9-year-old raises money for mom battling colon cancer A 9-year-old Boston boy has raised money for cancer research in honor of his mother, who has been battling colon cancer for more than a year.
Cancer survivor who married husband on deathbed renews vows a year later A patient who thought she was losing her battle to cancer and married her fiancé while on her deathbed in the hospital made an unexpected recovery and recently renewed her vows with her husband.
Bloomberg, others give $125M for immunotherapy cancer research Billionaire Michael Bloomberg and other philanthropists are donating $125 million to Johns Hopkins University for a new institute devoted to immunotherapy cancer research, the Baltimore school said on Tuesday.
Acupuncture may ease hot flashes in women with breast cancer Acupuncture may help ease hot flashes in women with breast cancer who often can't take traditional hormone treatments, according to a new study from Italy.
Smoke without fire: Japan becomes test ground for real tobacco e-cigarette Two tobacco giants are seeing strong demand for their reboots of the e-cigarette in Japan, with Philip Morris International twice postponing a nationwide rollout and Japan Tobacco suspending shipments - both due to supply shortages.
Digital mammography may also reveal heart disease risk Reuters Health - Mammograms performed to check the health of the breasts could also give clues to the health of the heart, researchers say.
3-way kidney swap saves New York woman's life Thirty-five years ago, Tom Danz and his wife, Angela, promised to have and to hold each other for better or for worse.
Mom of 2 fighting for life after doctors diagnose toothache as wrong type of cancer After months of searching for the source of pain from a toothache, 26-year-old Gemma Wood, of Wiltshire, England, finally got an answer: a neuroendocrine tumor (NET) lodged in her mouth behind her cheekbone.
University holds early graduation ceremony for student whose dad has terminal cancer Jim Brewer is nearing the end of his battle with pancreatic cancer, but one of his concerns was he wouldn’t live long enough to see his 23-year-old daughter Jenny graduate from his alma mater, Texas A&M University, in May.
