British actress Susannah York has died. The 72-yr-old actress was nominated for an Oscar for the 1969 hit “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” and also...
The title of today’s post comes from the graphic novel Our Cancer Year written by Cleveland comic book legend Harvey Pekar who wrote about his...
Award-winning actress, Jill Clayburgh, 66, recently passed away. She lived with a blood cancer called chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) for over 20 years and during...
Olympic figure skating star Dorothy Hamill was diagnosed with breast cancer nearly three years ago. However, despite being cancer free for two years, the 54-year-old...
Tonight all 3 major networks, as well as a number of cable networks will televise the 2010 StandU2C (Stand Up to Cancer) telethon at 8...
The following list is from a cancer survivor, Judy Engibous, posted on Hester Hill Schnipper’s blog Living with Breast Cancer. We first published it back...
Dave Fisher, one of five college freshmen to form the folk group, The Highwaymen, in 1958 has died. The 69 year old died of a...
In his book "When Illness Goes Public: Celebrity Patients and How We Look at Medicine," Dr. Barron Lerner of Columbia University, College of Physicians and...
Actor Patrick Swayze’s very public battle with stage IV pancreatic cancer raised public awareness of this disease. Three other public figures died from cancer of...
About a year ago, basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar began getting hot flashes and sweats on a regular basis and a medical exam showed that he...