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It is unfathomable to me that there exists a person that would do this to their own offspring. A New Jersey woman told her community that her healthy nine-year-old son was dying of stage three Hodgkin’s lymphoma so she could raise money for his “treatment.” To make the scam even more authentic – she even convinced her own son he was dying. More
I’ve always lived by the motto “everything in moderation!” Well, tried to anyway. I, like many other women enjoy the occasional glass of wine. Okay – the nightly glass of wine. I never really worried about this habit, though. But it turns out that rewarding yourself with that glass of wine at the end of the day may be doing more harm than you think. A new study shows a serious link between alcohol and cancer – and you don’t have to be an alcoholic to be affected. More
It is easy to jump to judgement in a case like this one, but if I had a child who had to deal with the effects of chemotherapy – I would try all options at my disposal, too. More
Seattle Children’s hospital is using kitty webcams to let kids who have immunities too low to physically interact with animals have a chance to play with kittens, rabbits and puppies in an online “playroom.” More
It’s a hoax that could happen in any number of small towns across the country. A woman, for reasons that no one can completely understand, invents a little boy struggling with leukemia. She tells friends and neighbors about this poor child who might be gone from the world all too soon. And, like decent people do, a community rallies around this case in hopes of helping a child and a family. They don’t ask for proof or verification. They don’t realize that the whole thing is a lie. More
No matter who you are, cancer is a difficult and emotional journey. Some of those struggles end in success. Others end in tragedy. A celebrity’s cancer is no more serious or poignant than any other person’s medical issues. That being said, there is something about the idea of battling such a scary disease in the public eye that I find completely terrifying. That’s why my heart is going out to Brooke Burke Charvet today, after she announced that she has thyroid cancer and will be going through surgery soon. More
My husband and I have been blessed with healthy children. We’ve had a few trips to the emergency room but they are big and healthy and strong. A few months ago, when I was out of town, my husband somehow detected a nodule in our youngest daughter’s neck. More
A neighbor recently asked me for some advice. Diane is the nursing mother of a newborn and a toddler. She also, somehow, works full-time. A friend of hers who has no children recently lost her brother to a terminal illness. … More
Surrogacy stigmas may still linger for many women, but apparently not for Giuliana Rancic. The E! News host who has struggled openly with infertility, IVF, and of course breast cancer, announced that she and her husband Bill Rancic are finally expecting. But watching the couple delight and gush over their long awaited happy ending suggests that perhaps those elevated eyebrows at the term “surrogate” are a thing of 2008. More
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Alannah Shevenell may only be nine years old, but the little girl from Maine is home after having six organ transplants. This brave kid is back living with her grandparents after having a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part of an esophagus replaced because of a suffocating tumor. More
It would seem that in our modern age, most kids and teens would know that tanning beds are dangerous. I grew up in Los Angeles, a place where there are more tanning salons than Starbucks cafes and McDonald’s restaurants, according to one senator. When I was growing up, which actually wasn’t too long ago, underage girls in my high school flocked to the salons in droves despite the mounting evidence that they caused cancer. I attributed their tan happy behavior to sheer vanity and just a whimsical belief in immortality that is often quite robust in young people.
But after a recent congressional report, it may be that the tanning salons were actually lying to them about the health risks. More
Approximately 57.6% of readers polled said that a bald Barbie doll, crafted to increase awareness about hair loss and certain conditions, should only be developed if the majority or a portion of the funds are given to pediatric cancer research. More
Children with cancer is clearly an area of medicine that needs more of our attention, our support, and our money. Suffering children, perhaps one of the most difficult realities to wrap your head around, even for the childless, need more of our resources all the time. But what does Mattel’s Barbie have to do with any of this? Apparently a lot, according to parents who have created an online petition at Change.org to create such a bald doll for the masses. More
Young Katy Holmes, a British 10-year-old, was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor last year and given only six to nine months to live. Katy’s mother, Paula Holmes was pregnant at the time of her daughter’s diagnosis and induced baby Scarlett Holmes early just so that she could meet her big sister. But the family refuses to concede to Katy’s diagnosis and continues to find support from readers just like you on Katy’s Facebook page. More
