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Italian Actress Has Baby After Defying Cancer and Having Double-Mastectomy

Juliet Linley | Posted 06.18.2013 | Impact
Juliet Linley

Fluent in both Italian and English, she's as comfortable in a Hollywood production as she is on stage in a Roman theater or behind a microphone in a dubbing studio.

Hypo-Cancer-Chondria

Lindsay Goldstein | Posted 06.18.2013 | Healthy Living
Lindsay Goldstein

Every bump and bruise, every ache, and every extra flutter of my heart (I get anxious fairly easily) seems to merit a text to my oncologist, who luckily always responds and calms me down. But am I right to over-worry about my health after under-worrying and getting such a scary diagnosis?

Suck It, Cancer

Dan Duffy | Posted 06.18.2013 | Healthy Living
Dan Duffy

June has become the ultimate dichotomy for me. In 2002, on June 8, I had my last of 20 chemotherapy treatments in 11 weeks. I was unbelievably sick, but I had finally reached a finish line of sorts. That was the day when I finally told cancer to "suck it."

The Exclusive Club That No One Wants To Get Into

Babette Hughes | Posted 06.18.2013 | Fifty
Babette Hughes

My father was murdered in a bootlegging turf war with the mafia. Although it wasn't cancer that killed him, my family felt the same secrecy, disgrace, and guilt. Like cancer, it was the death that had no name. Like cancer, my mother never acknowledged my father's death. Not once. Not in her entire life. He was our cancer.

Early Detection Options for Breast Cancer

Tory Zellick | Posted 06.17.2013 | Healthy Living
Tory Zellick

Conventional medicine advises that we start getting annual mammograms at age 40. And yet, as I have come to understand, mammograms have a difficult time detecting cancer in small, dense, young breast tissue.

For Dad

Tony Hawk | Posted 06.14.2013 | Parents
Tony Hawk

My dad (Frank Hawk) died of lung cancer in 1995. He was my biggest fan. He supported me when I chose skateboarding over all other sports.

This 9-year-old Cancer Survivor Is Taking Back the Term 'Bucket List' (PHOTO)

Seamus McKiernan | Posted 06.14.2013 | Healthy Living
Seamus McKiernan

This 9-year-old cancer survivor is on a mission to take back the term "bucket list." One game of "messy twister" at a time. Maya, a third grader from Ohio who is battling a rare form of leukemia, wants to share her "bucket list for summer 2013" (below) to inspire others -- healthy or sick, old or young -- to get busy living.

10 Ways to Emotionally Fight Cancer

Danielle Ripley-Burgess | Posted 06.14.2013 | Impact
Danielle Ripley-Burgess

I've found that no matter what age you are, it will eventually hit you. Whether you're 17 or 77 - facing your own mortality isn't easy. And it's quite the burden to carry on top of the "I feel sick from chemo" or the "I'm terrified my scan will come back showing something's wrong" days.

Losing Control and Learning to Trust: My Unexpected Diagnosis

Jim Wallis | Posted 06.14.2013 | Religion
Jim Wallis

This is a very personal column. In December of last year, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Statins and Cancer: More Questions Than Answers

Dr. Paul J. Rosch | Posted 06.13.2013 | Healthy Living
Dr. Paul J. Rosch

At present, it is impossible to prove that statins have any effect on the development or spread of cancer. It may take decades for a carcinogenic effect to surface, and by then, a relationship may not be recognized, especially if statins have been discontinued.

Bullied Because of Cancer

Erin Havel | Posted 06.13.2013 | Impact
Erin Havel

I would venture to say middle school is the most awkward few years in most of our lives. Now throw cancer into the mix. Cancer is difficult enough without the added pain of being ridiculed by our peers.

What If You Treated Everyone Like They Might Die Tomorrow?

Joanna_Montgomery | Posted 06.13.2013 | Healthy Living
Joanna_Montgomery

We talk about not "sweating the small stuff" and "going with the flow," but how many of us really practice this in our lives? I don't know why any of us has to have a near death experience to chill the eff out -- it doesn't have to be that way, does it?

