Colon Cancer

Nearly 18 million Americans will be cancer survivors in 2022

2013-03-27 13:58:00

Better cancer treatments and an aging population will push the number of cancer survivors in the U.S. to nearly 18 million by 2022, according to a new report from researchers at the National Cancer Institute. As of January 2012, there were 13.7...

Bill Lachemann, 78, keeps Angels ahead of curve behind the plate

2013-03-19 23:02:00

TEMPE, Ariz. — Bill Lachemann was on the same Dorsey High baseball team as legendary manager Sparky Anderson. He played his first professional game five years before Angels rising star Mike Trout's father was born and caught former Angels pitcher...

Kelly Osbourne seizure on E! show prompts tweet from hospital

2013-03-08 10:40:00

Kelly Osbourne's seizure hasn't stopped the "Fashion Police" host from tweeting about her ailment from her hospital bed. "Thank U all 4 UR beautiful well wishes yes I did have a seizure they are just trying to figure out why?" she confirmed late...

Kelly Osbourne: Seizure on 'Fashion Police' sends her to hospital

2013-03-07 16:32:00

Kelly Osbourne had a seizure and collapsed on the set while filming her E! talk show "Fashion Police" on Thursday, was taken to the hospital and is on the mend. "Kelly Osbourne fainted on the set of E!'s 'Fashion Police' today," her rep told E! "She was...

Gussy Moran dies at 89; tennis player caused Wimbledon uproar with short skirt

2013-01-17 19:48:00

Gussy Moran, who gained both international fame and notoriety by wearing a short skirt and lace panties in the 1949 Wimbledon tennis tournament and who lived a life of celebrity for many years, died Wednesday night in her small Los Angeles apartment in...

Father Maur van Doorslaer dies at 87; famed for folksy plaques

2013-02-07 00:00:00

Father Maur van Doorslaer lived a kind of double life. For decades, the Benedictine monk spent half the year working in a studio at an abbey in Belgium, painting abstract art in varying shades of white. For the other half, he took in the High Desert...

Racial gaps remain in cancer rates

2013-02-05 13:46:00

Cancer death rates among African American men declined faster than those of white men in the last decade, even though overall survival rates for black men and women remained the lowest of all racial groups for most types of cancer, according to a recent...

Friend's love kept tennis star Gussy Moran in the game to the end

2013-01-19 00:00:00

Everyone deserves life with dignity in their final years, whether you dug ditches or played tennis on the world's most famous stages. Gertrude "Gussy" Moran did the latter. She also got that deserved dignity because of the extraordinary kindness of a...

Cambodians mourn King Norodom Sihanouk in lavish style

2013-02-01 07:59:00

NEW DELHI -- Thousands of people lined the streets of Cambodia's capital Friday for the funeral of King Norodom Sihanouk, a controversial monarch who helped build the young nation after French rule before cozying up to the homicidal Khmer Rouge regime....

No overall increased cancer risk for those exposed to WTC site

2012-12-18 14:31:00

A new study has some good news for people who lived or worked in lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center – exposure to dust and debris from the fallen twin towers has not resulted in an overall...

Review: The King's Men rule at the Gibson

2012-09-21 12:20:00

It’s not easy to outdo Kirk Franklin. A major presence in gospel music since the mid 1990s, Franklin is known for his intensity on stage. He doesn’t sing a lot, but as a bandleader in the old-school Cab Calloway mode he does pretty much...

Lack of exercise kills roughly as many as smoking, study says

2012-07-17 16:35:20

Olympus employees share their stories about living and surviving colorectal cancer. Jake Lyons shares his story and shows his Star of Hope tattoo marked with the date he was diagnosed with cancer.

2013-03-20 00:00:00

William F. Meyers III (right) testifies before a Public Health Committee hearing at the Legislative Office Building on a proposed bill that would allow doctor-assisted suicide. Meyers assisted his father's suicide in 1991 when his father was suffering with terminal colon cancer.

2013-03-20 00:00:00

Even the most positive of people can have a hard time using the words "hope" and "cancer" in the same sentence. Even with early detection, the diagnosis can be devastating, psyche-shattering. It could be easy for some to remain strong. It's not as easy to remain unfailingly hopeful.

2013-03-19 11:08:00