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Cancer

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    "Tanorexia" Not Just a Jersey Problem -- New York's Melanoma Rate Climbs 72-Percent In 10 Years

    As "tanning mom" Patricia Krentcil's 15 minutes appear to be winding down, the fact that the New Jersey mom allegedly took her 5-year-old daughter tanning continues to impact public policy.On Monday, dubbed "Melanoma Monday" in New Jersey by the American Cancer Society, public health advocates lobbi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    "Tanning Mom" Is Hilarious, And All, But Skin Cancer In New Jersey Has Increased 43-Percent In 10 Years

    Happy "Melanoma Monday" -- as we all continue to laugh and laugh (and then cry) at "Tanning Mom," the latest leathery boob to humiliate New Jersey, skin cancer has increased 43-percent in the Garden State, and the American Cancer Society credits the increase to the rise in indoor tanning.If you're u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    A Cancer Benefit With Drag Queens

    "You heard that Whitney Houston died, right?" said emcee Judy Gold at "Encore for Hope," the American Cancer Society benefit last night at Club Providence. She was actually going there. And to set up a joke, God bless her. "No, let me not bring down the mood," added Judy. "Let's talk about cancer! ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2011

    Pilates Ate a Breast Implant

    ​This is reason #137 that we don't quite trust Pilates. (Yes, we know, some swear by it, but when we work out, we want to do more than make those weird little flappy motions with our hands, and "make a corset with our ribs," not to mention, there's the distinct sense that we're doing it all wr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Study: Fun Kills

    Piclol.euKe$ha moment.​Fun will kill you, according to a recently published report. British scientists say that smoking and drinking, along with obesity, greatly accelerate cancer risks -- and their analysis of more than 100,000 patients seems to back up their findings.

  • Film

    September 28, 2011

    Cancer Memoir Meets Seth Rogen Comedy in the Slightly Uncomfortable 50/50

    Piclol.euKe$ha moment.​Fun will kill you, according to a recently published report. British scientists say that smoking and drinking, along with obesity, greatly accelerate cancer risks -- and their analysis of more than 100,000 patients seems to back up their findings.

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Today in El Diario: Women Dying For Mammograms

    ​Audit: Women might die waiting for their mammograms City Controller John C. Liu said that hundreds of New York's women will face dangerous waits for mammograms, according to the Spanish-language daily. Liu's announcement is the result of an internal audit of nine Health and Hospitals Corpo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Gerard Smith, R.I.P.

    ​TV on the Radio bassist Gerard Smith passed away this morning after a battle with lung cancer, according to a statement on the band's official site. "We are very sad to announce the death of our beloved friend and bandmate, Gerard Smith, following a courageous fight against lung cancer," read ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Oral Sex Beats Smoking and Drinking as a Leading Cause of Cancer Among Men

    ​We've mentioned before that oral sex had become a leading cause of oral cancer among men. The evil virus known as HPV, or the human papillomavirus, which is the main cause of cervical cancer in women, is, according to the Daily News, now leading to "epidemic proportions" of oral cancer in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2011

    Berkeley Residents Panicking Over Almost Non-Existent Radiation

    ​The Daily has an article (not that I can read the whole thing in my iPad-less state!) about irritating Berkeley, Calif. residents being irrationally afraid of radiation from the nuclear crisis in Japan. They are flocking to the area's health food vitamin apothecary-places to buy potassium iodide, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    Oral Sex Is Causing Cancer. But, Wait, There's a Bright Side.

    Not so cute in reality.​Scientists, who clearly do not want us to be happy, are again reminding us of a link between oral sex and BAD THINGS. This time, cancer. There's "strong evidence" linking oral sex to cancer, scientists have said, yet again. In fact, in the U.S., oral sex has surpassed t ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 2, 2011

    COMIC RELIEF

    Pam Murphy kicks cancer where it hurts

  • Voice Choices

    November 10, 2010

    SLAM DUNK

    College hoops for a good cause

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    KFC's Pink Bucket Campaign: A Breast for a Breast?

    Your fried chicken, pinkwashed to perfection.​Practically in the same breath as launching its Double Down Sandwich stunt, KFC debuted its Buckets for the Cure campaign, which promises to donate 50 cents from every pink bucket sold to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation. Since April 5, t ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 27, 2010

    'For the Moustache That You Love'

    Your fried chicken, pinkwashed to perfection.​Practically in the same breath as launching its Double Down Sandwich stunt, KFC debuted its Buckets for the Cure campaign, which promises to donate 50 cents from every pink bucket sold to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation. Since April 5, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Merlin Olsen, 1940-2010

    Former Rams defensive tackle and TV actor Merlin Olsen has passed at 69 from mesothelioma. Though he was a superb defender whose 15 seasons with the Rams (then of Los Angeles) put him in the Pro Football Hall Fame, Olsen was always perceived a gentle-giant type (particularly with his aspect soften ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2009

    Q&A: Marisa Acocella Marchetto on Cancer Vixen, Her Fund, and FREE Mammograms This Friday

