Tag: cancer

CNN’s Christiane Amanpour Tells Viewers She Has Ovarian Cancer, Had ‘Successful Major Surgery to Remove It’

By Gina Salamone From New York Daily News Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s chief international anchor, revealed that she has ovarian cancer and is now undergoing treatment. The 63-year-old journalist, who had been off the air for about a month to treat the disease, broke the news at the start of her TV show Monday. She called…


He Already Beat Cancer—Now, Joel Dahmen Will Celebrate National Cancer Survivors Day as a PGA Tour Winner Too

By Scott Hanson From The Seattle Times SEATTLE—First a career milestone, and now a life milestone. Joel Dahmen, the former University of Washington golfer and a Clarkston, Wash., native, celebrated his first victory on the PGA Tour at the end of March. Late last month, Dahmen celebrated his 10th anniversary of surviving cancer, meaning that…


Video Shows Track Team Helping Fellow Runner Battling Cancer Cross Finish Line—and It Goes Viral

A high school track and field team in New York was caught on video helping their fellow runner, who is suffering from cancer, cross the finish line after enduring grueling treatment. The video, posted by the school on Twitter, went viral and has inspired viewers across the internet. Sherendehowa High School senior Yeva Klingbeil is…


5 Ways to Manage the Emotional Distress of Cancer

The National Cancer Institute states that nearly 40 percent of men and women in the United States will receive a cancer diagnosis in their lifetime. Even during the pandemic, cancer was the leading cause of death around the world. That means many people are dealing with treatment for this worrisome disease—including many of my friends…


Quercetin: What It Is and Why You Need It

Flavonoids are one of nature’s many therapeutic gifts. Widely found in fruits and vegetables, these phenolic substances have antioxidant properties that protect cells from free radical damage. One of the most well-known and studied flavonoids is quercetin, a flavonol mostly found in onions, berries, citrus fruits, broccoli, and grapes. A potent antioxidant, quercetin boasts anti-inflammatory, anti-hypertensive,…


Video: Barber Shaves His Own Head to Support Coworker With Cancer, Moving Him to Tears

A barber reduced a coworker to tears when he shaved off his own hair in solidarity for the other man’s battle with cancer. Footage of the barber turning the clippers to his own head mid-haircut went global, and viral, within hours. To date, it has amassed over 9.4 million views. Neftali Martin, the manager of Lords…


Cancer Survivor Was Told She Had No Realistic Chance of Fertility, Delivers Miracle Baby

A cancer survivor was left tinged with sadness after completing her breast cancer treatment because although she’d beaten cancer, doctors had told her the treatment meant her dream of completing her family with a third child was over. After undergoing intensive treatment for breast cancer, Alison Watts, who was 29, had gone through early menopause,…


Woman Says Her Rescue Cat Helped Save Her Life After Detecting Breast Cancer

An animal lover has hailed her rescue cat a hero after he saved her life by alerting her to undiagnosed breast cancer. Kate King-Scribbins, 35, from St Paul, Minnesota, was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer after finding a lump—thanks to her cat, Oggy, who became “obsessed” with lying on the left side of her…


Learning to Cultivate an Anti-Cancer Mindset

Last year, COVID-19 deaths got all the attention. But we’ve lived for decades with a far deadlier killer: cancer. In 2020, cancer claimed more than 600,000 lives in the United States. While that doesn’t reduce the seriousness of 350,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19 nationwide, given cancer’s prominence as a COVID-19 comorbidity, it does warrant concern….


Astronaut Michael Collins, Apollo 11 Pilot, Dead of Cancer

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who orbited the moon alone while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made their historic first steps on the lunar surface, died Wednesday. He was 90. Collins died of cancer, his family said in a statement: “Mike always faced the challenges of life with grace and humility, and faced this, his…