Sorting the Wheat from the Chaff: How Do We Know Which Cancer Therapies Really Work?

American Statistical Association | Posted 06.12.2013 | Science
American Statistical Association

How do we know which newly touted treatments really work (i.e., are safe and effective) and which do not? The best way, and one that has led to steady progress in the treatment of many types of cancer in recent decades, is through the randomized controlled clinical trial.

The 'Gift' of Cancer?

Jamie Bendola | Posted 06.12.2013 | Healthy Living
Jamie Bendola

Part of me knew it was coming and part of me thought I was crazy to even think I could have such a disease at 25. I'll never forget sitting in that room alone and wondering if I would make it to my 26th birthday. It's funny how your attitude about life can change when you realize yours could be taken away.

Dancing With Fear: A Day in My Life Without a Left Pelvic Bone

Benjamin Rubenstein | Posted 06.11.2013 | Healthy Living
Benjamin Rubenstein

I walk like a penguin, I think, chuckling at my short stride. Days ago I danced at a wedding. Historically I had been the loner watching the dance floor from afar, but this time I visited YouTube, where a smooth Asian gentleman taught me basic moves.

Cancer Turned Me Into a Hypochondriac

Kelly Bergin | Posted 06.11.2013 | Healthy Living
Kelly Bergin

Last week I noticed a black speck on my arm. Yep, definitely cancer. Later, I noticed the spot was gone. Why do I torture myself like this? I suppose my medical history has taught me that my hunches are usually correct, but lately I seemed to be going crazier than usual.

Will "Pandora's Promise" Start A New Environmental Movement FOR Nuclear Power?

David Ropeik | Posted 06.11.2013 | Green
David Ropeik

The last line in Pandora's Promise, Robert Stone's new documentary about the environmental advantages of nuclear power, comes from Michael Shellenberg...

A Complicated Relationship

Karin Diamond | Posted 06.11.2013 | Healthy Living
Karin Diamond

My relationship with cancer will forever be evolving. I hope for a clean break. Yet, even when we say goodbye for good, it will take a long time to heal from the forever imprints our time together has made on my being -- a tattoo inked during a four-year (and counting) bender.

Good News For Those Who Hate Colonoscopies

The Huffington Post | Shelley Emling | Posted 06.11.2013 | Fifty

Tired of having to guzzle down that awful-tasting laxative preparation designed to get your colon squeaky clean prior to a colonoscopy? If so, here's ...

A Bachelorette, Michael Douglas and HPV

Getrude Matshe | Posted 06.10.2013 | Celebrity
Getrude Matshe

Former ABC Bachelorette hopeful and pediatric dentist Dr. Misee Harris was simply researching HPV online and was shocked to see the news surrounding...

What it Means to be a Champion of Change for Military Families

Mike Landers | Posted 06.07.2013 | Impact
Mike Landers

My advice to potential volunteers is to find a passion that connects with your experience or skill set. Even if you are not skilled, take on the challenge to train yourself.

Driven by Love, a Step Forward for Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

Jessica Wapner | Posted 06.06.2013 | Science
Jessica Wapner

When Elena Gitelson began experiencing back pain toward the end of 2012, she did what any hospital doctor might do: took herself to get a CT scan.

World's Oldest Human Tumor Found In Bone Fragment

Live Science | Stephanie Pappas | Posted 06.10.2013 | Science

The oldest human tumor ever found — by more than 100,000 years — has been discovered in the rib of a Neanderthal.The bone, excavated more than 100...

Infographic Ruins Our Favorite Childhood Foods by Linking them to Cancer

Foodbeast | Posted 06.04.2013 | Healthy Living
Foodbeast

We know, we know, we know. Preservatives are bad for us. Our snack food is saturated with chemicals. If we keep eating pesticides our organs will t...

Alpita Shah: Sometimes, ‘Right Where You Started From' Is Right Where You Belong

Alpita Shah | Posted 06.04.2013 | Women
Alpita Shah

A few years ago, my mom was diagnosed with cancer for the second time. At that point, I had been in government and international service for over a decade; I had begun questioning whether exporting Western capitalism to developing countries was how I wanted to spend the rest of my life.