We all know the importance of early detection. But what if the signs of cancer go beyond scheduling regular mammograms and feeling for lumps and bumps?
Bad news for bacon and hot dog lovers. Processed meat is back in the news - for all the wrong reasons. The World Health Organization (WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has reported yet again that consuming too much red and processed meat increases the risk of colorectal cancer.
Doubly worse news for hot dog lovers, as a separate report by Clear Food revealed that many so-called vegetarian 'dogs' contain meat and even - gulp - human DNA.
What can you give a grieving father that will somehow bring a smile to his lips? An Ohio dad whose baby girl died last week had a strange request for Reddit users:
“My daughter recently passed away after a long battle in the children's hospital,” he wrote. “Since she was in the hospital her whole life, we never were able to get a photo without all her tubes. Can someone remove the tubes from this photo?”
Eating meat and dairy will kill you as fast as smoking 20 cigarettes a day. That's the alarmist message of a study recently published by the University of Southern California's Davis School of Gerontology.
Researchers found that people who ate diets high in animal protein in middle age were at a high risk of dying early. As high as that of a regular smoker.
Reece Puddington is too young to have a bucket list. But the 11-year-old British boy who decided to put a stop to his cancer treatment has penned one anyway.
According to an article in CBC, Reece was diagnosed with a nerve tissue cancer called neuroblastoma in 2008—when he was just five.
Romantics at heart, get your hankies ready. In a story from our own backyard, a 65-year-old man from Barrie paid it forward by picking up the dinner tab of a loved up couple.
According to an article in Today, recently widowed Lee Ballantyne scribbled an explanation for his generous gesture on a napkin:
Got your tissues at the ready? You will need an entire BOX after you see these photos. At first glance the shots of a husband and his new bride juxtaposed with those of a father and his young daughter are simply heartwarming. Then you find out that Ben Nunery lost his wife Ali two years ago to a lung cancer, and—boom—you have all the makings of a Nicolas Sparks plot.
Incredibly it's already been two years since Giuliana Rancic fought and won her war against breast cancer. But instead of being more preoccupied with a healthy lifestyle, the Fashion Police star has thrown caution to the wind.
"Life is to be enjoyed, not to be spent in the gym every day and not to be counting your calories," Rancic said.
According to an article in People, the 39-year-old admits that she's become more lax about diet and fitness.
She captured the hearts of many, including talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, but sadly 13-year-old Talia lost her long battle against cancer. Talia Castellano shared her love of makeup with the world during the six years that her body became eaten up by various cancers. Her tutorials delighted the YouTube community, with one video enjoying more than 8,500,000 views.