Ellie Potvin was only six years old when she was diagnosed with stage 4 rhabdomyoarcoma, a rare childhood cancer, in July of 2008. Ellie's parents...
Reuters | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -- The scars of childhood cancer may go beyond the physical: Adults who survived cancer as children may have lower-than-aver...
Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living
Babies are about 100 times more sensitive to carcinogens than adults. Infants and young children have immature liver enzymes, which give them only limited ability to detoxify carcinogens.
Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics
Federal health officials, who should be responsible for tracking cancer near nuclear reactors and analyzing their nuclear contaminants, have so far ignored the dangers.
The Daily Green | Posted 09.02.2009 | Green
As if links to Parkinson's disease, diabetes and obesity, cancer, low sperm counts and other reproductive health problems, and childhood developmental...
Steve Anderson | Posted 07.29.2009 | Living
Pablo & his family have been on the roller-coaster ride from Hell for the last year. In and out of the hospital, in and out of chemo, in and out of panic and hope.
Wall Street Journal | ANJALI ATHAVALEY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Andrew Flaton survived a brain tumor as a child, but he still suffers from the effects of his cancer treatments. One of his most challenging tasks: ho...
HuffPost | Tam Vo | Posted 11.11.2009 | Impact