cancer
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Sterling K. Brown Partners With Bristol-Myers Squibb to Give Cancer Survivors a Community
First things first: Fuck Cancer. This disease has entered the lives of many and has taken loved ones away, but fortunately, all stories involving cancer don’t have an unfortunate ending. Sterling K. Brown has partnered with Bristol-Myers Squibb to tell survivors’ stories in a series designed to illuminate the triumphs and challenges of life after…
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President Windbag Mistakenly Claims That Windmill Noise Causes Cancer
President Trump continued his assault on alternative energy sources that don’t line the pockets of the 1 percent by pulling out his fear-mongering air horn to claim that windmills decrease property value and the noise from wind turbines causes cancer. “If you have a windmill anywhere near your house, congratulations, your house just went down…
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Leah Still, Daughter of Former Cincinnati Bengal Devon, Cancer-free 3 Years Later
In June of 2014, Devon Still, then a lineman for the Cincinnati Bengals, received word that his four-year-old daughter had neuroblastoma stage 4 cancer, a cancer often found in adrenal glands atop the kidneys that may also spread to the belly, chest, and bones. With his daughter given a 50-50 chance at survival by doctors,…
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Arizona Sen. John McCain to Stop Cancer Treatment
It has been a long and valiant fight but on Friday, Arizona Sen. John McCain’s family announced that one of the most popular Republicans to speak out against the current president’s authoritarian regime will discontinue his brain cancer treatment. “The progress of the disease and the inexorable advance of age render their verdict,” McCain’s family said…
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Fighting Breast Cancer: Tuskegee University Researchers Add a 4th Marker in Breast-Cancer Detection
A research team at Tuskegee University has just made a major breakthrough in the fight against breast cancer—particularly the most aggressive and fatal form, which affects black women at a 42 percent-higher rate (pdf) than white women. As reported by Michigan Chronicle Online, the team discovered a new means of detecting early markers and prescribing…
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Black Men Fare Extremely Well in 2 New Prostate-Cancer Studies
Finally some good news for black folks on the health front: Two new studies indicate that black men with advanced prostate cancer may do better with the disease than even white men if given the same access to care. The Associated Press reports that the two studies were presented on Friday at the American Society…
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No Good Deed: Legally Blind White Man Attacks Black Politician for Trying to Help Him
Sometimes it just doesn’t matter how much good you want to do for the world; people are going to hate and fear you anyway. This doesn’t just apply to the X-Men, dentists and high school grammar teachers; it also applies to politicians. While much of the public likes to criticize “Washington” and “the government” for…
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Because Being a Woman Isn’t Scary Enough: Now Your Birth Control Could Cause Breast Cancer
Have breasts? Trying not to get pregnant? A new study from Denmark has revealed that hormonal birth control of all types can raise your risk of developing breast cancer, which is frightening news to the legions of women who choose these methods to prevent conception. This new research expanded beyond high-dose birth control pills studied…
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Bride Holds Surprise Wedding at Hospital Where Father Is Being Treated for Leukemia
Nothing was going to stop Viennese Stanton of Davis, Calif., from having her father walk her down the aisle, even if it meant she had to have her wedding at the hospital where he’s being treated for leukemia. Stanton said via the Love What Matters Facebook page that she pushed her wedding day up so…
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Texas Teen Ebony Banks, Who Was Battling Cancer, Dies 4 Days After Meeting Beyoncé
Ebony Banks, a Texas teenager who was fighting stage 4 cancer, died Sunday, just four days after being able to meet with her idol, superstar Beyoncé Knowles. Ebony was undergoing treatment at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston when she died, KHOU reports. The Alief Independent School District of Houston released the news of her…