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I Set a World Record and Swam the English Channel -- Four Months After Breast Cancer Surgery

Amanda Mercer | Posted 12.12.2012 | Women
Read More: Lou Gehrig's Disease, Lumpectomy, World Record, Dr. Lisa Newman, Lance Oram, Ductal Malignant Carcinoma, A/C Chemo, Cyclophosphamide, Breast Cancer, Doxorubicin, Cytoxan, Chemo, Breast Cancer Awareness, Bob SChoeni, Swimming, Dover, Chemotherapy, Taxol, Als, Womens-Health, Women News
Amanda Mercer

"I discussed your desire to swim the Channel with the doctors on the tumor review board, and I'm sorry, but no one believes that you will be able to do it. The fatigue from the chemo will be too great." I looked at my husband and thought they don't know me.

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At Christmas and Beyond: Trees Keep on Giving

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Almonds, Soil, Sequoia's, Dr. Reese Halter, Christmas, Conservation, Co2, Apples, Bristlecone Pines, Trees, Oranges, Water, Lemons, Taxol, Avocados, Greenhouse Gases, Cinnamon, Grapefruits, Medicine, Air, Green News
Dr. Reese Halter

It is indeed appropriate that the most recognized and celebrated day of the year, Christmas, is also focused around trees. That's because trees are truly remarkable.

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Climate Change and Australia's Living Pinosaur

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Australia, Steve Irwin, Wollemi Pine, Coronary Disease, Jacque Cousteau, Climate Change, Dr. Reese Halter, Taxol, John Denver, Co2, Cancer, Global Warming, Fresh Water, Green News
Dr. Reese Halter

The discovery of Wollemia was likened to finding a small dinosaur alive on Earth. How had the pine, which was thought to have perished more than 35 million years ago, managed to survive?

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