Lymphoma

Black Sabbath makes its own luck with '13'

2013-06-15 07:30:00

For decades, the question from fans and journalists was constant and predictable: Would the heavy metal originators of Black Sabbath ever make another album? Not that they hadn't tried. In 2001, singer Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer...

Financial help for patients fighting cancer

2013-06-07 20:19:00

After finding a lump in her breast, Laura Wells had to wait nearly six months before getting a confirmed diagnosis of cancer. The 46-year-old Costa Mesa woman was uninsured and working part-time when she discovered the lump in 2007. She worked for...

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?'...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar continues to promote a healthy, active lifestyle

2013-04-12 08:00:00

Over the weekend, Hall of Fame center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar led a processional on a one-mile walk outside of the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Abdul-Jabbar's Final Four Dome Dribble Fueled by Powerade was part of his campaign to encourage fun, healthy and...

Leon Leyson dies at 83; youngest survivor on Schindler's List

2013-01-13 20:29:00

Among the 1,100 Jews saved from the Nazis by German industrialist Oskar Schindler was an emaciated 13-year-old boy named Leon Leyson, who had to stand on a box to reach the machinery in the Krakow factory where Schindler sheltered him and his family....

‘Spartacus’: Star Liam McIntyre makes ‘tough guy’ confession

2013-01-23 19:14:00

Black Sabbath to release new album, '13,' in June

2013-01-13 08:34:00

The Iron Men are back. Following a tumultuous year in which guitarist Tony Iommi was treated for lymphoma and drummer Bill Ward quit due to a contract dispute, Black Sabbath announced Saturday that it's set to release a new studio album in June....

'In Bocca' at Little Dom's, black truffles, Cheeseburger Week and more

2013-01-10 10:41:00

Little Dom’s “In Bocca” dinners: Chef Brandon Boudet of Little Dom’s pays tribute to the “In Bocca” cookbooks, an out-of-print collection highlighting Italy’s regional cuisines, with a dinner series beginning this...

'Biggest Loser' recap: Is Jillian Michaels being too tough?

2013-01-08 09:49:00

"The Biggest Loser" counts on Jillian Michaels being tough. Her no-nonsense, hands-off-the-treadmill, in-your-face antics make for exceptionally good TV! But is she being too tough, too no-nonsense as she returns to the show? (Put another way: Is she...

Bicyclist killed by MTA bus was training for triathlon

2012-10-16 09:03:40

Warren B. Rudman dies at 82; senator co-authored budget-balancing law

2012-11-21 00:00:00

Former Sen. Warren B. Rudman, who co-authored a ground-breaking budget-balancing law, championed ethics and led a commission that predicted the danger of terrorist attacks years before 9/11, died Monday at a Washington, D.C., hospital. He was 82. The...

E. Donnall Thomas dies at 92; physician won a Nobel Prize

2012-10-23 00:00:00

E. Donnall Thomas, a physician who pioneered the use of bone marrow transplants in leukemia patients and won the 1990 Nobel Prize in medicine, died Saturday in Seattle of heart disease. He was 92. The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle,...

Michele Higginbotham looks at her aunt's handprint, Karen Miodowski, who was a cancer survivor during Relay for Life, which took place at Johnny Carson Park in Burbank on Saturday, May 4, 2013. Relay for Life benefits the American Cancer Society. Higgonbotham's aunt passed away in November 2012.

2013-05-04 00:00:00

Princess Diana!

2013-04-23 09:30:00

Math teacher Derek Deutsch is taped to the wall by students, from left: Nick Burke, 17, a junior; Dan Reyes, 16, a junior and Brittany Santiago, 17, a junior.

2013-04-18 00:00:00