Cancer

Reality television is a double-edged sword. While it does continue to flood our minds and television with ratchet actions of celebrities and their respective entourages,…

Wilhelmina model and former “American Idol” songstress, Joanne Borgella announced that she was diagnosed with cancer in October 2013. Since then, the beautiful talent has been…

It all started with the Twitter hashtag, #LeBronMeetEbony, that went viral in February, as the Milwaukee community rallied around a cancer-struck athlete. According to Fox Sports, Ebony Nettles-Bey, a standout girls basketball player for Verona High School, not only got to meet her hero on Saturday, but she also led the Heat onto the court […]

D.L. Hughley recognizes the Michigan State Spartans’ Adreian Payne as this week’s Human Being of the Week. The college senior was chosen for his thoughtful and heartwarming friendship with Lacey Holsworth, an 8-year-old little girl diagnosed with a rare, and potentially fatal, form of cancer called neuroblastoma. According to the Detroit Free Press, Payne met Lacey […]

Actress Brittany Daniel, whose Kelly Pitts  character returned to BET’s The Game Tuesday night, opens up to People magazine about being diagnosed with cancer three years ago and how she fought her way back to good health. It started in the summer of 2011, when the actress was preparing for another season of The Game and looking […]

Widely considered one of the best ways to reduce breast cancer risk, annual mammograms have been called into question by one of the most extensive…

Cancer is a disease in which cells in the body grow out of control. Cancer is always named for the part of the body where it starts, even if it spreads to other body parts later. Gynecologic cancer is any cancer that starts in a woman’s reproductive organs. There are five main types of gynecologic […]

Pastor Creflo Dollar wears a brave face, but he has experienced the fight of his life battling prostate cancer. During his visit to “The Rickey…

O.J. Simpson, the disgraced and  former  football hero who’s serving a 33-year sentence for assault, robbery and kidnapping in a Nevada prison has reportedly asked President Obama to set him free so he can treat his life-threatening brain cancer outside prison. According to a number of news outlets including the Huffington Post, the Telegraph and […]

Taylon Davis, a 12-year-old with an inoperable brain tumor, whose last wish was to dance with Beyonce, saw her wish come true on Dec. 6. The Make-a-Wish Foundation made it happen at one of Bey’s Mrs. Carter tour concerts in Las Vegas. The moment was captured and uploaded to Beyoncé’s YouTube page. Looking thrilled, Taylon […]

For IPAD/IPOD users: Star Jones has reason to be excited about life these days. Not only is the TV personality working on a new multi-host talk show that she’s already shot the pilot for, she’s in the best heart health of her life. For Jones, though, that came after a lot of struggle. “I’m in […]

  What is cancer? Cancer is a group of many related diseases in which abnormal cells develop, divide uncontrollably and have the ability to infiltrate and destroy normal body tissue. Normally, cells grow and divide to produce more cells as they are needed to keep the body healthy. Sometimes, this orderly process goes wrong. New […]