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FloridaHow to Prepare for a Weather Emergency When You Have Cancer
If you are a cancer patient or caregiver and you learn a hurricane or other major storm is coming your way, take steps to prepare in advance.
Leukemia Survivor: ‘Every Day is a Day of Hope’
Barbara Borrell’s health problems began the day she was born in 1942 when she was diagnosed with diabetes. For the next 50 years she made nutrition and exercise a priority. But in 1993, she was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Pancreatic Cancer Survivor Defies Prognosis
Chrissy Dunn, 47, says her family’s world was shattered when she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in July 2015.
Experts Gather for Annual Meeting on Blood Diseases
More than 25,000 hematology specialists from all over the world are in Orlando, Florida this week for the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH).
Young Brain Tumor Survivor is on a Mission to Help Other Children
Eighth-grader Cole Eicher says he’s back to doing “regular things.” In January 2014, an MRI found a golf ball-sized medulloblastoma – a tumor in the back of Cole’s brain.
Colon Cancer Survivor Gives Hope to Colostomy Patients
Colon cancer survivor Mauricio Yepes has spent the past 2 years traveling through Colombia and speaking to patients about living with a colostomy or other type of ostomy.
Ovarian Cancer Survivor Finds the Support She Needs
When Ginger Jordan, 38, found out she had ovarian cancer she was afraid she'd never be able to return to her job at a vocational high school in Ocala, Florida.
Facing Breast Cancer: Couple Says, 'Miracles Do Happen'
Ana Gospodinoff calls her husband, Victor, her hero and the best caregiver she could ever have. Victor calls her a living miracle.