Cancer

What if it had been my child?

What Does A Bucket List Look Like For A 5-Year-Old?

Two weeks ago, Parker went home with a fever and a droopy eye, stumbling a bit. Two days later, his parents the truth: It was terminal cancer.

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Cancer Found Guilty In Deaths Of Bowie, Rickman, And Millions More

CANCER NEEDS TO KEEP ITS GRUBBY MITTS OFF OF OUR ARTISTIC LEGENDS, DAMMIT.

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Gail The Survivor (And Birch The Dog!)

On her mentor(s):

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facial hair

7 Things They Don't Tell You About A Hysterectomy

Without sufficient estrogen in your body, you begin growing a crop of course hair on your chin. If you are as lucky as I am, they are PITCH BLACK!

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10 Ways To Cope With A Difficult Diagnosis

8. Educate, don’t fixate.

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RIP Cynthia Lennon: Artist, Mother, Ex-Wife Of John Lennon

In the benign but powerful reign of the Beatles, Cynthia Lennon was the proverbial First Lady.

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Atop Joppenbergh Mountain in New York, channeling Rosie the Riveter's fierceness

25 Ways To Conquer Chemo

After I got over the initial devastation, I pulled myself up by my big-girl panties and got on with it. Chemo was no picnic—but it was do-able.

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Will Ferrell Is Taking Over Baseball Spring Training!

Just when you think Will Ferrell can't get more awesome, he does something delightfully weird. Again.

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