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PSA-Prostate Cancer Screening Dilemma: Why Talking With Your MD Matters

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 12.17.2011 | Los Angeles
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

So, if PSA screening doesn't save lives and may result in harm, why do it at all? This counsel seems contrary to every cancer-related public service announcement we've ever heard.

WATCH: Patrick 'McDreamy' Dempsey Gets Touchy-Feely About Helping Cancer Victims

FirstcoastNews.com | Posted 10.15.2011 | Impact

When Patrick Dempsey isn't saving lives on screen as "Grey's Anatomy" character Dr. McDreamy, he's saving people in other ways with his charity work. ...

Seeing '50/50' Through The Eyes Of Psalm 23

Rev. Amy Ziettlow | Posted 12.13.2011 | Religion
Rev. Amy Ziettlow

Eventually, the shadow of death will make itself known to us all and the chances for surviving life are not 50/50 but 0/0. In the meantime, may we value those who walk in the valley with us.

World's First Lung Cancer Vaccine Announced

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 11.08.2011 | Healthy Living

After 25 years of research, Cuban officials have begun production on a vaccine for lung cancer, China's Xinhuanet reported. The vaccine, or CimaVax...

Elijah's Song

Rabbi Yonah Bookstein | Posted 10.31.2011 | Religion
Rabbi Yonah Bookstein

One might imagine that a song written by a dying boy would be sad and full of regret -- but the song is inspiring, courageous and shows his profound belief in God.

Questions Children Ask About Cancer

Hollye Harrington Jacobs | Posted 10.11.2011 | Parents
Hollye Harrington Jacobs

Since the time of my diagnosis of FBC (F-bomb breast cancer), we have talked openly with our five-year-old daughter about both the disease and its treatment.

'Amazing' New Gene Therapy Destroys Leukemia In 3 Patients

AP | STEPHANIE NANO | Posted 10.19.2011 | Healthy Living

NEW YORK — Scientists are reporting the first clear success with a new approach for treating leukemia – turning the patients' own blood ce...

Chavez Returning To Cuba For 2nd Round Of Chemo

AP | PATRICIA RONDON | Posted 10.05.2011 | World

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday that he has asked legislators to give him permission to return to Cuba for a s...

In the Chemo Room: A Guinea Pig

Robert Schwab | Posted 10.01.2011 | Denver
Robert Schwab

Never did I imagine I would be walking through the Phil Anschutz-funded doors of the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora volunteering to be a guinea pig for cancer research. But that's what I did.

From Cuba, Chavez Governs Via Twitter While Undergoing Cancer Treatment

AP | IAN JAMES | Posted 09.21.2011 | World

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is using Twitter as a tool to govern remotely while he undergoes cancer treatment in Cuba....

Chavez Admits Chemotherapy, Other Medical Methods Required In Treatment

Posted 09.12.2011 | World

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday he may need radiotherapy or chemotherapy for can...

The ABCDEs of Melanoma: Don't Let Sun Worship Turn Fatal

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 08.13.2011 | Los Angeles
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

Southern Californians carry on a love-hate relationship with sunshine: we love that bountiful sunny days mean plenty of time at the beach and outdoors, but we're wary of the damage it can do to our skin.

Survivors Speak: 50 Tips On Beating Cancer From The Twittersphere

The Huffington Post | Posted 08.03.2011 | Healthy Living

Last year in the United States, more than one and a half million men and women were estimated to be diagnosed with cancer -- and more than half a mill...

Complementary Cancer Treatments: Which Is For You?

Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D. | Posted 07.30.2011 | Healthy Living
Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D.

If these complementary therapies all have the power to reduce chronic stress and depression, could they not -- in combination with medical treatment -- potentially improve the prognosis and extend the lives of cancer patients?

Back to the Chemo Room

Robert Schwab | Posted 07.26.2011 | Denver
Robert Schwab

One thing you find out about yourself when you are recruited into a battle for your life is that while death may be around the corner, living feels pretty good.

Reliance On God Linked With Treatment Choices In New Cancer Study

Posted 07.02.2011 | Religion

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service (RNS) Cancer patients who consider the length of their lives to be "in God's hands" are more willing than...

FDA Approves Possible Chemotherapy Alternative For Brain Cancer

AP | By MATTHEW PERRONE | Posted 06.15.2011 | Home

WASHINGTON -- Device maker Novocure said Friday the Food and Drug Administration approved its first-of-a-kind treatment which fights cancerous brain t...

Head Of Nursing Home Group FIRED During Cancer Recovery

The Washington Post | Posted 06.06.2011 | Impact

Marla Gilson had just returned home from a second round of chemotherapy to treat an acute form of leukemia when the e-mail arrived. She had asked h...

Considering Geraldine Ferraro And Progress Myeloma Treatment

Dr. Elaine Schattner | Posted 05.30.2011 | Home
Dr. Elaine Schattner

Like many New Yorkers, feminists, hematologists and others, I was saddened to learn of Geraldine Ferraro's death.

Why I'm in This Marathon

Robert M. Klein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Robert M. Klein

Even though I have wistfully watched the Boston Marathon, or the New York Marathon, or the Los Angeles Marathon, I never thought I would actually participate.

In the Chemo Room: In It to Win It!

Robert Schwab | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Robert Schwab

This is the story of a health insurer -- a company that is often described as the big, bad wolf of the industry -- coming through for a patient who went through the motions required of him.

In the Chemo Room: 17 Minutes to Appeal $176,365 Bill

Robert Schwab | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Robert Schwab

I go back to the chemo room later today, but this morning I sat in on a medical panel that heard my appeal of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield's denial of $176,365 of radiation "benefits" I received last summer.

5 Steps To Take After A Traumatic Diagnosis

Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D.

The crisis that begins with a terminal or potentially terminal diagnosis like breast cancer indeed marks the first step down a long and winding road.

The Day My Husband Chose Hospice Care

Carol Jones | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Carol Jones

After all these months of focusing every waking moment on Kenny's care, now we were to focus on his dying.

What Elizabeth Edwards Taught Us About How To Live Our Final Days

Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D.

Not all of the approximately 500,000 Americans who die of cancer each year are able to pass in the same manner and under the same circumstances as Elizabeth Edwards.