Cancer

Christopher Shinn's plays explore what victims do next

2013-05-11 10:00:00

NEW YORK — David Mamet has his hustlers, Edward Albee his domestic warriors, Tony Kushner his brilliant self-flagellators. If playwright Christopher Shinn has a signature character, it is the manipulative victim — the half-sympathetic, half-...

Councilman Bill Rosendahl says cancer is in remission

2013-05-02 17:06:00

Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosendahl said Thursday that his cancer is in remission, announcing on his YouTube channel that medical marijuana played a critical role in his survival. Rosendahl, who steps down June 30 after eight years in office,...

As Kentucky Derby nears, these two already have won

2013-05-01 17:15:00

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — As the Kentucky Derby approaches, consider Dennis O'Neill and Tom Knust as Twin Spires for racehorse Goldencents. The backstretch barns at Churchill Downs were celebrity central Wednesday morning, led by the current biggest...

Poll: Should doctors tell terminally ill patients they're dying?

2013-04-26 07:00:00

As my colleague Melissa Healy noted Thursday, a British medical journal recently invited doctors who specialize in end-of-life care to debate whether patients should be told that they're terminally ill. Two London-based palliative care doctors argued in...

Teemu Selanne, a comeback kid and a promise happily kept

2013-04-18 20:48:00

Bobby Heravi did not want his son, Faryan, to hear the doctor's verdict and so made sure the boy's head was turned away when he asked about his son's chances of surviving an aggressive form of lymphoma. "With my mouth expression I said, 'What percent?'...

Living near traffic linked to increased cancer risk in children

2013-04-09 15:20:00

Researchers have already uncovered worrying signs that exposure to traffic – and the vehicle emissions that come with it – can increase a child’s risk of developing asthma and autism. Now comes evidence that it may make children more...

Fukushima nuclear disaster adds only small health risks, WHO says

2013-02-28 15:21:00

The 9.0-magnitude Tohoku-Oki earthquake and resulting tsunami that triggered a meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station has resulted in only a small increase in lifetime cancer risks for people living nearby, and an even smaller...

Young superhero has a team behind him

2013-03-02 20:34:00

Sounds strange, I know. But I hope you never have reason to meet Dr. Noah Federman, who makes his living saving children's lives. Extraordinary guy. Take all the athletes I've met in more than 40 years and this is my hero, even though he has to admit,...

Letters: The view from a cancer survivor

2013-03-02 00:00:00

Re “Breast practices,” Opinion, Feb. 21 I have no genetic markers for breast cancer and no outstanding risks. I am an average female. Yet it is due to a couple of routine mammograms that I am here. I went in on two-year intervals, and...

Hugo Chavez's battle with cancer: A timeline

2013-02-18 11:41:00

Questions persisted Monday over how Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was faring as supporters cheered his reported return home from Cuba. Even as Chavez has undergone repeated rounds of surgery and chemotherapy, the kind of cancer he is suffering and...

Susan Love, doctor/patient

2013-02-13 00:00:00

And now, she is the patient. For decades, as a surgeon, researcher, professor and medical celebrity of sorts, Susan Love has led the charge against breast cancer and for women's health. She served on President Clinton's cancer advisory board. She set up a...

Elwood Jensen dies at 92; his research spurred cancer treatments

2013-01-05 00:00:00

Elwood Jensen, a medical researcher whose ground-breaking work in the field of endocrinology and breast cancer led to revolutionary and life-saving treatments, died of complications from pneumonia on Dec. 16 in suburban Cincinnati, the University of...

Dr. Margo Shoup, M.D., has been appointed medical leader of the Cancer Program at Cadence Health and medical director of Surgical Oncology at Cadence Physician Group.

2013-02-12 00:00:00

They also contain antioxidants that have been shown to lower total cholesterol while increasing HDL (good) cholesterol.

2013-01-23 18:31:00

State Rep. Deborah Mell, D-Chicago, on the House floor at the State Capitol in Springfield.

2012-11-09 00:00:00