cancer

Steve Ford will be in Grand Rapids, Thursday, November 8th for the "On The Wings of Hope Survivor and Grantee Celebration" for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation celebration dinner.

Fighting Cancer can be a lonely battle.  So many time you feel as if you are the only one going through "the journey" as they say.  And, you say to yourself, nobody knows how I feel...nobody knows what I'm going through.

Researchers have found that when a person is given a cancer diagnosis it can have deadly consequences.  According to a new study a cancer diagnosis can increase the risk of suicide, heart attack and stroke. The Swedish study followed more than 6 million adult men and women and 786 of those were  diagnosed with various types of cancer and during the 15-years that followed and compared to their can

Doctors say seeing, hearing and making art helps the body heal.  That is one of the reasons why cancer survivors gathered in Grand Rapids Wednesday night to work on an entry for this year's ArtPrize competition.

According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer the radiation in cell phones may cause cancer. The group came to this conclusion after analyzing 30 previous studies which had explored the link between cell phones and cancer...

Well, Laughfest may have come and gone for us here in Grand Rapids; but it lives on on eBay.  It's all to raise money for Gilda's Club and it begins tomorrow, on Wednesday, March 30th.  Get items autographed by comedians Betty White, Bill Cosby and many of the others that joined us for Laughfest  Sixty nine items in all...

I've had Lots O' Early mornings this week waking up between 4:30am and 6am.  This weekend is going to be a catch up, stay in my jammy pants, watch movies with the kitties weekend.  I just adore Emily Richett from Fox 17.  She is such a sweetheart...

Sure wish this would have been available when I was dignosed with Colon Cancer in 2009.  I was always so afraid to have a colonoscopy.  I was afraid of the proceedure, the unknown.  I was afraid of the anesthesia.  I was afraid of the whole thought of the thing...

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, radon gas is the second leading cause of lung cancer behind smoking.  You can't see it, smell it or taste it, but it might be in your house right now.

"What does finger length have to do with prostate cancer?"

Don't wait for a tragedy to live your life.  Just go out there and live it now!  Those were the words, today, that jumped out at me while I was watching The Talk. Marissa Jaret Winokur, was celebrating her 10 Year Anniversary of being cancer free.

When I was going through my colon cancer my doctor told me to keep my stress level at a minimum and to lose the things that were counter-productive to my health and well being.  Elizabeth has been through alot over the past couple years.  It does make you wonder if those horrific things happening to her helped to bring down her resistance to fight the breast cancer...