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Despite certain reports claiming that Jon Voight, Angelina Jolie’s father, has learned just now that she’s had a double mastectomy to lower the risk of developing breast cancer, he has nothing but wonderful words about her decision to go public with the story.
In a statement to Gossip Cop, the actor say... |
15 May 2013
09:03 GMT |
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Yesterday, Angelina Jolie revealed, in a touching editorial in the New York Times, that she had a double mastectomy to lower her high chances of getting breast cancer. Her example is inspiring CNN anchor Zoraida Sambolin to do the same.
Speaking of Jolie’s brave announcement, Sambolin says that she too has be... |
14 May 2013
23:29 GMT |
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Former Sports Illustrated model and actress Angie Everhart will be going under the knife today after having been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, her rep confirms for ABC News after word of it got out online, sending fans in a frenzy of speculation.
Had not the news leaked, perhaps Everhart would have said nothing on... |
14 May 2013
07:07 GMT |
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In a piece in the New York Times called “My Medical Choice,” actress and director Angelina Jolie reveals she’s had preventive double mastectomy after tests discovered a “faulty gene” that put her at an increased risk of developing cancer.
Having lost her mother at 56 after a long battl... |
14 May 2013
02:39 GMT |
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A team of Italian researchers have just become everybody's favorite people in the whole wide world, all thanks to their announcing that pizza can sometimes be beneficial to one's health.
Not to beat about the bush, these scientists say that, according to their investigations, pizza can help reduce a perso... |
3 May 2013
09:47 GMT |
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Women with breast implants have a higher risk of dying of cancer, a team of researchers now say. Their claims are based on information collected while analyzing 12 other studies carried out these past few years. These studies focused on women living in the United States, Canada and Europe. All of them developed ... |
1 May 2013
14:21 GMT |
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Olivia Newton-John has battled cancer herself, but she is now getting ready to help her older sister Rona do the same. She’s been diagnosed with brain cancer, the star confirms in a statement to Entertainment Online.
The statement is meant to squash rumors about her decision to cancel her upcoming Las Vegas r... |
23 April 2013
08:00 GMT |
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Chrissy Amphlett, the saucy singer fronting for the Aussie band Divinyls, who broke on the international scene in the ‘80s with a series of hits, including the one above, “I Touch Myself,” has died, ABC News confirms.
Amphlett had been battling multiple sclerosis since 2007 and cancer since 2010. ... |
22 April 2013
09:58 GMT |
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32-year-old Nick Williams has chosen to battle cancer in all forms, including writing a message about it via his custom license plates.
His choice of “F Cancr” is getting the Oklahoma man in trouble, however, and he is now told to take the plates off.
In case you have also been misled by the &ldqu... |
15 April 2013
10:57 GMT |
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Jane Fonda was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010 and, while she hoped she would not die, learning she had the disease confirmed for her that she really was not afraid of death.
The star makes the startling confession in a brand new interview with Oprah Winfrey for Oprah’s Next Chapter on OWN. People magazi... |
9 April 2013
04:54 GMT |
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Roger Ebert, the most well-known film critic who, just the other day, celebrated 46 years of work in the industry, has died after a very long battle with cancer. He was 70. The sad news is confirmed by his wife, partner and good friend Chaz Ebert in a statement on his Chicago Sun-Times blog. Ebert, who was just as ... |
5 April 2013
01:55 GMT |
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The other day, ESPN ran a lengthy expose by Outside the Lines on athletes’ charities, which, in many cases, were just fronts for other activities that had nothing to do with their stated goals. Lamar Odom’s foundation Cathy’s Kids was listed among them, but Lamar’s wife, Khloe Kardashian, insi... |
4 April 2013
02:45 GMT |
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The woman without whom kids from all over the world would have never gotten to enjoy the Muppets, Jane Nebel Henson, has died after a lengthy battle with cancer.
A puppeteer, puppet designer and co-founder of the empire of the Muppets, Henson stayed active with the Jim Henson Co., which confirms her passing to the ... |
3 April 2013
05:21 GMT |
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Besides its many other health benefits, aspirin is now being said to reduce cancer risk by as much as 22% in people who take it fairly regularly.
More precisely, researchers maintain that people between the ages of 55 and 74 have significantly lower chances of being affected by said condition should they agree to t... |
1 April 2013
16:41 GMT |
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Don Payne, four time Emmy winning producer and writer on “The Simpsons,” has died. He was only 48 years old and, as The Hollywood Reporter confirms, he had been battling bone cancer.
Payne passed away at his home in Los Angeles and is survived by his wife Julie and three children.
His work went beyond... |
28 March 2013
08:15 GMT |
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A team of researchers writing in the journal Science Translational Medicine maintain that a novel form of gene therapy has succeeded in curing a patient's allegedly incurable acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a matter of days.
