Topic: cancer

Fake Made Fantastic: 6 Natural Sunless Tan Products To Keep Melanoma Survivors (& The Rest Of Us!) Safe

Fake Made Fantastic: 6 Natural Sunless Tan Products To Keep Melanoma Survivors (& The Rest Of Us!) Safe

Having grown up as an extremely pale person — really, it’s nearly impossible to find foundation for my skin tone — I understand the desire to be tan. People used to call me Casper, Morticia, Wednesday…basically, any supernatural or superweird being with skim milk skin.

However, going gold does not have to mean harming your body. there are dozens of reasons to go sunless for your tan — these are just a few of the means by which to do it. More »

Photographer Humanizes Breast Cancer In Series Of Late Wife’s Fight

Photographer Humanizes Breast Cancer In Series Of Late Wife's Fight

Breast cancer is terrifying. We can pour out statistics on how many people are diagnosed each year, on mortality rates, on who’s getting more of it and who’s most at risk…all of it is important information, but no number can give us an idea of the actual experience. In a heartbreakingly honest documentation of his late wife Jennifer’s fight with breast cancer, photography Angelo Merendino shows the face — the devastating, painful, slow face — of what the disease is like.of this disease. More »

Appalling: Almost Two-Thirds Of Ovarian Cancer Patients Aren’t Getting Proper Treatment

Appalling: Almost Two-Thirds Of Ovarian Cancer Patients Aren't Getting Proper Treatment

When it comes to ovarian cancer treatment, it looks like there are two very different paths to take. You can go to a respected cancer treatment center and see a gynecologic oncologist, receive the best care possible and live longer. Or, you can stick to your local hospital and the obstetrician who delivered your baby, miss out on the most advanced medicine, and succumb to the disease earlier than necessary. And an appalling number of people, almost two-thirds of ovarian cancer patients, have been put on the second path by physicians that they should be able to trust. More »

Inspiring ‘Bucket List’ Teen, Alice Pyne, Dies From Cancer

Inspiring 'Bucket List' Teen, Alice Pyne, Dies From Cancer

The British teenager who inspired people around the world with her “bucket list,” Alice Pyne, passed away from terminal cancer–but not before completing every item on her bucket list, thanks to the help of many generous, compassionate people.

The 17-year-old had Hodgkin’s lymphoma for many years and was not expected to live this long, according to what doctors told her. But she defied the odds and became a worldwide viral sensation a few years ago when she created a blog talking about her illness and posted a bucket list of things she was determined to do before she died. More »

It’s Cervical Cancer Awareness Month; Do You Know The 3 Warning Signs?

It's Cervical Cancer Awareness Month; Do You Know The 3 Warning Signs?

January is National Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, which is a good thing because there are still a lot of myths and unknowns surrounding cervical cancer. Like the fact that over 12,000 women were diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer last year according to the American Cancer Society, and more than 4,000 women died from this disease. But, when detected early, this type of cancer is highly curable–you just need to know the warning signs and how to protect yourself. More »

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