Phillips: Experiencing the joy of unexpected giving
The Fargo Forum Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:51 PM PST
A short conversation, a brief email, and a few giving hearts - I've found Kindness is Contagious through my friends. I was at a basketball game a few weeks ago when I ran into a friend with an interesting story. My friend started telling me about Mary, a woman she knows with uterine cancer. |
A light in the darkness
The Herald News Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:30 PM PST
Anastacio Cuevas, 7, of Minooka, slowly drops four photographs depicting his cancer battle onto the floor while his family stands behind him and watches.Cut.Leukemia treatments destroyed more than Anastacio’s cancer. They also stripped away his smile, until the day he met Ronald McDonald at the Ronald McDonald House near Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital in Oak Lawn. Now Anastacio, who has just ... |
Robinson leaves impressive legacy
Barrie Examiner Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:16 PM PST
Barrie has lost one of its own. After a life serving the Barrie community, his church, the world and the ideals of the Rotary Club that were so dear to him, Dr. Ken Robinson succumbed to pancreatic cancer on Christmas Eve, leaving behind a legacy few will achieve.[...] |
Hair cut for cancer
Barrie Examiner Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:16 PM PST
Kyle Bellamy is used to being told he looks like a girl. With his long blond hair trailing halfway down his back, he said he just takes it in stride. "I just walk away," the 12-year-old said quietly. Perhaps knowing he was growing his hair for a reason gave him the inner strength of Samson.[...] |
Coffee racks up points as a cancer killer
The Huntington Herald-Dispatch Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:16 PM PST
In the war against cancer, coffee may turn out to be one of the most beneficial and surprising weapons you never suspected. In just the past eight months, coffee -- often lots of it (heaven if you can't get enough of the stuff) -- has been linked to lower rates of four kinds of cancer. We've checked the list twice. Here's what could keep Starbucks' and Keurig's businesses nice. Starting with the ... |
Health care providers can guide on pap tests
The Huntington Herald-Dispatch Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:16 PM PST
January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. The West Virginia Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program (WVBCCSP), a program dedicated to helping low-income, uninsured or underinsured women receive free or low-cost pap tests, encourages women to schedule their routine pap test during January or to talk with their doctors about when it is right for them to be screened. |
Smokers, crack a window
C-Health Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:12 PM PST
What's the best way this holiday season to expose your child to nicotine and the cancer-causing compounds in tobacco smoke? A report in the British Medical Association Journal says it's very easy. Take your children for a car ride, keep the windows closed and smoke cigarettes. |
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