October 28, 2015 Boy endures teasing to grow hair 40 inches long for charity An 8-year-old Melbourne, Fla., boy grew his hair about 40 inches long over a two-year period to donate it to cancer and burn victims in need, MyFoxDC.com reported.
October 28, 2015 Mother mourns loss of twins to cystic fibrosis after daughter’s death from leukemia A British mother is grieving the loss of her two children, who died within a week of one another from cystic fibrosis, following the death of her other daughter from leukemia, metro.co.uk reported.
October 27, 2015 Buffalo cancer hospital doctor dies after Colorado skiing accident The head of the leukemia section at Buffalo's Roswell Park Cancer Institute has died from injuries suffered in a ski accident in Colorado earlier this month.
October 27, 2015 Dispelling 3 diet soda myths If you love a sweet, fizzy soda but want to lose weight or reduce your sugar consumption, it seems logical to switch to the diet version.
October 27, 2015 Cancer immunotherapy treatment for leukemia shows more promise A technique to genetically modify a patient's own immune cells eradicated tumors in 14 of 16 patients with advanced leukemia—at least for a time—in a study that adds to growing enthusiasm for efforts to enlist the body's immune system in the fight against cancer.
October 27, 2015 Young cancer patients may be unaware of fertility options Young cancer patients, often left infertile after treatment, may be unaware of ways to preserve their options for having children, a study suggests.
October 27, 2015 Cancer risk above 50 percent for Brits born in 1960 More than half of people born after 1960 in the U.K. may be diagnosed with some form of cancer in their lifetimes, a new estimate suggests.
October 27, 2015 Florida couple raising funds to cover medical expenses for 2 children battling leukemia Three small children two years apart present enough challenges for any parents, but throw leukemia into the mix and you have the truly daunting case of Lacey and Will Smith of Jacksonville, Fla.
October 27, 2015 Massachusetts governor gets head shaved to support charity Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker got a sharp new short haircut on Tuesday that helped raise money for charity and met the approval of his wife.
October 26, 2015 Scientists create ‘smart bomb’ drug to target leukemia in children Researchers at the University of Southern California and the University of Illinois have invented a drug designed to attack the most common and deadly form of childhood cancer, B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
