Cancer

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A Cure For Cancer? Eating A Plant-Based Diet

Kathy Freston | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Cure for Cancer, Preventative Medicine, Nurtition, Health, Carcinogens, Cancer Cure, Plant-Based Diet, Cancer, Casein, Kathy Freston, Animal Protein, T. Colin Campbell, Living News

Traditional doctors are so focused on the use of targeted therapies that they refuse to even acknowledge the use of therapies like nutrition and are loathe to even want to do proper research in this area.

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Yoga Helps Cancer Survivors Breathe Easier

reuters.com | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Yoga, Mental Health, Health, Cancer, Wellness, Benefits of Yoga, Living News

The brainchild of Dr. Nicole Culos-Reed, a cancer and exercise researcher at the University of Calgary, and Susi Hately, a yoga instructor, Yoga Thriv...

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Underinsured But Cancer-Free Thanks In Part To Charity Help

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Charity, Health Care Reform, Bearing Witness 2.0, Cancer, Bearing Witness, Health Care, Down Not Out, Business News

After a breast cancer diagnosis, Virginia Pivik of Denver underwent a mastectomy in October 2007 and began chemotherapy and a year-long Herceptin regi...

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Aspirin Can Cut Colon Cancer Risk

msn.com | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Cancer, Medicine, Colon Cancer, Study, Health, Living News

People with a genetic susceptibility to colon cancer could cut their chances of developing the disease in half by taking a daily dose of aspirin, rese...

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Sugar, Sugar.

Fred Hahn | Posted 11.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Cancer, Tax, Barack Obama, Sugar, Living News

I am calling for a three-month moratorium on sugar and grain based carbohydrates. Rather than all join hands and walk for the cure, let's instead join minds and eat for it.

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Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long Wear Lapel Pins For City Of Hope

Posted 11.19.2009 | Impact

Read More: City of Hope, Charity, Medical Research, Michael Strahan, Terry Bradshaw, Jimmy Johnson, Fox Sports, Cancer, Howie Long, Impact News

One of the nation's most respected biomedical research and treatment centers, City Of Hope's mission is to save as many lives worldwide as possible th...

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Sheryl Crow: Life After Breast Cancer, Motherhood

health.com | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Sheryl Crow, Sheryl Crow Youtube, Tuesday Night Music Club, Health, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Celebrity, Wellness, Advice, Living News

Sheryl Crow is one of music's biggest talents, but you'd never know it talking to her. The mom of 2-year-old Wyatt is more likely to chat about mother...

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Suzanne Somers: Patrick Swayze Was Poisoned By Chemotherapy

nypost.com | Posted 11.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Suzanne Somers, Cancer, Patrick Swayze, Entertainment News

Suzanne Somers, a cancer survivor herself, thinks Patrick Swayze was killed by chemotherapy. "They took a beautiful man" and "put poison in his body,"...

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Dead is a Four-Letter Word

Jon Chattman | Posted 11.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Michael Jackson, Kanye West, Taylor Swift, Humanitarian, Ghost, Dirty Dancing, Dead, Cancer, Obits, Patrick Swayze, Death, Obama, Jackass, Media News

I hate when news outlets break stories of celebrity deaths by simply coming up with a headline of the person's name followed by the word "dead" in all caps.

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Sage Advice for Today's Entrepreneur

Zondra Hughes | Posted 11.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Entrepreneurs, Small Business, Life Lessons, Johnny Mack Brown, Cancer, Goodyear, Brown Enterprises, Chicago Entrepreneurs, Brown Tire Corp, Chicago News

Last week, African-American entrepreneur Johnny Brown succumbed to cancer after an 11-year battle with the disease. These are Mr. Brown's words of wisdom in his last phone interview.

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Recycling Plastic: What a Waste

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental, Recycle, Styrene, Gyre, Single Use Plastics, Plastic-Pollution, Bpa, Reuse, Body Burden, Birth Defects, Cancer, Plastic Bottles, Petrochemical, Phthalates, Green Chemistry, Sups, Green News

Every day, single-use plastics ("SUPs" bottles, bags, packaging, utensils, etc.) made from petrochemicals are thrown away in huge quantities after one use, but they will last virtually forever.

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Remembering Patrick Swayze and a Campaign to End Cancer

Laura Ziskin | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: March of Dimes, Stand Up to Cancer, Patrick Swayze Dead, Cancer, Patrick Swayze, Living News

Last year Patrick Swayze defiantly posed the questions, "Will you stand with me? Will you stand up to cancer?" His words that day are ringing in my ears now.

