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Brain Cancer

Cicadas and Cell Phones: Welcome to the 21st Century

Devra Davis, Ph.D. | Posted 04.30.2013 | Healthy Living
Devra Davis, Ph.D.

The FCC's overdue request for advice on how to update its standards provides a welcome chance to get rid of outmoded assumptions of current standards and provides a rallying point for those concerned with protecting brains and bodies from avoidable exposures to microwave radiation.

On Surviving a Brain Cancer Death Sentence

Davis Schneiderman | Posted 03.21.2013 | Healthy Living
Davis Schneiderman

My father is now a long-term survivor who has completely defied the conventional wisdom about his disease. He has survived for seven years: seven years living with a disease whose five-year survival rate for the most favorable patient class is a dismal 14 percent.

Lessons From Grief

Juliana Stock | Posted 05.12.2013 | GPS for the Soul
Juliana Stock

I had no idea what I wanted to do or be, and in many ways his passing felt like I was starting from scratch... like I had to relearn how to have Thanksgiving dinner or shop for Christmas gifts, blow out my birthday candles -- would I even want birthday candles again?

New Virus May Be Causing Outbreak Of Brain Cancer In Raccoons

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 01.09.2013 | Green

A mysterious new virus on the West Coast is believed to be causing fatal brain cancer in raccoons -- an alarming sign given the animals' frequent inte...

WATCH: My Date Freaked Out Over My Brain Cancer

Posted 12.04.2012 | HuffPost Live 321

Matthew Zachary, the founder and CEO of Stupid Cancer (also known as The I'm Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation) joined HuffPost Live host Alyona M...

WATCH: Homeless Boy With Brain Cancer, 5 Family Members Live In Hotel Room

Mark Horvath | Posted 12.26.2012 | Impact
Mark Horvath

Tory is one amazing mother. Fighting homelessness is bad enough, yet her 11-year-old son has brain cancer. I cannot imagine the strength it takes ju...

This Is Just Awful: Struggle Over Patient's Right To Stop Life Support To Be Decided In The Courts

Posted 10.05.2012 | New York

The emotional fight over the wishes of terminally ill banker Grace Sung Eun Lee reached a fever pitch Friday after the Appellate Division of State Sup...

How I Stood Up To Cancer

Pearce Quesenberry | Posted 11.13.2012 | Teen
Pearce Quesenberry

Life is supposed to be pretty simple when you are 10 years old. My life, though, became very complicated when I was diagnosed with cancer in 2008.

Here's My Cancer Story, What's Yours?

Nancy Sharp | Posted 11.06.2012 | Women
Nancy Sharp

This is what I understand: My story may be unique to me but the human experiences of loss and life and love are as universal as the stars.

Emma Diab

The Undefeated Champ

HuffingtonPost.com | Emma Diab | Posted 11.06.2012 | Impact

If hospital-centric TV shows have taught audiences anything, it's how to envision a recovery room. The are standard whitewashed walls commonly des...

Kitty Won't Give You Killer Disease, Scientists Say

Posted 08.22.2012 | Science

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 08/21/2012 07:13 PM EDT on LiveScience Cat owners are no more likely than people withou...

You Can't Do It Wrong

Karen Fitzgerald | Posted 10.03.2012 | Impact
Karen Fitzgerald

We don't do enough soul work in this country. We operate on fear, including, and especially our politicians and our corporate execs.

Father Releases Heartbreaking Video To Raise Money For Son's Cancer Treatment

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 07.23.2012 | Parents

Mike Massé, a musician from Salt Lake City, got heartbreaking news earlier this month: his 11-month-old son, Noah, was diagnosed with a malignant bra...

Mom Fights For Son Who Lost Both Legs, Suffered Brain Injury While Serving In Iraq

Christine Hill | Posted 07.31.2012 | Impact
Christine Hill

Cindy Parsons gets a visible lump in her throat as she thinks about the future. "What's going to happen to my son?" she asks to anyone willing to lis...

Twitter Users Help Boy, 9, Dying From Brain Cancer Trend Worldwide

Posted 05.14.2012 | Impact

Nine-year-old Ryan Kennedy’s days are numbered, but his supporters, including such A-listers as Britney Spears and Kim Kardashian, are making sure t...

Jumping the Fence

Kathleen Fordyce Rohan | Posted 06.09.2012 | Women
Kathleen Fordyce Rohan

Did I do everything I could to help him? Why do I get to live, blessed so far to be disease free? Why am I the lucky one who gets to enjoy the feel of our son's little arms around my neck?

Janell Ross

Health Care Reform May Be Too Late For This Man

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 03.29.2012 | Home

Kenneth McNelly was supposed to die two weeks ago. On March 13, 2011, a brain scan unmasked eight tumors in his brain. Diagnosis: Cancer, treatabl...

Teen Impact: Grand Prize Winner

Sierra Alef-Defoe | Posted 04.03.2012 | Home
Sierra Alef-Defoe

My friend Sydney was diagnosed with a brain tumor and died at the age of 11. My goal has been to raise enough money to find a cure for brain cancer, which is the second most common cancer in children.

How My Father's Brain Cancer Taught Me to Parent

Davis Schneiderman | Posted 02.14.2012 | Parents
Davis Schneiderman

These days, I sometimes sit with my father, silently, amazed at how he has completely transformed. And how I am now a parent of two constantly transforming daughters.

Act 5

Craig Crawford | Posted 01.17.2012 | Home
Craig Crawford

My best friend -- and finest journalist I've ever known -- Sean Holton determinedly took a break from brain cancer yesterday to post this response to ...

WATCH: Boy, 7, Battles Brain Cancer And Wrestling Opponents

Posted 11.14.2011 | Impact

At 7 years old, Gage Driver has wrestled his way to winning 27 trophies and competing at the state level. But now, he faces the match of his life as h...

Montgomery 6-Year-Old Taking On Cancer — And Winning

Montgomery, IL Patch | Andre SallesEmail the Author | Posted 11.28.2011 | Chicago

It's 4:30 on a Thursday afternoon, and Isaac Parris has just returned home from school. Within minutes, he's tied a Superman cape around his neck a...

Eleanor Mondale, Daughter Of Former Vice President Walter Mondale, Passes Away

AP | JEFF BAENEN | Posted 11.17.2011 | Politics

MINNEAPOLIS — Eleanor Mondale, the vivacious daughter of former Vice President Walter Mondale who carved out her own reputation as an entertainm...

Why I Gave My Son A 'Cancer-Causing' Cell Phone

Shawn Lawrence Otto | Posted 10.10.2011 | Healthy Living
Shawn Lawrence Otto

I just gave my son a dangerous cell phone to hold next to his developing brain. Am I a bad parent? Physics says no -- and suggests that San Francisco's 10-1 vote ignored basic science in favor of superstitious fear of the invisible.

Lynne Peeples

Cell Phone Study 'Misleading': Children May Still be At Increased Cancer Risk, Experts Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 09.27.2011 | Healthy Living

"Cell Phones Don’t Increase Cancer Risk in Kids." From USA Today to CBS News, variations of this hopeful-sounding headline now abound after yesterda...