More precisely, they claim that this 58-year-old individual's body became complet... |
27 March 2013
04:16 GMT |
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Actress Karen Black, who has become a horror icon thanks to her roles in “Five Easy Pieces,” “Easy Rider,” “Airport 1975” and “House of 1000 Corpses,” is battling ampullary cancer. She and her husband Stephen Eckelberry are in no situation to pay for the treatment, so t... |
26 March 2013
05:51 GMT |
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A startling new report says that sugary drinks can be linked to roughly 180,000 yearly deaths worldwide. Of these, 25,000 are reported in the United States alone.
The specialists who took the time to research the impact that such beverages have on public health worldwide maintain that, according to their investigat... |
20 March 2013
05:21 GMT |
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A 32-year-old man is setting an example with his passion for life and his love for his daughter. A little over a week ago, Iram Leon has won a marathon after doctors told him that his brain cancer is inoperable, and he is in the final stages of the illness. He wanted to run the Gusher Marathon in Beau... |
19 March 2013
11:31 GMT |
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Despite their being encouraged by both scientists and doctors to administer their daughters a vaccine against HPV (i.e. human papilloma virus), it appears that a growing number of parents are reluctant to do so.
Thus, a survey whose findings are thoroughly presented in the journal Pediatrics maintains that more tha... |
18 March 2013
15:31 GMT |
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A team of researchers currently working with the Johns Hopkins University are fairly confident that stem cells collected from inside a patient's own adipose tissue can be rather efficient in terms of tracking down cancer cells located inside the human brain.
As explained in their report on the matter at hand, ... |
13 March 2013
17:11 GMT |
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Late last year, TV icon Valerie Harper was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, with doctors telling her she had 3 more months to live. She talked about that death sentence in a new interview with Savannah Guthrie.
“I’m not dying until I do,” Valerie says in the interview, as I informed you yeste... |
12 March 2013
11:49 GMT |
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Iconic television actress Valerie Harper has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, as she confirmed herself in last week’s issue of People magazine. NBC will air today a lengthy interview with Harper and Savannah Guthrie.
A preview for it is embedded below, at the end of this post.
Harper received the ... |
11 March 2013
09:19 GMT |
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Valerie Harper, the ‘70s television icon (of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” fame), is dying. The actress, who is now 73 years old, has revealed she’s suffering from terminal cancer.
She received the diagnosis in January this year and it was confirmed after more tests. Doctors have told her she ... |
6 March 2013
10:47 GMT |
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Hugo Chavez, the President of Venezuela and one of the most polarizing political figures on the international scene in years, has died. He had not been seen in public since last December. He had been battling cancer. For the past week, reports of his worsening health condition had been steadily emerging in the pr... |
6 March 2013
01:21 GMT |
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US pop star Anastacia has been forced to pull out of all upcoming appearances after she’s been diagnosed with breast cancer again. The singer successfully battled the disease in 2003.
In a statement cited by the Daily Mail, Anastacia apologizes to all those fans who had bought tickets for her upcoming tour, wh... |
1 March 2013
02:32 GMT |
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A team of US researchers now claim that, according to their investigations, combining fish oil and aspirin can potentially lead to a cure for arthritis. Furthermore, they maintain that this treatment stands to also help those prone to developing cancer or Alzheimer’s.
The specialists explain that said medical... |
23 February 2013
16:41 GMT |
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Otis “Damon” Harris, once part of the iconic group The Temptations, has died, losing his 14-year-long battle with prostate cancer, it has emerged.
The 62-year-old, 3-time Grammy winning singer had become a very active spokesperson for various cancer-involved charities and campaigns in recent years, urgi... |
23 February 2013
05:34 GMT |
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A study carried out by scientists working with the Department of Medicine at the Boston University Medical Center argues that alcohol must be held accountable for roughly 4% of the cancer deaths reported in the United States on a yearly basis.
More precisely, this study maintains that 20,000 deaths reported in the ... |
15 February 2013
10:49 GMT |
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Stewie, the world's longest cat, has recently passed away following a rather long battle with cancer.
This feline was just eight years old when he died, and owner Robin Hendrickson has no issues admitting that Stewie's death caused her tremendous grief.
“He has touched many lives, and for that I a... |
6 February 2013
05:28 GMT |
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Wilko Johnson, star of “Game of Thrones” and Dr Feelgood musician, has less than a year to live but he’s feeling slightly euphoric at the thought. He no longer fears death, the stars admits in a new interview with Reuters.
Johnson announced last month that he’d been diagnosed with terminal c... |
5 February 2013
04:50 GMT |
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This February's issue of the Journal of Cell Science witnessed the publication of a new study stating that, should one decide to toy with the proteins that cancer cells have at their disposal while developing, their growth could successfully be halted.
The team of scientists who put together this new research ... |
4 February 2013
15:41 GMT |
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A team of researchers working with the University College London are now busy trying to restore a cancer patient's looks and sense of wellbeing by growing a nose on his arm and then transplanting it onto his face.
This British businessman lost his nose following his getting sick with cancer, yet the specialist... |
23 January 2013
07:33 GMT |
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Archaeologists have uncovered the 1,600-year-old body of a woman near Lleida, in the Catalonia region in Spain. They were astounded to find a tumor inside it.
