Austin couple gives $100M for UT, MD Anderson medical center
A pair of Austin residents have donated $100 million to the University of Texas at Austin’s planned academic…
Kiwi woman with terminal cancer turns dream trips into ‘death rules’ mission
Hayley was 24 when she noticed her left thigh looked slightly larger than her right. When she began…
Diffuse infiltrating retinoblastoma: Pāpāmoa girl’s fight for her vision after rare cancer diagnosis
Her mother Alex McCarthy said they thought Kaia needed glasses. Elrond and Alex McCarthy, parents of Kaia and…
Montana medical board revokes cancer doctor Thomas Weiner’s license
A panel of Montana state medical board members on Friday voted unanimously to revoke the medical license of…
Family race to give 6-year-old Frankie a lifetime of memories after cancer relapse
Frankie and her father, Paul, relocated from their home in Blenheim to Christchurch, where they spent months living…
Stage 4 bowel cancer patient fights for funding of life-prolonging drug
Bowel cancer is the second-highest cause of cancer death in New Zealand, second only to lung cancer. Bowel…
Bowel cancer: Pāpāmoa mother Kerry Bary dies four weeks before Christmas
When faced with a bowel cancer diagnosis, Bary met it with the same honesty and courage that defined…
Rotorua athlete Janie Taiiringa-Roimata Bennett, 16, dies after cancer battle
The eldest daughter of Phil Te Riu Kōiwi Bennett and Heeni Te Mate Kōiwi Brown, she had two…
How fasting boosts breast cancer therapy
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Northwestern Medicine study finds tanning bed use triples risk of melanoma
A study conducted in part by Chicago’s Northwestern Medicine found that tanning beds not only triple the risk…
Jury says Johnson & Johnson owes $40M to 2 cancer patients who used talcum powders
A Los Angeles jury awarded $40 million on Friday to two women who claimed that talcum powder made…
Gippsland teenager Ethan Monck celebrates first job after a lifetime battling cancer
Ethan Monck’s health struggles began the day he was born. Unable to turn inside his mother’s womb,…