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- Pop CultureElise Solé
Teachers donate their sick days to colleague battling colon cancer
The employees could have cashed out those sick days when they retired — instead, they donated them to a fellow teacher in need.
- WellnessPeople
Woman Is Almost Unrecognizable After Undergoing 49 Face Surgeries Due to 'Devastating' Cancer
Woman Almost Unrecognizable After Undergoing 49 Cancer Surgeries
- Pop CultureHope Schreiber
Town celebrates 8-year-old cancer patient's last radiation treatment with huge ice cream party
While Max still has a year of chemotherapy to go, this ice cream party was a fantastic way to celebrate all his progress.
- WellnessAllure
Melanoma Skin Cancer May Be Detected Early with a New Blood Test, Study Finds
Before you spot something suspicious.
- Pop CultureHope Schreiber
'The Great Garrett Underpants,' a 5-year-old boy with cancer, writes his own obituary
Garrett Matthias of Iowa passed away on July 6 after battling a rare form of cancer. His rowdy spirit and sense of fun, expressed in an obituary he helped write, lives on.
- WellnessHope Schreiber
Facebook users swear by this sunburn hack that uses a product most men have in their medicine cabinets
The cure will help ease the burning sensation in just 30 minutes.
- WellnessAbby Haglage
Why are flight attendants’ rates of cancer spiking? Disrupted sleep and radiation may be to blame
A new study from Harvard shows a higher incidence of cancer among flight attendants. Here's what you need to know.
- BeautyThe Zoe Report
Gel Manicures Can Increase Your Risk Of Cancer, According To A Dermatologist
Gel manicures always come hand in hand with a twinge of guilt. While the rock-hard polish has some serious staying power, drying your hands under the warm glow of those UV or LED (they still emit UVA light) curing lamps feels a little…wrong. Turns out, your gut reaction isn’t failing you: There are some dangers involved, […]
- WellnessElise Solé
Little boy says goodbye to his dying sister in heartbreaking photo: 'He doesn't want to leave her side'
“A little boy should not have to say goodbye to his partner in crime, his playmate, his best friend, his little sister,” wrote Matt Sooter of a tender moment shared between his kids.
- WellnessAnna Almendrala
Cancer Patients Pay Thousands To Save Their Fertility. New Laws Aim To Change That.
When Victoria Dzorka learned that she had Hodgkin lymphoma in January 2017,
- LifestyleHope Schreiber
'I will love her forever': Author of 'Eat, Pray, Love' shares post 6 months after partner's death
Six months ago, the author of “Eat, Pray, Love” lost her partner to cancer. Now she’s ready to talk about it publicly, and she shared some thoughts about grief via Instagram.
- BeautySelf
Cancer Taught Me That Real Self-Care Can Be Deeply Uncomfortable
I’ve tried a lot of face masks. None of them cured my cancer.
- LifestyleKorin Miller
Why it might be time to put the cancer 'fight' metaphor to rest once and for all
Many people take issue with the words “fight” and “battle” in relation to cancer, saying that it subjects patients to unfair pressure to overcome the disease.
- LifestyleMaggie Parker
Young boy's friendship with elderly neighbor will make your day
Darrien Middleton witnessed a seriously sweet moment two weeks ago, and had to share it on Facebook. The result — a photo of her grandmother Wilma Bray sitting on her Tennessee porch with a first-grader named Caleb — will warm your heart.
- WellnessPeople
Shannen Doherty Undergoes Breast Reconstruction Surgery 2 Years After Having a Mastectomy
Shannen Doherty Undergoes Reconstruction Surgery
- Pop CultureErin Donnelly
Meghan McCain responds to White House comment about Sen. John McCain ‘dying’: ‘Nobody’s going to remember you’
"The View" co-host Meghan McCain has strong words for White House aide Kelly Sadler after she remarked that Sen. John McCain, who is battling brain cancer, was "dying anyway."
- WellnessAllure
Taking Aspirin Every Day May Double Melanoma Risk in Men, Says New Study
Researchers found that daily aspirin therapy nearly doubled the risk of melanoma skin cancer in men. But that doesn't mean you should stop taking the pain killer.
- WellnessPeople
'Desperate' Tarek El Moussa Shares Graphic Photo of Stem Cell Treatment for Recent Back Injury
Tarek El Moussa Shares Photo of Stem Cell Treatment
- WellnessSelf
Abby Lee Miller Shares Emotional Recovery Photos After Surgery
The surgery took five hours.
Pop CultureErin DonnellyCartoonist pays emotional tribute to Barbara Bush and her daughter who died at age 3
Members of the Bush family have joined in praising the emotional tribute to the former first lady and her first daughter, who died at age 3.
- WellnessCBS News Videos
Cancer survivor finishes Boston Marathon after 13 hours
Mary Shertenlieb has battled cancer three times. Doctors warned her it would be tough to try the Boston Marathon, especially considering the punishing rain and cold temperatures. But that didn't stop her. "CBS Evening News" anchor Jeff Glor has her story.
- WellnessCosmopolitan
Doctors Said She Was Fat. She Actually Had Cancer.
Rebecca Hiles and millions of women like her are getting judged too quickly by their doctors - and it can mean the difference between life or death.
- WellnessAndy Wells
Woman who pretended to have cancer jailed for duping people into donating money for 'medical treatment'
The Australian woman spent the $31,000 she raised on vacations and nights out, not cancer treatment.
- LifestyleSabrina Rojas Weiss
If a blood test could determine if you'd get Alzheimer's, would you take it?
Even though results offer only vague notions of various genetic risks, the spiking popularity of at-home DNA kits has made spitting into a test tube feel a lot like peering into a crystal ball. Doctors, meanwhile, could soon have more reliable predictors in their toolkits.