The woman had died in her 30s, and the condition that brought on her tumor is called ovarian teratoma. Even odder is the fact that the 1.7-inch (44-mm) growth... |
22 January 2013
10:33 GMT |
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Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder and chairman, has decided to invest in Foundation Medicine, a Cambridge-based company that fights cancer.
Gates and two other investors will donate approximately $13.5 million (€10.1 million) to support the Foundation’s efforts in developing new ways to cure cancer as the ... |
21 January 2013
18:31 GMT |
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A picture of a woman who went under a transplant procedure is going viral. The woman, only identified as Penny, beat cancer and underwent dangerous heart surgery.
She wanted to celebrate the fact that she is still alive with an unusual photo.
“[Penny] is holding her own heart. She has survived cancer and cri... |
17 January 2013
13:31 GMT |
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British resident Alice Pyne shocked the world when, at just 17 years old, she drew up a bucket list.
Over 2 years ago, she was diagnosed with cancer, and set up a blog, detailing all the things she wanted to do before she died.
According to HuffPost, her last blog post is dated January 1:
"Can't believe that ... |
17 January 2013
09:29 GMT |
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Wilko Johnson, Dr Feelgood guitarist and songwriter, and star of HBO’s hit series “Game of Thrones,” has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, his manager announces on the star’s Facebook page. He will not undergo treatment. The post has shocked fans but, at the same time, inspired an incredi... |
11 January 2013
02:21 GMT |
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Brooke Burke, one of two hosts of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars, shocked the world when she announced that she had thyroid cancer and would be going into surgery for it. She’s now recovered and, for the first time since the announcement, speaking out about the diagnosis.
Brooke stopped by Good Morning Am... |
10 January 2013
00:31 GMT |
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In the final days of 2012, one story in particular got plenty of media attention: that of Daniel, a Star Trek fan dying of cancer whose last wish was to see J.J. Abrams’ latest movie before his time was up. The director has granted his wish. As I also reported at the time, Daniel and his wife’s friends ... |
4 January 2013
11:04 GMT |
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One Star Trek fan, Dan, is dying of cancer. He is just 41 years old and has already fought a long battle with leukemia before being diagnosed with a rare vascular tumor. His last wish is to see the 9-minute prologue to “Star Trek Into Darkness,” J.J. Abrams’ upcoming film. Luckily for him, there&rsq... |
29 December 2012
03:00 GMT |
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New Year's Eve and 2013 are just around the corner, and there are plenty of people out there who are seriously looking into the possibility of giving up smoking. Starting January 1, of course.
UK's Department of Health is well aware of this situation, and has decided to launch a new anti-smoking campaign... |
28 December 2012
09:04 GMT |
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Several weeks ago, a dog that lost its snout while saving two girls from a speeding motorcycle made headlines after the news broke that, besides missing half its face, it was also suffering with cancer.
Recent news on this topic informs us that, following chemotherapy, Kabang is now cancer free, which means that it... |
27 December 2012
03:50 GMT |
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Back in August, 27-year-old Jennifer Wederell from England died of cancer after being transplanted lungs that came from a smoker. The young woman was suffering with cystic fibrosis and both she and her family hoped that the lungs transplant would help save her life. However, that was not the case, and her father,... |
20 December 2012
04:11 GMT |
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[YOUTUBE=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp3Bns-bCv4]Movember was a rather successful anti-cancer campaign, meaning that roughly 1.2 million men agreed to grow a mustache in support of male cancer patients worldwide. Therefore, it is quite likely that Decembeaver (i.e. Movember for women) will soon become equal... |
15 December 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Samsung may have managed to shrug off the worst of the backlash from discovering illegal working conditions at some of its manufacturers due to the facilities not actually belonging to it. However, a new development has ignited a fire underneath it again, one that won't be so easily dodged, as it involves one ... |
15 December 2012
03:37 GMT |
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In November, Brooke Burke-Charvet announced she’d been diagnosed with thyroid cancer and would undergo surgery to remove it. She had surgery one week ago and is now recuperating at home, and Brooke is happy to report she’s cancer free.
As she promised she would, Brooke is keeping her fans up to speed wit... |
13 December 2012
03:24 GMT |
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Actor Sir Ian McKellen, who will return to the big screen with “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” has been battling prostate cancer for six or seven years, he says in a recent interview cited by The Mirror.
A journalist for the British tab sat down with the star as part of the promo trailer for &ldquo... |
12 December 2012
07:09 GMT |
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Charlie Sheen might be a warlock but that isn’t to say he doesn’t have a heart. After lending a helping hand to troubled fellow star Lindsay Lohan, he is now making headlines for a massive donation for a kid battling cancer.
Moved by the story of a police officer’s kid who was battling a severe for... |
12 December 2012
04:12 GMT |
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Duncan Jones, David Bowie’s son, has married longtime girlfriend Rodene Ronquillo on the same day she was diagnosed with breast cancer stage 2, he reveals on his Twitter page.
The filmmaker used the weekend to catch up with his fans and followers on the social networking site, letting them know what a hectic ... |
11 December 2012
08:22 GMT |
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