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How a Woman’s Hair Appointment Possibly Saved Her Life
Eileen Korey treasures her luscious red locks – and that's why she has been going to the same hairstylist every month for the last...
Treatment Has Saved 77% of Cancer Patients Needing Amputations
Patients with a form of advanced malignant cancer in their arms or legs have typically faced amputation of the afflicted limb as the only treatment option. However,...
Cancer Death Rate Has Dropped 25% Since 1991 Peak
Thanks to reductions in smoking and advances in early detection and treatment, less and less Americans are dying of cancer every year.
Anonymous Tip Saves Olympic Swimmer From Skin Cancer
Olympic swimmer Mackenzie "Mack" Horton posted a thank you this week to an anonymous guardian angel who told him to get a mole on his chest checked out.
Pills Made Especially for Girl’s Rare Cancer Completely Eliminate Tumors
When this little girl was diagnosed with a cancer so rare that there was no specific treatment for it, doctors created a “precision medicine”...
Jimmy Carter Stops Treatment as Cancer Seems to Have Vanished
After being cancer-free for nearly two months, former President Jimmy Carter announced Sunday that his doctors say he no longer needs treatment.
Woman Searches for Stranger Whose Comment Saved Her Life
This woman thought a stranger was flirting with her, but he was actually saving her life.
Christine Burnie was in an Aukland, New Zealand hardware...
Top 10 Health, Cancer, and Science Breakthroughs of 2015
This past year saw giant leaps in how we cure cancer, with breakthroughs in treating Alzheimers and preventing Ebola. These technological developments – both big...
One-Day Cancer Treatment Ends Weeks of Daily Radiation Visits
It’s not often that the word “revolutionary” actually follows through on its promise.
But in this case, a cancer treatment that is cutting cost, time,...
Survival Rates for Ovarian Cancer Reach All Time High – Up 50%
Women today are far more likely to survive ovarian cancer than their mothers’ would have been.
After comparing the survival rate of women diagnosed with...
Man With Rare Antibody Saves Two Million Babies with His Blood
One man who was willing to share his blood has saved the lives of more than two million babies.
With his weekly donations to the...
Cuban Cancer Vaccine Could Soon be Available in U.S.
A new cancer vaccine may soon be available to American lung cancer patients thanks to thawing relations between the U.S. and Cuba.
Cuba’s Center for...
In Successful Cancer Trial, Therapy “Dissolves” Stage IV Tumor in 3 Weeks
An experimental drug combination dissolved a cancerous tumor so fast, it caught researchers completely off-guard. The two-drug combo completely eliminated a woman’s melanoma —...
Programming the Immune System to Kill Any Cancer – Trials Start in 2014
Training our immune systems to fight cancer has been an appealing prospect among scientists for decades.
Stanford researchers are on track to begin human trials...
Man Shaves Head to Support Wife, Luckily Finds His Own Cancer
When Dolly Stringer was diagnosed with breast cancer in April, she decided to shave her head before beginning her chemotherapy.
Now, the woman, who lives...
Billionaire Driver Asks Directions, Donates $20,000 for Woman’s Kidney Fund
Santa Barbara resident Jennifer Vasilakos was in the neighborhood handing out flyers and raising funds when a driver stopped to ask for directions.
She never...
New Cancer Treatment Destroys Non Targeted Tumors Using Immune System
For more than a century, scientists have been attempting to harness the immune system to fight cancer -- trying to get the antibodies and...
New Skin Cancer Drug Appears to Work When Nothing Else Does
Gene targeting drug therapy may offer hope for those with difficult-to-treat advanced-stage skin cancer according to preliminary data published last week in the New...
Chance Reunion Offers Return of Championship Ring After 30 Years
In 1976 I met Bernie Tiger in freshman drafting class at Madison, NJ High School. He didn't play football that year, his family was...
New Drug Helps Dogs With Cancer
A new cancer vaccine treatment for dogs with melanoma can prolong life for pets and may well help humans with the same disease. (Video)...