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Former Vice President Al Gore showed up with Tipper Gore at the 35th International Emmy Awards at the New York Hilton wearing a band-aid on his chin. No word on why yet? Did he have a pre-cancerous growth removed from his chin? Did he cut his chin shaving? Hopefully Contessa Brewer at MSNBC [...]

Aside from war, starvation, lack of fresh water, and idiot heads of state, add lack of treatment centers for the near future elderly population. The size of the Baby Boomer generation has some health care folks worried. Imagine the expense of treating cancer in a rapidly expanding senior population. If you thought GM’s health care [...]

Living to 100 entitles you to pretty much do as you please. If life hasn’t killed you already, then you were either born with incredible genes or mother nature has played Rip Van Winkle instead of the grim reaper. Here’s one centenarian who likes to flick her life butts on the ash pile of her [...]

Karl Rove’s strategy of using public office for political purposes appears to have been in place from the moment Bush took office. The more you read about this man, the more you have to wonder: Did some high school teacher allow him to skip his civics class? He clearly does not understand the need for [...]

The crap shoot known as life is fraught with terrible odds for those who harbor a sketchy set of genes. One day you’re enjoying a Broadway play in New York and the next day you might find yourself in the emergency room being rushed off to surgery to remove a cancerous growth or unblock some [...]

When you’re young, people are dying every day but somehow it all escapes your attention. The idea of reading obituaries to see if you know anyone is about as familiar as the name of an adult diaper. The older you get, though, the more it becomes obvious that life takes its toll on people in [...]

The days of hearing Luciano Pavarotti appear to be waning. The singer is battling pancreatic cancer. A friend of the family recently succumbed to pancreatic cancer. It’s nasty. Once you’re diagnosed with it, there’s very little that can be done. It’s a stealthy form of cancer. By the time it lets you know it’s around, [...]

Gather round the genetic pool if you are Chinese, Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean or Japanese. A large scale study of cancer prevalence among these ethnic groups has churned out a distinctive pattern of incidence. Not great news, but at least you don’t have to stand on the diving board and wonder how deep the cancer [...]

Let’s face it: after fifty, it’s all a crap shoot in terms of health and longevity. The body seems to have a trajectory that becomes more clear with each passing year. Little clues are revealed here and there, but the big picture doesn’t reveal itself until that tragic moment when suddenly the doctor tells you, [...]

More bad news for you smokers: smoking causes skin all over your body, not just your face, to age. Researchers studied the upper inner right arms of smokers versus non-smokers and discovered there is a correlation between smoking and its ability to age skin. Kinda creepy, my friends, maybe you can rent out your body [...]

Some people will do anything for a buck. Last week, the New York Times wrote about how doctors are bailing on their practices in order to become investment banker consultants. The payoff, apparently, is much sweeter and requires less time. I mean really, who wants to work a whole lifetime to earn enough to live [...]

New Book on Cancer:

The Journey Through Cancer and The Seven Levels of Healing
By: Jeremy R. Geffen, MD, FACP
The most important Cancer Book You will Ever Read
What do you do when your world is turned upside-down by a diagnosis of cancer? How do you sort through the dizzying array of conventional and nonconventional treatment options while [...]

National Enquirer is reporting that Farrah Fawcett has what sounds like colon cancer. We wish her well. I mean, she used to hang on my bedroom wall for christ’s sake.
TV legend Farrah Fawcett is battling cancer, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively. Doctors discovered a malignant tumor in her lower intestine and blasted it with radiation [...]

Once you realize words can outlive you, the possiblity of living forever doesn’t seem so ridiculous. Faced with a cancer diagnosis, Leroy Sievers has been recording his thoughts for the NPR crowd. This week’s topic: the moral high ground when it comes to observing unhealthy behavior.
My Cancer: We’re Not Moral Guardians
Now that he has cancer, [...]

Uplifting Tips from Breast Cancer Survivors
By Barbara Delinsky
UPLIFT: Secrets from the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors is a handbook of practical tips and upbeat anecdotes for those with breast cancer. It contains useful woman-to-woman hints — things the doctor doesn’t say — practical advice on topics ranging from what deodorant to use during radiation, to [...]

A gene that controls the production of stem cells apears to play a crucial role in determining just how long we all live. Stem cell research under the current administration is being used to appease the right wing zealots, so it’s up to you how to vote in the coming elections. Life or death. Your [...]

The Cancer Patients Aid Association hired a clever ad agency for an anti-smoking ad campaign. While we doubt it will make anyone stop smoking, it sure makes for a great visual.

Ever heard of The Bucket List?
If not, no need to worry. It may be coming to a theater or DVD near you. This story just sold in Hollywood:
Two terminally ill men make up a wish list and try to fulfill before each kicks the bucket. After they break out of a cancer ward, they head [...]