I read a great article on how young cancer patients are fighting the disease by looking at their situation through a comical perspective.  Whether it’s through funny and witty blogs, books, plays, stand-up performances, or by just harboring amusing thoughts on their disease, these young fighters are showing that you can’t always be serious as [...]

An article on MSN Health revealed some simple techniques on helping to prevent injuries incurred during runs – the article serves beginners and veteran runners alike.  While training for that race, it’s easy to get lost in your routine, and you forget the basics in the process like stretching or eating the right foods.  One [...]

I came across a great video documentary on the link between wrinkles and cancer.  Immediately, you’re thinking, “How could wrinkles possibly be associated with cancer risk?”  According to the video, the process of wrinkling takes place at the cellular level, which could also be an indication of what is occurring within your organs at the [...]

A study performed by UC San Francisco states that a woman who has breast cancer in the early stages should undergo testing to see if her tumor has the HER2 protein.  If it does, she should be given the drug Herceptin, which significantly lowers the risk that the cancer will come back.  Unfortunately, due to [...]

Remember when you were 24 years of age?  Maybe you are 24 or younger; first off, I’m jealous, but it probably never occurred to you that you could ever get brain cancer.  After all, according to this video on CBS News, the chances that brain cancer can occur at that age is one in 100,000.  [...]

A lot of buzz going on regarding the upcoming boxing fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Juan Manuel Marquez.  It was revealed on an HBO 24/7 episode that as part of his preparation for the fight, Juan Manuel Marquez drinks his own urine to purportedly recycle the nutrients in his body.  This revelation provided good [...]

Kathryn Joosten, who plays Karen McCluskey on “Desperate Housewives”, is experiencing a recurrence of lung cancer.  The two-time Emmy award winner was originally diagnosed with the disease back in 2001, but the cancer went into remission after successful surgery; this also curbed the need for chemotherapy or radiation treatments.  Joosten admitted that she has been [...]

Research results of young officers who took part in the rescue and cleanup of 9/11 showed that they have developed a rare immune cancer, myeloma, at an age range that is atypical of the disease.  A study of over 28,000 emergency professionals who worked at Ground Zero confirmed that eight cases tested positive for myeloma.  [...]

Since September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, let’s look at an issue that may be a big one in Childhood Cancer Awareness Months to come – BPA.
Last Friday, the California Assembly delayed voting on a measure that would ban bisphenol A (BPA) from use in bottles, formula, and baby food containers.   The chemical gets into [...]

After 20 months of battling the disease, actor Patrick Swayze succumbed to pancreatic cancer on Monday, September 14.  Although full details have yet to be given, it was said that accompanying family members were at his bedside as the actor passed away peacefully.  Despite his battle with the disease, Swayze still continued to work, shooting [...]