberate meanness or cruelty.

The End of Cancer Has Begun

Laura Ziskin | Posted 11.17.2008 | Entertainment


Laura Ziskin

This past September 5th, Stand Up to Cancer launched in a powerful way... we raised more than $100 million for innovative cancer research projects.

A "S.A.D." Lifestyle

Dr. Jeffrey McCombs | Posted 11.17.2008 | Living


Dr. Jeffrey McCombs

Obama keeps reminding us that we need to prepare ourselves for making sacrifices in order to correct the excesses of the past. This applies as much to our diet as much as it does to the economy.

Social Return on Investment Remains Strong Despite Lagging Economy

Michelle Cote | Posted 11.11.2008 | Living


Michelle Cote

The Pan-Massachusetts Challenge was born 29 years ago when a young adventure athlete named Billy Starr decided to bring together a group of his friends to raise money to fight cancer.

Country Star Merle Haggard Battling Lung Cancer

Reuters | Posted 11.10.2008 | Entertainment


Country singer Merle Haggard, recently diagnosed with lung cancer, had part of a lung removed and is recovering at home, his spokeswoman said on Sunda...

Study: Migraines Cut Breast Cancer Risk By 30 Percent

Reuters | Julia Steenhuysen | Posted 11.06.2008 | Living


In a puzzling twist, women who have a history of migraine headaches are far less likely to develop breast cancer than other women, U.S. researchers sa...

Lifting the "Body Burden": How to Fight Toxic Exposure and Keep Chemicals Out of Your Home

Simran Sethi | Posted 11.06.2008 | Green


Simran Sethi

From Seventh Generation's discussion on "Children and Chemicals," featuring Jane Houlihan of the Environmental Working Group, pediatrician Dr. Alan ...

Rest easy, Dad. We win.

Dante Zappala | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics


Dante Zappala

Don't think of an elephant and what's the first thing that comes to mind? And so it goes that I try not to think, 'Dad should be here.' Phillies win...

Michael Crichton Dies At 66

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 11.05.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Crichton, the million-selling author who made scientific research terrifying and irresistible in such thrillers as "Jurassic Park," "Timeline"...

Carswell Prison Blues

Betty Brink | Posted 10.29.2008 | Living


Betty Brink

The medical neglect in our prisons is too-often accepted by the public as just another price paid by those who commit crimes.

Patrick Swayze Hard At Work A Year After Cancer Diagnosis

New York Times | Posted 10.29.2008 | Entertainment


On a film soundstage here, a tense scene was unfolding, with the actor Lou Diamond Phillips, playing a rogue cop, holding a gun aimed at the head of a...