Jimmy Carter Says His Cancer Is Gone
Former president and also former peanut farmer Jimmy Carter says that cancerous spots doctors found in his brain earlier this year are gone, suggesting he is cancer-free.
Hospital Says Reality Star Claiming to Have Cancer Was Lying About Treatments
For the last year or so, a man featured on Bravo’s Real Housewives of Orange County tried very hard to convince the show’s cast and viewers that he was suffering from cancer. But a key element of his story just bottomed out, in a very public way.
Revenge of the Cows: Meat Gives You Cancer
The World Health Organization has given vegetarians all of the ammo we need to win every argument from now on about nasty meat—which gives you cancer.
Just a year after JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s cancer diagnosis, another financier health scare: Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, who announced to shareholders Tuesday that he has a “highly curable” form of lymphoma. Tough year to be a billionaire banker you say? Sure, I guess.
Jimmy Carter Has Brain Cancer
At a press conference this morning, former President Jimmy Carter elaborated on his cancer diagnosis, telling reporters that he has four small melanoma spots on his brain.
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North Korea's New Miracle Drug Cures HIV and Ebola, Says North Korea
North Korea, famed for its unicorns and its non-Photoshopped, totally real missiles, has done it again. The DPRK’s extremely reliable state-run media agency reports that homegrown scientists have found the cure for HIV, various cancers, heart disease, impotence, bad skin, Ebola ... everything, really. Turns out the…
Green Juice Will Not Cure Your Cancer
Cancer misinformation runs rampant on the internet. Headlines on “natural living” websites expose the alleged truth about doctors and scientists in cahoots with Big Pharma. According to the self-styled experts behind these stories, so-called studies claim that everything from baking soda to coconut oil to green juice…
Alaska Airlines Kicks Woman Off Flight For Having Cancer and No Note
Elizabeth Sedway claims she and her family were booted from their flight from Hawaii to San Jose Monday after the crew on an Alaska Airlines plane learned she had cancer, but no doctor's note clearing her to fly. "I’m being removed like I’m a criminal or contagious—because I have cancer,” she can be heard saying in…
Why Is the Times Quoting This Quack About the Danger of AppleWatches?
In Wednesday's New York Times, Nick Bilton, a Styles columnist who writes about technology as you might expect a Styles columnist to, makes a foray into science journalism, questioning if "wearable tech" could be harmful to our bodies—could wearable computers, like the AppleWatch (onsaleApril24atyournearestAppleStore)…
Stuart Scott, Pioneering ESPN Anchor, Dead at 49
Longtime ESPN anchor Stuart Scott died this morning at the age of 49 after a lengthy battle with cancer, the network reports.
Good News on Cancer for Americans (Not for the Rest of You)
Did you get cancer recently? You did? Uh... sorry. I'm very sorry. I thought you were going to say "no." Jesus. Uh... take heart in your many fellow Americans who have not gotten cancer recently—thanks to science, etc!
Real World/Road Rules Challenge Star Diem Brown Dies at 32
Diem Brown, a longtime star of MTV's Real World/Road Rules Challenge, has died from complications of cancer. She was 32.
Mom of 6 Blames Her Facebook Cancer Hoax on "Mental Health Issues"
A mother of six is under investigation by Australian police after she apparently fooled dozens of generous strangers on Facebook, and even her boyfriend, into believing she had cancer and needed expensive medical treatments. The Daily Telegraph broke the story of her unraveling hoax, which reportedly netted her…
Tinged Pink: When The Cancer Narrative Can't Compass Your Loss
Four years ago, a woman I love—a friend who felt sisterly and vibrant—died of breast cancer. She was 33. I feel like I must spell it out: thirty-three. I want to paint it on a brick wall in the middle of the night. I want to wear it like the scarlet letter A. I want every billboard to read two numbers: 3 and 3.
Scientists are developing a yogurt with special molecules that can be used to screen for colorectal cancer. I know what they should call it: Chobani, because that yogurt already tastes like poop/ butts.
Three 9/11 Firemen Die of Cancer on the Same Day
On Monday, three firefighters who served on 9/11 died within hours of each other, according to the BBC. Lieutenant Howard Bischoff, 58, and firefighters Robert Leaver, 56, and Daniel Heglund, 58, all died of cancer, though it's unclear if their illnesses were linked to their service after the attacks.
Rob Ford Diagnosed With "Rare, Aggressive" Cancer in Abdomen
Dr. Zane Cohen of Toronto's Mount Sinai hospital announced today that mayor Rob Ford has a form of cancer called pleomorphic liposarcoma and a "rare" and "difficult" tumor in his abdomen. Cohen maintained that he was optimistic about treatment.
News Anchor Announces On-Air That He Only Has Six Months to Live
Dave Benton, an Illinois news anchorman, made a heartbreaking on-air announcement Thursday that his doctors believe he only has four to six months left to live.
Horny Redditors Donate Thousands to Cancer Research in J-Law's Honor
The bizarre silver lining to this whole leaked celebrity nudes thing: a group of Redditors is so enamored with Jennifer Lawrence's naked body that they've donated thousands of dollars to the Prostate Cancer Foundation in her honor.
Here's Robin Williams Helping a Cancer Patient Finish Her Bucket List
Months before Robin Williams took his own life after struggling with severe depression and the early stages of Parkinson's Disease, the actor made this heartbreaking personal video for a New Zealand woman with terminal cancer.