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Patrick Swayze and the Meaning of Life's Moments

Alex Pattakos | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Cancer, Socrates, Death and Dying, Alex Pattakos, Meaning, Viktor Frankl, Pancreatic Cancer, Patrick Swayze, Variety, New Mexico, Living News

Swayze's words and actions throughout his very personal and, unfortunately, sometimes very public ordeal underscore that, in all situations, no matter how desperate they may appear or actually be, you always have the ultimate freedom to choose your attitude.

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Patrick Swayze Will Respond to Each Fan's Condolences Through Whoopi Goldberg's Twitter

Ben Berkon | Posted 11.15.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Fans, Cancer, The Beast, Article, Ipod, Ghost, Entertainment, Dirty Dancing, Twitter, Rip, Patrick Swayze, Whoopi Goldberg, Comedy News

"Thanks for all the RIPs," typed the dead Swayze to the first of the 15 million fans who posted on Twitter, as his ghost-self sat on Goldberg's lap.

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'Housewives' Kathryn Joosten's Cancer Returns

AP | Posted 11.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Cancer, Kathryn Joosten Cancer, Television, Kathryn Joosten, Desperate Housewives, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — Kathryn Joosten (JOO'-sten), who plays the crotchety Karen McCluskey on ABC's "Desperate Housewives," is battling a recurrence of lun...

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'Survivor' Ethan Zohn: 'My Cancer Is Back'

people.com | Mark Dagostino | Posted 11.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Cancer, Ethan Zohn, Ethan Zohn Cancer, Entertainment News

"I was off chemo," he says. "I was running up to seven miles" in preparation for November's New York City Marathon. "I was happy, I was going out. I w...

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Forget Kick the Can; Let's Kick Politicians Out of Washington

Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cancer, President Obama, Kick the Can, Politicians, Heatlh Care Reform, Politics News

For an average citizen it is hard to sift through the lies and the posturing of D.C. to figure out what's true or false.

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Health Care Debate: "Death Panels," Health Insurance Reform, and the Truth

Maria Rodale | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care Reform, Cancer, Health Insurance, Health Care, Breast Cancer, Living News

I think I found the smoking gun on the death panel accusation, and it's not the doctors or the hospitals. It's the insurance companies who are profiting from deliberately misleading their customers.

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The Lockerbie Cover-Up Must Be Investigated

Vicky Ward | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: Lockerbie, Gordon Brown, Andrew Alderson, Lockerbie Bomber, Mohmed Al Megrahi, Eric Muller, England, Sunday Telegraph, Scotland, Commonwealth Office, Cancer, British Embassy, Hillary Clinton, Tory Party, World News

The Sunday Telegraph claims that Libya paid three doctors for medical evidence that Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, the convicted Lockerbie killer, had only two or three months to live.

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The National Cancer Institute Should be on the Forefront of Identifying the Causes of Cancer

Susan M. Love | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: The National Cancer Institute, Breast Cancer, Avon, Samuel Epstein, Cancer, Living News

Only by studying women in all their complexity that we will be able to figure out all the causes of breast cancer.

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If We Get This Wrong...

Mary Ann West | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Move on.Org, Debate, Jim Himes, Tort Reform, Connecticut, High School, Aarp, Health Insurance, Cancer, Congressman, Ct, Tea Party Express, Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Death Panel, Norwalk, Politics News

What will be catastrophic is if we continue as we are, with only those who are healthy, wealthy, employed with a really great insurance plan or with Medicare coverage reaping the benefits.

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Michael Steele: Meet Amanda Duzak

Dave Zirin | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Howard University, Michael Steele, Townhall Meetings, Healthcare, RNC Chair Michael Steele, Chemotherapy, Towson University, Prescription Drugs, Cancer, Health Care, Michael Steele Howard University, Amanda Duzak, Politics News

At a student dialogue Tuesday, recent grad Amanda Duzak told Steele that her mother was unable to afford medication, and died recently of cancer. Steele turned his back on her, and the crowd applauded.

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The Marks on Us

Trish Kinney | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Port Wine Stain, Self-Esteem, Cancer, Sexual Abuse, Birthmark, Anxiety, Confidence, Worry, Living News

When asked about it, I just say "it's a birthmark," usually explaining that it doesn't hurt as children so often fear. Children are the ones who usually have the nerve to ask.

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The Future We Make: Ted Kennedy's Legacy in Fighting Cancer

Sherry Lansing | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ted Kennedy Brain Cancer, Stand Up to Cancer, Cancer, Ted Kennedy Dies, Ted Kennedy, Politics News

Senator Kennedy practiced "random acts of kindness" long before they were in vogue. It was Ted Kennedy's deep empathy for those who are sick and afflicted that will be his lasting legacy.

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Don't Worry, Get Angry: Hillary's Health Care Travesty

Linda Keenan | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Seventy-eight percent of the people who had to file for medical-related bankruptcy actually had health insurance. Hillary St. Pierre, a spunky 27-year-old mother, is a case in point.

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