Cancer

The Sickest Remarks Being Made About Angelina's Double Mastectomy

Yesterday, Angelina Jolie revealed that she'd had a double mastectomy as a preventive measure against a family history of breast cancer, amidst worldwide kudos and admiration. But on Facebook and other places, some were not convinced. "Her breasts were sagging," said one ex "friend" of mine, "so s ... More >>

NYC's Bartender's Fight Against Breast Cancer

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, bartender Michelle Milton for Neely's Barbecue Parlor will be donating 100 percent of her tips for the month of October to Chemo Comfort, which provides cancer patients with kits that help with the side effects of chemotherapy. And at the end of the month, ... More >>

Could You Live With Ann Romney As First Lady?

I know Mitt's a total joke, but how about the wife? Would she make the experience of a Republican White House any easier to swallow? Well, here are some wiki-facts about her--some inspiring, some not--to help you decide: The Mormon missionary rules allowed her only two brief visits with Mitt and ... More >>

Daily Alcohol Consumption Linked to Breast Cancer

Eek. Might want to think twice now about downing that cocktail. According to a recent study by the National Cancer Institute, consuming seven to 14 alcoholic drinks per week carries a 30 to 60 percent increase in breast cancer risk. Although earlier studies have connected daily alcohol consumption ... More >>

"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 >>

"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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

COMIC RELIEF

Pam Murphy kicks cancer where it hurts

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 >>

'For the Moustache That You Love'

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 >>

ShowHope Fundraiser

Benefits the American Cancer Society's Hope Lodge

The Beautiful Truth Preaches Cancer Prevention to Kids, Creepily

Renee Zellweger Comes To Lifetime

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

Plastic Surgeon to the Scars

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

Shots in the Dark

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

A Tale From the Slush Fund

A top Brooklyn pol uses the pork barrel against cancer

Death by Dust

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

The Slut Shot

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

Dykes and the C-Word

Are hard drinking and heavy smoking really giving lesbians cancer?

A Hypochondriac's Dream

Coming soon—a home cancer-screening device

Reading Is Fundamental

Books to Beat the Beauty Blues

Listings

Affordable health care and services for women

Chances Are

The link between breast cancer and genetics

Faux Glow

Go gold sans the sun

Spin Doctor

Grim Diagnosis for Times Science Scribe

A Cancer Grows in Brooklyn

High Prostate Cancer Rates in Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights

Prevarication Becomes Electric

New Awareness of EMF Health Risks Fuels Opposition to Chelsea Substation

Towering Expectations

A Community Fights for a SoHa Landmark

'Mujeres' Power

Tackling Cultural Taboos About Breast Cancer

Genetic Sleuthing

Researchers Seek African American Women for Breast Cancer Study

A Kinder, Gentler Rudy?

How Rudy Prepared for His Bad-News Press Briefing

Sports

Nation

Letters

Condomnation

An Old Virus Becomes a New Argument for Abstinence

Rise of the Vaccine Nation

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

The Darkies

Cancerous Cells?

Voicing Concerns About Wireless Phones

Health Care Customs

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

Who Decides?

The struggle over last-chance medical treatments

Kathy Acker 1944-1997

Matias Viegener on her last day with Kathy Acker