cancer
Hospital Says Reality Star Claiming to Have Cancer Was Lying About Treatments
Gabrielle Bluestone · 11/10/15 03:10PMRevenge of the Cows: Meat Gives You Cancer
Hamilton Nolan · 10/26/15 08:39AMGabrielle Bluestone · 09/22/15 10:07AM
Jimmy Carter Has Brain Cancer
Taylor Berman · 08/20/15 09:17AMNorth Korea's New Miracle Drug Cures HIV and Ebola, Says North Korea
Jay Hathaway · 06/19/15 04:10PMNorth 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 cure was fertilizer all along. Why didn’t actual scientists think of that?
Green Juice Will Not Cure Your Cancer
Kavin Senapathy · 05/28/15 02:35PMCancer 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 can cure cancer.
Alaska Airlines Kicks Woman Off Flight For Having Cancer and No Note
Aleksander Chan · 04/08/15 08:01AMElizabeth 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 video from the plane she posted to Facebook. "Does anybody wonder how I got to Hawaii?"
Stuart Scott, Pioneering ESPN Anchor, Dead at 49
Brendan O'Connor · 01/04/15 10:35AMGood News on Cancer for Americans (Not for the Rest of You)
Hamilton Nolan · 12/31/14 01:00PMReal World/Road Rules Challenge Star Diem Brown Dies at 32
Taylor Berman · 11/14/14 01:01PMMom of 6 Blames Her Facebook Cancer Hoax on "Mental Health Issues"
Jay Hathaway · 11/05/14 12:47PMA 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 thousands of dollars, this week.
Tinged Pink: When The Cancer Narrative Can't Compass Your Loss
Erika Anderson · 10/25/14 01:19PMFour 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.
Hamilton Nolan · 10/13/14 09:58AM
Three 9/11 Firemen Die of Cancer on the Same Day
Allie Jones · 09/26/14 11:37AMOn 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
Andy Cush · 09/17/14 04:32PMNews Anchor Announces On-Air That He Only Has Six Months to Live
Gabrielle Bluestone · 09/14/14 08:16PMHorny Redditors Donate Thousands to Cancer Research in J-Law's Honor
Andy Cush · 09/02/14 10:15AMHere's Robin Williams Helping a Cancer Patient Finish Her Bucket List
Jay Hathaway · 08/18/14 01:06PMTaylor Swift Visits Young Cancer Patient, Drowns You in Your Own Tears
Jay Hathaway · 08/04/14 09:47AMTaylor Swift, gardener and cat enthusiast, killed you Sunday when she visited a 7-year-old cancer patient and offered to sing him any song he wanted, or just do some of her favorite things, like playing with Play-Doh or talking about Spider-Man or whatever. Authorities say the cause of your death was drowning in a flood of your own tears.