Peripheral neuropathy (ie. tingling, numbness, pain, or weakness in the hands and feet) can be a really difficult side effect of chemotherapy. Peripheral neuropathy disproportionately affects Black ...
Matthew Collins is warning others to push for answers when it comes to your health after his headaches, seizures, and stroke led to his stage 4 glioblastoma diagnosis, months after his symptoms began.
Elizabeth Wurtzel, 52, author of the bestselling 1994 memoir, "Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America," died on Tuesday in New York of metastatic breast cancer, the most advanced stage of the ...
Stuart Emerson, a 60-year-old dad of four, was diagnosed with tonsil cancer after suffering from a strange feeling of having “a peanut stuck in his throat” for two weeks. Emerson, who resides in ...
Tom Shaw is no longer able to walk and had to learn how to speak again after having a brain tumor removed. He’s sharing his story to encourage others to get checked early on and not to ignore symptoms ...
Actress Danielle Fishel, 43, is making progress in her breast cancer journey after sharing her ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), or stage zero, diagnosis in August, but the mom of two says she has been ...
Hormone therapy for breast cancer is one line of defense in the vast tool kit for treatment. It’s used for hormone receptor-positive cancers, which are actually the most common types of breast cancers ...
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) is a type of cancer of the white blood cells. In CML, blast cells (or immature white blood cells) form and uncontrollably multiply and divide and can impair the body’s ...
When multiple myeloma comes back you are going to face decisions about which treatment to choose because there is no single standard of care. We’ve created a series of videos to help you in this ...
Leukemia is a type of cancer of the blood. There are different forms of leukemia depending on what type of blood cell is affected. "Chronic" describes a gradual or slow progression, and "myeloid" ...
“Love Is Blind” alum Shaina Hurley, 35, faced stage 2 cervical cancer while pregnant. A routine pap smear revealed the cancer when she was just three months pregnant. Hurley remains grateful she was ...
Oscar-winning actress Kathy Bates, 74, is both a breast and ovarian cancer survivor. After treatment for breast cancer, Bates developed lymphedema, a condition in which extra lymph fluid builds up in ...