Cancer

Ashley Hawkins is a decorated war veteran who served in Iraq and was the first woman to earn the Bronze Star for her actions in combat in March 2005. As a specialist, she was credited with saving the life of a wounded fellow squad member by using her own body as a shield for him

Don’t hide when your neighbor comes to your door with another one of those baseball bat-sized zucchini! Here some fun recipes from The American Institute for Cancer Research.   What’s to love about those long green and yellow summer squash that seem to go from tiny little squash fingers into baseball bats overnight? Low in calories

Gina Pozzi‘s mother died of breast cancer at the age of 47. Now, at age 45, Gina’s annual mammogram seems to show that she’s suffering from the same disease. There’s a suspicious spot in her right breast and white specks in her armpit lymph nodes as well that resemble calcium deposits. “When cancer hits you

It has been announced today that Philip Morris International (PMI), the American tobacco company, and maker of Marlboro cigarettes, is buying Vectura, the British respiratory drugs company, for £1.04 billion. Vectura has worked on treatments for lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and is the pharmaceutical company responsible for developing a pioneering inhaled treatment

Cancer is one of the greatest global challenges. No one organisation, sector or even country can solve it alone. Just like what we’ve seen with the pandemic, global collaboration and proper investment are what’s needed to drive progress in cancer too. It’s been a terrible year. But even in the worst times, there are silver

Exercise has some amazing benefits for the human body, so perhaps it’s not surprising to learn that it can also be hugely beneficial for people who are on medications or who are undergoing treatment for cancer. But a recent study may give you two more reasons to smile after your workout: your medications may work

Kieran Moïse has been growing his Afro for the past six years. The impressive hairstyle stands tall and wide, a testament of his dedication to its growth. Now, at age 17, Kieran is joining the United States Air Force Academy where he will need to sport a very close buzz like all other cadets. So,

Survivorship care typically begins at the end of active treatment. The goal is to provide support and resources for moving forward after treatment. In reality, survivorship care is most helpful when it looks at your whole cancer experience, from diagnosis forward. You are a survivor from day 1. A vital starting point is a baseline

There is no reason political interests should interfere in discussions about women’s health and health care, yet they often do. For example, insurance companies were once punished for providing women with safe access to pregnancy prevention. Critical funding for cancer screenings and nutritional support for low-income families has more than once been cut under pressure

Liz Hayes received a breast cancer diagnosis at the age of 49, just weeks before her wedding. Now 56 and cancer-free, she says she struggled mentally and physically throughout treatment. To help others facing mental health struggles in their own lives, she and her friends are swimming across the English Channel. Hayes is one of

The Pacific Northwest in the U.S. and British Columbia, Canada are being scorched by an unprecedented heat wave this summer. This rare “heat dome” is predicted to only occur once every 1,000 years or so. States across the northwest are breaking records for heat, which is not only incredibly uncomfortable, but extremely dangerous in general

This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Submit your own rescue story here. Your story just might be the next to be featured on our blog! I wanted a chihuahua to be a companion to a small one I have that has seizures and sight problems. I thought a friend would help

I love the smell of tomatoes in the sun. I used to have a little cherry tomato plant in my front yard as part of my urban garden. I would harvest about 30 baby tomatoes every year. But, I grew them. I tended to them. Watered them. Cut them back when they needed a trim.

White bagging is a practice that insurance companies have used for years. It requires patients and hospitals to get special medications such as chemotherapy drugs at insurance-approved formulary pharmacies instead of at their regular pharmacies. Using specialty formulary pharmacies means that each medication is formulated for the patient’s needs instead of mass-produced. Of course, the

The University of Birmingham has partnered with Nonacus, a company that develops non-invasive genetic testing devices, to produce a urine test for bladder cancer that could spare thousands of people invasive procedures. The test will combine Nonacus’ highly sensitive DNA-sensing technology with a set of unique DNA errors (mutations) found in the majority of bladder

How scientific expertise, funding and entrepreneurship came together for the development of an antibody-drug conjugate targeting lymphoma. Oncologists treating diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) have a new medicine in their armoury. In April 2021, following impressive Phase 1 and 2 clinical trial data, the FDA gave accelerated approval to Zynlonta for treating patients with refractory

Cancer is a tricky beast and is often difficult to detect. For people who are at high risk of breast cancer, who have had breast cancer before, or who are currently undergoing treatment and need to know whether their cancer is spreading, there’s always a need for better ways to detect breast cancer. Now a

A cancer survivor with a strong family history of the disease was shocked when she learned recently that she’s no longer allowed to refer herself for mammograms because she’s beyond the age of 70. 75-year-old Anne Boyd has been touched by cancer in a number of ways. Both her parents suffered from the disease, and

Roughly 50 percent of cancer patients can benefit from radiotherapy as part of their treatment, and roughly half of those patients are diagnosed early enough that radiation treatment could even be part of their cure, often in combination with chemotherapy and surgery. Radiation is an important cancer therapy, but it also has some hefty side

Fertility after cancer treatment is a common concern for younger women who are diagnosed with breast cancer. One new mom was not only able to conceive naturally after battling breast cancer in her 20s, her son is also the new Gerber Baby. In late June, Gerber announced the winner of its 11th annual photo search,

Specific genetic changes in tumours are linked to how aggressive a rare childhood cancer will be, in a finding scientists say could help pave the way for new, tailored treatments. The genetic changes identified in rhabdomyosarcoma – a type of muscle cancer that mostly affects children – were also linked to the patients’ age when

For women with HER2-positive breast cancer, a common treatment regimen involves combining three different types of chemotherapy drugs: trastuzumab, docetaxel, and carboplatin. Together, these therapies are known as TCbH. However, a new study has shown that adding a fourth drug may improve outcomes for these patients. Pyrotinib is an irreversible second-generation HER2-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor