Taylor Swift made a fan's "Wildest Dreams" come true when she met Lexi Caviston at her concert on Saturday. The 21-year-old, who is battling brain cancer, was able to meet the...
Reported by E! Online 4 hours ago.
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Taylor Swift Meets Fan Battling Brain Cancer With Help From Meghan McCain
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Boy, 5, writes his own heartbreaking obituary before cancer death
A five-year-old boy who passed away from a rare form of cancer has been remembered in a heart-wrenchingly funny obituary that he wrote himself. Garrett Michael Matthias was diagnosed with an incredibly rare form of cancer, Stage...
Reported by New Zealand Herald 4 hours ago.
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Tailored cancer treatment program expanded
The federal government will provide $50 million in funding to expand a program providing tailored treatment for patients with rare cancers.
Reported by SBS 4 hours ago.
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Dr. Alan S. Rabson, Influential Cancer Researcher, Is Dead at 92
A longtime leader of the National Cancer Institute, he was known for his willingness to help anyone with a cancer diagnosis seeking advice or a referral.
Reported by NYTimes.com 3 hours ago.
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Early supper associated with lower risk of breast and prostate cancer
People who have their evening meal before 9 p.m. or wait at least two hours before going to sleep have lower risk of breast and prostate cancer.
Reported by Science Daily 2 hours ago.
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New target protein for colon cancer identified
Researchers have identified a new potential target protein (c-Cbl) they believe can help further the understanding of colon cancer and ultimately survival of patients with the disease.
Reported by Science Daily 2 hours ago.
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Cancer DNA treatment program expanded
Patients battling the most deadly and aggressive cancers will get world-leading DNA treatment in their own states as part of a $50 million commitment.
Reported by SBS 3 hours ago.
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Cancer-treatment drug gets name from Torah
A pharmaceutical company has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to market their new drug under a name derived from the Torah.
Reported by Jerusalem Post 3 hours ago.
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Jim Kelly headed for 'unexpected' checkup after 'something came up' after cancer surgery
The Pro Football Hall of Famer says he is headed back to see his doctors in New York next month to make sure he's healing properly.
Reported by USATODAY.com 1 hour ago.
Reported by USATODAY.com 1 hour ago.
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George the Mouse is back - and so is the Hospiscare Breakfast Run
You an sign up online today and help support cancer charity
Reported by Western Morning News 40 minutes ago.
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She pretended to be dying from cancer and couple opened their home to her, cops say
A woman allegedly duped a family into believing she was dying of cancer, leading the sympathetic couple to let the con artist live with them for weeks, authorities said Tuesday.
Reported by NJ.com 16 minutes ago.
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Taylor Swift Meets Fan With Brain Cancer With Help From Meghan McCain
Taylor Swift took some time before her Philadelphia Reputation tour stop to meet with a fan struggling with glioblastoma brain cancer. Meghan...
Reported by Billboard.com 6 minutes ago.
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Eating dinner before 9pm could cut the risk of developing breast and prostate cancer by a fifth
Sitting down to an evening meal at least two hours before going to bed reduces the chances of getting both cancers, a study of more than 4,000 people suggests.
Reported by MailOnline 32 minutes ago.
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Scientists in Australia develop world-first blood test to detect skin cancer before it spreads through the body
Reported by Telegraph.co.uk 10 hours ago.
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This bride had a crush on groom since 2nd grade; he didn't notice until after college
With her mother dead from ovarian cancer, Ruslana Belokopyty's father went with her to buy a wedding dress that looked like one worn by Disney's Belle.
Reported by Delawareonline 8 hours ago.
Reported by Delawareonline 8 hours ago.
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Early dinner time associated with lower risk of cancer, says study
A study from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health found eating dinner earlier in the evening was associated with a lower risk for breast and prostate cancers.
Reported by USATODAY.com 8 hours ago.
Reported by USATODAY.com 8 hours ago.
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Dave Ramsey says: Tips to finding life insurance after cancer diagnosis
Dave Ramsey answers a question from a reader looking for life insurance after a cancer diagnosis.
Reported by Deseret News 9 hours ago.
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There's new evidence to suggest that most vitamins are useless, but here are the ones you should take
· *Vitamins and supplements are a roughly $37 billion industry, but new research suggests they're mostly useless.*· *A crop of fresh studies looking at multivitamins and vitamins B, C, and D have concluded that for most people, they do little to no good.*
· *Still, some specific vitamins can be helpful for people with specific health conditions.*
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It seems like simple, obvious advice: Eat your vegetables, get some exercise, and — of course — take your vitamins.
Or not.
Decades of research has failed to find substantial evidence that vitamins and supplements do any significant good. In fact, the results of recent studies lean in the opposite direction, finding that certain vitamins may be bad for you.
Several supplements have been linked with an increase in certain cancers, for example, while others have been associated with a higher risk of kidney stones. Still others have been linked with an overall higher risk of death from any cause.
So here are the vitamins and supplements you should take — and the ones you should avoid.
*SEE ALSO: The $37 billion vitamin industry is barely regulated, and dangerous products are slipping through the cracks*
*DON'T MISS: A mysterious supplement has a viral following of people who take it for addiction, and researchers say it's too compelling to ignore*
-Multivitamins: Skip them — you can get everything you need with a balanced diet.-
It's long been thought that adding a multivitamin to your diet was a good step towards better overall health, but recent research suggests this is false.
Based on a review of studies published this month in the journal Circulation, scientists concluded that taking multivitamins does not improve heart health in the general population. That study comes on the heels of an even larger review published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology in June, which found no evidence that multivitamins are linked to a reduced risk of heart disease, heart attack, stroke, or death from any cause.
Some studies even suggest that consuming vitamins in excess can cause harm. A large, longterm 2011 study of close to 39,000 older women found that women who took vitamins over the course of more than 20 years actually had a higher overall risk of death than those who didn't take any supplements.-Vitamin D: Take it for bone health because it's hard to get from food.-
Vitamin D is a critical ingredient that keeps our bones strong by helping us absorb calcium. It is missing from many of the foods we eat, so taking a vitamin D supplement may be a good idea for some people. Getting sunlight is another way to help your body make enough vitamin D, but that can be tough in the winter.
Some researchers hoped that vitamin D could also help protect people from brain-related disorders like Alzheimer's disease, but a review of 73 studies published this month in the journal Nutritional Neuroscience suggests that is not the case. The researchers found no evidence linking vitamin D supplementation with a reduced risk of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, or other forms of dementia.-Antioxidants: Skip them — an excess of these has been linked to an increased risk of certain cancers, and you can eat berries instead.-
Touted for their potential to protect against cancer, vitamins A, C, and E are antioxidants found in many fruits and veggies — especially berries.
But studies suggest that antioxidants can actually be harmful, at least when taken in the mega doses offered by some supplements.
A 2007 review of trials of several different types of antioxidant supplements found that people who took the pills were more likely to die of any cause than people who didn't. Plus, a large long-term study of male smokers found that those who regularly took vitamin A were more likely to get lung cancer than those who didn't.
See the rest of the story at Business Insider Reported by Business Insider 9 hours ago.
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Will this young Italian mother be made a saint? Canonization cause gets underway
Rome, Italy, Jul 18, 2018 / 11:09 am (CNA).- A formal call for testimony has been issued, the first step of an investigation into the possible sainthood of Chiara Corbella Petrillo, a young Italian mother who died in 2012.
The call was issued by Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, Vicar General of Rome, earlier this month.
The formal edict, signed July 2, calls Corbella a “Servant of God,” a title used for those under formal consideration for beatification and canonization. It recognizes her “increasing reputation for holiness” and invites “all the faithful, together and individually” to submit any information which could argue “for or against” her cause.
The call for testimony comes just over a year after her cause for canonization was announced on June 17 last year, the fifth anniversary of her death on June 13, 2012.
Cardinal De Donatis, who handles the day-to-day governance of the diocese of Rome on behalf of the pope, asked anyone with information which could help church authorities consider her case to send it to the diocesan tribunal of Rome. When diocesan authorities believe they have sufficient testimony, the file will be sent to the Vatican’s Congregation for the Cause of Saints.
The edict contains a special request for anything written by the prospective saint to be sent to the diocese of Rome for inclusion in the case.
Chiara Corbella met her husband Enrico Petrillo at Medjugorje in 2002, when she was 18. They married in Italy on September 21, 2008. During the early years of their marriage, the young couple faced many hardships, including the death of two children, who both died only 30 minutes after birth.
Corbella became pregnant a third time with their son, Francesco in 2010. However, the news of her pregnancy also came with a fatal diagnosis of cancer for Chiara. Her cancer was an unusual lesion of the tongue, which was later discovered to be a carcinoma.
Corbella rejected any treatment that could have saved her life during pregnancy because it would have risked the life of her unborn son. Her treatment only began after her son was born, in May 2011, after the cancer had progressed. It eventually became difficult for Chiara to speak and see clearly, eventually making her final days particularly excruciating.
A year after Francesco was born, Corbella died.
A biography of her, entitled “Chiara Corbella Petrillo: A Witness to Joy,” has been published by Sophia Institute Press.
“In the story of the Petrillo couple, many people recognize a providential consolation from heaven,” said Simone Troisi and Christiana Paccini, close friends of the Petrillos who wrote the biography.
“Her suffering became a holy place because it was the place where she encountered God,” Troisi and Paccini recalled.
Although many couples face hardships, Troisi and Paccini remembered something different about the Petrillos - they leaned on God’s grace which made their family particularly serene. They made peace with the reality that Corbella would never grow old with Enrico or watch Francesco grow up.
During her last days, her husband Enrico embraced God’s grace just as she did, saying, “If she is going to be with Someone who loves her more than I, why should I be upset?”
Corbella died on June 13, 2012 at home in her wedding gown, surrounded by her family and friends. Corbella continued to be a witness to joy, even after her death.
Troisi and Paccini believe that Corbella’s legacy is still living on through her witness to the truth that “love exists.” Neither she nor Enrico were afraid of love, marriage, or of committing themselves to their family. However, they were quick to note that Chiara was not “an extraordinary young woman, in a way that makes her different from us.” Rather, she struggled with many human fears and anxieties, especially with thoughts of pain, vomiting, and even of purgatory.
“She had the same questions that we have, the same objections and struggles, the same fears,” Troisi and Paccini noted, saying what made her different was her “capacity to cast everything on the Father, to welcome the grace needed for whatever step she had to make.”
Corbella has been called “a saint for our times.” Her case remains open in the diocese of Rome.
Reported by CNA 9 hours ago.
The call was issued by Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, Vicar General of Rome, earlier this month.
The formal edict, signed July 2, calls Corbella a “Servant of God,” a title used for those under formal consideration for beatification and canonization. It recognizes her “increasing reputation for holiness” and invites “all the faithful, together and individually” to submit any information which could argue “for or against” her cause.
The call for testimony comes just over a year after her cause for canonization was announced on June 17 last year, the fifth anniversary of her death on June 13, 2012.
Cardinal De Donatis, who handles the day-to-day governance of the diocese of Rome on behalf of the pope, asked anyone with information which could help church authorities consider her case to send it to the diocesan tribunal of Rome. When diocesan authorities believe they have sufficient testimony, the file will be sent to the Vatican’s Congregation for the Cause of Saints.
The edict contains a special request for anything written by the prospective saint to be sent to the diocese of Rome for inclusion in the case.
Chiara Corbella met her husband Enrico Petrillo at Medjugorje in 2002, when she was 18. They married in Italy on September 21, 2008. During the early years of their marriage, the young couple faced many hardships, including the death of two children, who both died only 30 minutes after birth.
Corbella became pregnant a third time with their son, Francesco in 2010. However, the news of her pregnancy also came with a fatal diagnosis of cancer for Chiara. Her cancer was an unusual lesion of the tongue, which was later discovered to be a carcinoma.
Corbella rejected any treatment that could have saved her life during pregnancy because it would have risked the life of her unborn son. Her treatment only began after her son was born, in May 2011, after the cancer had progressed. It eventually became difficult for Chiara to speak and see clearly, eventually making her final days particularly excruciating.
A year after Francesco was born, Corbella died.
A biography of her, entitled “Chiara Corbella Petrillo: A Witness to Joy,” has been published by Sophia Institute Press.
“In the story of the Petrillo couple, many people recognize a providential consolation from heaven,” said Simone Troisi and Christiana Paccini, close friends of the Petrillos who wrote the biography.
“Her suffering became a holy place because it was the place where she encountered God,” Troisi and Paccini recalled.
Although many couples face hardships, Troisi and Paccini remembered something different about the Petrillos - they leaned on God’s grace which made their family particularly serene. They made peace with the reality that Corbella would never grow old with Enrico or watch Francesco grow up.
During her last days, her husband Enrico embraced God’s grace just as she did, saying, “If she is going to be with Someone who loves her more than I, why should I be upset?”
Corbella died on June 13, 2012 at home in her wedding gown, surrounded by her family and friends. Corbella continued to be a witness to joy, even after her death.
Troisi and Paccini believe that Corbella’s legacy is still living on through her witness to the truth that “love exists.” Neither she nor Enrico were afraid of love, marriage, or of committing themselves to their family. However, they were quick to note that Chiara was not “an extraordinary young woman, in a way that makes her different from us.” Rather, she struggled with many human fears and anxieties, especially with thoughts of pain, vomiting, and even of purgatory.
“She had the same questions that we have, the same objections and struggles, the same fears,” Troisi and Paccini noted, saying what made her different was her “capacity to cast everything on the Father, to welcome the grace needed for whatever step she had to make.”
Corbella has been called “a saint for our times.” Her case remains open in the diocese of Rome.
Reported by CNA 9 hours ago.
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Researchers solve mystery of how ALL enters the central nervous system
A deadly feature of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is its invasion of the central nervous system. ALL in the central nervous system is very difficult to treat, because most drugs are blocked from the organ system due to a "blood-brain barrier" designed to protect the brain. How cancer cells enter the central nervous system has been an unanswered question for researchers and clinicians for decades. A research team has now found that this blood cancer infiltrates the central nervous system not by breaching the blood-brain barrier, but by evading the barrier altogether.
Reported by Science Daily 7 hours ago.
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