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more about #cancer more comments → OliversArmy: So, some big-pharma shill NY Times writer wants you to believe that drugs will prevent cancer but diet and exercise won't? Well, nice try GINA KOLATA... more » Spirit Fingers: If you could find a way to put the cure for cancer in one of these then maybe America would listen. (Um, Christ, do people actually eat something tha... more » scroll_lock: Yeah, but cancer started it. I was just standing up for myself. #cancer more » m4ximusprim3: Fine, I confess. If it makes you feel any better, I feel bad about it. Except Johnnie Cochran. He had it coming. #cancer more » metoometoo: Nonsense. I take a drug every day that has been proven to help prevent cancer. Weed. #cancer more » Beau Nerd: Hold on. I thought it was pretty well-documented that Bruce McColloch was the guy who caused cancer. #cancer more » TableNein: What, all of them? I wasn't even there! more » Carol Gardens: I am noticing a pattern. Many of your posts end with a charming bon mot: 'bout time; dick; yeah, right. Hell, yeah! more » Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: Cell phones cause loud talking on public transportation. Loud talking on public transportation causes me to wish cancer on loud talkers. So, there's... more » naugahydeinplainsight: I don't know. Calder worked on these things for years and years and it didn't bother him. more » son of spam: It's true: people who have cancer often own cell phones. more » LouisaDadger: I cried when Julia Child died. I cried when Les Paul died...and then Ted Kennedy And now I've cried for Patrick Swayze. It's like we're losing the bes... more » Urbania: For me, the respect began when I saw him in Donnie Darko. Actors who play against their own type are secure in their selves and know how to have fun. more » MissNormaDesmond: I admit it: I watched that scene, and I cried, but I was smiling while I was crying. There's something profoundly sweet and joyful and life-affirming... more » avoidz: Rest now, Patrick. more » -
#health
Cancer: All your fault.
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#andnowhesdead
Patrick Swayze is Now Dead. And It's Sad.
We've all known this was coming, but that doesn't make it any easier to announce. Patrick Swayze, American actor and icon, has died and, at the tender age of 57, succumbed to pancreatic cancer. More » -
#classicads
'DDT Is Good For Me-e-e!'
"During 1946, exhaustive scientific tests have shown that, when properly used, DDT kills a host of destructive insect pests, and is a benefactor of all humanity." And cancer. Copyranter found a particularly good one today. Click through for full version. More » -
#updates
Oh Maybe Bernie Madoff Doesn't Have Cancer
The Bureau of Prisons says Bernie Madoff "is not terminally ill, and has not been diagnosed with cancer." And it claims that the NY Post story that said so based on anonymous prison snitch testimony is "full of inaccuracies." No! -
#berniemadoff
Prison Snitches Say Madoff Has Cancer
Bernie Madoff's post-criminal career has been filled with indignities: house arrest, poverty for his wife, and unflattering penis size revelations. And now he may have cancer. Which would be worse than all of the above, yes.
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#death
Candles Give You Cancer
It is time to ban candle-burning in restaurants, bars, hospitals, and other workplaces: they give you cancer. Experts have proven it with science! More » -
#debate
Your Next Health Care Town Hall Viral Video
If it hasn't been aired yet, we're guessing this clip of Representative Sheila Jackson Lee briefly murmuring into a phone as a woman asks a question will be on Fox within ten minutes. And, you know, fucking nice one, Sheila. More » -
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#photoresearch
The Huffington Post Knows Cancer Is Bad, Right?
Web-journalism evangelist—and Huffington Post admirer—Jeff Jarvis has announced on his blog that he has prostate cancer. We wish him well. So does HuffPo, we imagine. But isn't that a weird photo to choose to illustrate that story? More » -
#science
Fact: Thinking Kills You, By Tanning
Science is a "thinking man's game." And excessive tanning is a dumb man's game. But now science itself has proven that thinking too much will kill you—by tanning. Uhh, Jersey wins! More » -
#senate
Chris Dodd Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer
Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd has prostate cancer. He'll have surgery early next month and be back at work, his office says, in September. And he is still seeking reelection in 2010. More » -
#newjerseyweeps
Tanning Beds Just as Deadly as Mustard Gas
That is not one of our "jokey"-style headlines! Rather it is a quite accurate summation of the true state of affairs in the world. Tanning beds will give you cancer for sure, scientists say. Adios, Jersey. More » -
#breaking
Beastie Boy Is Ill
The Beastie Boys' MCA, a.k.a. Adam Yauch, has cancer of the salivary gland. The group is canceling its upcoming tour and pushing back its album release date. Yauch, a Buddhist, turns 45 on August 5. Click to watch the announcement. -
#thewayofallflesh
Frank McCourt Is Said to be Near Death
Frank McCourt, the voluble Irish-American memoirist and retired New York City schoolteacher who wrote Angela's Ashes, is on his deathbed, according to the Belfast Telegraph. More » -
#bushknew
Conservatives Killed Kemp, Specter Kinda Says
Did you know that the GOP agenda killed football hero Jack Kemp? It's true, according to eventual Democrat Arlen Specter! More » -
#dude
Weed Cures Cancer!
Tetrahydrocannabinol has been demonstrated to induce human glioma cell death through stimulation of autophagy! That means that weed totally cures cancer. Dude. More » -
#media
60 Minutes creator Don Hewitt is hospitalized with pancreatic cancer. Liz Smith reports. [Update/ Clarification]
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#sick
Don Imus Has Cancer
Radio-talking Marlboro Man doppelganger Don Imus, a famous racist, has cancer. He announced it on his show this morning: More » -
#obits
Braden Keil, New York Post Real Estate Columnist
Longtime New York Post real estate columnist Braden Keil died last night, after a battle with melanoma. He worked up until the very end, with his wife helping him write his last column. More » -
#disease
Reality Star Who Lived On Camera to Die On Camera
Jade Goody, a 27-year-old British woman suffering from cervical cancer, had her diagnosis broadcast on national television. And now that her illness has been deemed terminal, she'll film her last moments alive. More »