    ​ The Cancer Vixen herself. Photo by Jeremy Balderston. When graphic novelist Marisa Acocella Marchetto was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004, she didn't have health insurance. But she had supportive friends and doctors, a good strong will -- and a creative outlet that also helped get her ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 29, 2009

    ShowHope Fundraiser

    Benefits the American Cancer Society's Hope Lodge

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    Study: City Restaurants Racist

    We like to pride ourselves on how progressive New York is, but a recent study shows that upscale restaurants prefer to hire white male wait staff. Applicants with similar resumes were sent out to apply for jobs over the course of a year; whites were twice as likely to get hired. [Reuters] Scientis ... More >>

  • Film

    November 12, 2008

    The Beautiful Truth Preaches Cancer Prevention to Kids, Creepily

    We like to pride ourselves on how progressive New York is, but a recent study shows that upscale restaurants prefer to hire white male wait staff. Applicants with similar resumes were sent out to apply for jobs over the course of a year; whites were twice as likely to get hired. [Reuters] Scientis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2008

    Renee Zellweger Comes To Lifetime

    We like to pride ourselves on how progressive New York is, but a recent study shows that upscale restaurants prefer to hire white male wait staff. Applicants with similar resumes were sent out to apply for jobs over the course of a year; whites were twice as likely to get hired. [Reuters] Scientis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2008

    The Long Goodbye to Camelot: Ted Kennedy's Brain Tumor

    We like to pride ourselves on how progressive New York is, but a recent study shows that upscale restaurants prefer to hire white male wait staff. Applicants with similar resumes were sent out to apply for jobs over the course of a year; whites were twice as likely to get hired. [Reuters] Scientis ... More >>

  • News

    August 21, 2007

    Plastic Surgeon to the Scars

    Brad Jacobs went from shaping Playboy bunnies to defending himself against charges of butchery

  • News

    June 12, 2007

    Shots in the Dark

    New worries about HPV vaccine for kids—other than foes' warnings of promiscuity

  • News

    December 19, 2006

    A Tale From the Slush Fund

    A top Brooklyn pol uses the pork barrel against cancer

  • News

    November 21, 2006

    Death by Dust

    The frightening link between the 9-11 toxic cloud and cancer

  • Columns

    August 15, 2006

    The Slut Shot

    Will the HPV vaccine encourage sexual freedom or right-wing lunatics?

  • People

    December 20, 2005

    Dykes and the C-Word

    Are hard drinking and heavy smoking really giving lesbians cancer?

  • People

    December 6, 2005

    A Hypochondriac's Dream

    Coming soon—a home cancer-screening device

  • People

    November 1, 2005

    Reading Is Fundamental

    Books to Beat the Beauty Blues

  • People

    October 11, 2005

    Listings

    Affordable health care and services for women

  • People

    October 11, 2005

    Chances Are

    The link between breast cancer and genetics

  • NYC Life

    May 24, 2005

    Faux Glow

    Go gold sans the sun

  • News

    February 12, 2002

    Spin Doctor

    Grim Diagnosis for Times Science Scribe

  • News

    February 12, 2002

    A Cancer Grows in Brooklyn

    High Prostate Cancer Rates in Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights

  • News

    January 29, 2002

    Prevarication Becomes Electric

    New Awareness of EMF Health Risks Fuels Opposition to Chelsea Substation

  • News

    November 21, 2000

    Towering Expectations

    A Community Fights for a SoHa Landmark

  • News

    October 17, 2000

    'Mujeres' Power

    Tackling Cultural Taboos About Breast Cancer

  • News

    October 10, 2000

    Genetic Sleuthing

    Researchers Seek African American Women for Breast Cancer Study

  • News

    May 2, 2000

    A Kinder, Gentler Rudy?

    How Rudy Prepared for His Bad-News Press Briefing

  • News

    April 11, 2000

    Sports

    How Rudy Prepared for His Bad-News Press Briefing

  • News

    February 15, 2000

    Nation

    How Rudy Prepared for His Bad-News Press Briefing

  • Specials

    November 16, 1999

    Letters

    How Rudy Prepared for His Bad-News Press Briefing

  • News

    November 2, 1999

    Condomnation

    An Old Virus Becomes a New Argument for Abstinence

  • News

    October 12, 1999

    Rise of the Vaccine Nation

    'The New Yorker' Joins the Campaign for a Disease-Free America

  • Long Island Voice

    August 24, 1999

    The Darkies

    'The New Yorker' Joins the Campaign for a Disease-Free America

  • News

    July 20, 1999

    Cancerous Cells?

    Voicing Concerns About Wireless Phones

  • News

    March 16, 1999

    Health Care Customs

    Out-of-network costs leave the insured in a hole

  • News

    December 29, 1998

    Who Decides?

    The struggle over last-chance medical treatments

  • News

    December 9, 1997

    Kathy Acker 1944-1997

    Matias Viegener on her last day with Kathy Acker

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