MEXICO, N.Y. — Jacob Hadcock has leukemia, but his parents say the 4-year-old New York boy isn't dying. An e-mail erroneously claims that Jacob...
Christopher Gavigan | Posted 12.10.2009 | Living
Billions more are spent every year on research to find new treatments and cures for cancer. It's one of the most common diseases and one of the most costly. Why, then, is there so little focus on prevention?
Posted 12.04.2009 | New York
UPDATE 12/4: The White House has released a photo of Jasmina's meeting with the president. Scroll down to see it. 12/3: Jasmina Anema's journey to th...
parenting.com | Erin Zammet Ruddy | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living
I may never be cured, but eight years later, I am still here. And I am a wife, a mother, a pregnant lady and (pretty much) cancer free. I could never ...
Pat Pedraja | Posted 10.16.2009 | Impact
There are so many kids out there who really want to do something to help with a problem in the world, but they don't know how. Remember, you are never too young to change the world!
Anne Stockwell | Posted 11.17.2009 | Entertainment
My slightly older cousin was nuts about some off-key British jerks called the Rolling Stones. I waited for a clear coast and soaked up Peter, Paul & Mary when nobody was around.
Jacob M. Appel | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics
Mandating that physicians aid in dying should be a last resort. Montana should explore other, less-invasive means of ensuring that all citizens are guaranteed their constitutional right to die.
Cynthia Boaz | Posted 12.07.2009 | Politics
We in the United States have a health care system that creates (rather than eases) burdens for those battling critical illness. We have it all backwards.
New York Daily News | By Elizabeth Hays | Posted 08.20.2009 | Media
Funnyman Jon Stewart is pitching in to help a fan with something that's no laughing matter. The "Daily Show" star heard a big fan is fighting leukemi...
Wed Apr 8, 2:48 Pm ET | Posted 05.11.2009 | Home
(Vocus) April 8, 2009 -- Researchers have identified a gene that controls the rapid production and differentiation of the stem cells that produce all ...
Victoria Namkung | Posted 05.08.2009 | Living
Thousands of patients diagnosed with leukemia and other life-threatening diseases depend on you to find a match. Wondering what can you do?
R. B. Stuart | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics
Sgt. Christopher J. Sachs was diagnosed with cancer three years after returning from Iraq. The U.S. military, however, refused to consider the possibility that his illness was related to his tour.
R. B. Stuart | Posted 03.06.2009 | Living
Although SSG. Steven Ochs seemed impenetrable, he could not sidestep the invisible weapon that would course through his bloodstream five months after his third tour ended.
Diane Dulken | Posted 03.05.2009 | Green
This environmental lawyer reminded us that the vast majority of commercial and industrial chemicals in circulation today are not tested for longterm health effects before being put on the market.
Steve Young | Posted 01.30.2009 | Media
I was able to access an excerpt from Ann Coulter's soon to be released, Guilty: Liberal Victims and Their Assault On America Enjoy... Chapter 14 ...
Los Angeles Times | Posted 01.29.2009 | Green
Before his passing on Dec. 21, environmental lawyer Al Meyerhoff wrote an op-ed for the LA Times, discussing what he called the "irony" of being diagn...
Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green
Life Cycle is a series of posts that looks at the environmental impacts of everyday things. Last week we talked about popcorn. Chemically flavored...
AP | Posted 12.17.2009 | New York