PARENTING 09/21/2018 11:38 am ET September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and Sickle Cell Awareness Month. By Caroline Bologna Brave. Strong. Fearless. Those are just a few words that can describe kids living with pediatric cancer or blood disorders. In honor of National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and Sickle Cell Awareness Month, the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta put together a photo series spotlighting five courageous and resilient patients ranging in age from 4 to 15. Titled “In Their Own Words,” the series depicts each patient with special flags (gold for childhood cancer and burgundy for sickle cell disease) featuring one word that describes their personal journeys. “Kids with cancer and blood disorders are some of the strongest and wisest kids you’ll ever know,″ Jamie Brewer, whose 4-year-old daughter Caroline participated in the series, told HuffPost. … [Read more...] about These Fierce Photos Highlight Kids Battling Cancer And Sickle Cell Disease
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San Jose artist, 89, loses drawings, gets help from police dispatcher fighting cancer
By Mark Gomez | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: September 20, 2018 at 9:25 am | UPDATED: September 20, 2018 at 9:40 am SAN JOSE — It was police dispatcher Tiffany Holseberg’s first week back at work following a medical leave for cancer treatments when she answered the department’s non-emergency line and spoke with an 89-year-old artist desperate for help. Jim Campbell explained how on Sept. 7 he made the mistake of driving to a San Jose post office with a box of his original pen-and-ink drawings on the roof of his SUV. Campbell, who lives in Willow Glen, believes the box flew off the car somewhere on Hillsdale Avenue. The missing artwork, as many as 30 original pieces, represented “a lifetime of work” and “hours and hours” of drawing. “It just broke my heart,” Campbell said. “All these years I’ve created these and they’re gone.” Although the situation wasn’t a police … [Read more...] about San Jose artist, 89, loses drawings, gets help from police dispatcher fighting cancer
‘It was just really humiliating’ Teen fighting cancer told to remove hat for class photo
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico -- A middle school student in New Mexico says she was humiliated on school picture day.Bella Thurston, 13, is battling cancer. Her mother says Bella has ependymoma, a brain and spine tumor that she was diagnosed with at age five. Some of Bella's hair has fallen out due to chemotherapy treatments, so she wears a hat.On picture day, the teen says the photographer told her to remove it."He says it's against policy. And I was like, 'OK, so I can't wear my hat?' and he was like, 'No, you can go fix your hair. Take your hat off or I won't take your picture,' and I didn't let him take my picture because I didn't feel that I needed to take my hat off in order for him to take my picture," Bella told KOAT.Lifetouch Photography has apologized and says it was a misunderstanding. "We have been in touch with the school and have reached out to the family to offer their daughter a complimentary photography session in a place of their choosing. In light of this, we will be … [Read more...] about ‘It was just really humiliating’ Teen fighting cancer told to remove hat for class photo
Scientists make a pizza that can fight cancer
Friday, August 10, 2018 by: Zoey Sky Tags: anti-cancer, cancer prevention, cancer solutions, cardiovascular disease, clean foods, Diets, Don Peppe pizzeria, fresh foods, good pizza, goodcancer, goodfood, goodhealth, healing foods, healthy pizza, Italy, life-prolonging pizza, Mediterranean diet, Naples, Napoli Pizza Village, nutrition, organics, Pizza Pascalina, Public Health, rectal cancer, superfood, vegetables, wheat flour (Natural News) A lot of people love pizza, a guilty pleasure that is usually full of fat, refined carbohydrates, and sodium. However, at Don Peppe pizzeria, some lucky diners had the chance to try a unique “life-prolonging” pizza. The Pizza Pascalina was served to eager customers at the Napoli Pizza Village last June. It was a dish created using findings from a study conducted by the Naples Fondazione Pascale Institute of Tumors. The research involved experts from various fields who formed an impressive network of … [Read more...] about Scientists make a pizza that can fight cancer
Moorman’s PUNT merges with Children’s to help more kids with cancer
ELLICOTTVILLE — In a Holiday Valley lodge, against a backdrop of sun-melted ski hills, Victoria Mordaunt stepped in front of a crowd of a few dozen. She stood tall and poised, smiling subtly. Mordaunt, who is 24, started talking about her older sister, Kali Korzelius, who died in 2012. “She asked me, ‘What makes you the most happy?’” recalled Mordaunt, who told her sister, “Music. Singing for people.” But Mordaunt also confided in her sister that she was afraid. She longed to stand in front of a crowd, let her voice become an instrument, and fill a room with music. But she feared it, too. “Promise me you will do anything you can to conquer your fear,” Korzelius said to Mordaunt, “and sing for people.” That conversation, and the brain tumor that stole Korzelius’ life far too early, were the reasons Mordaunt was here today. She was in Ellicottville for the PUNT Fund’s annual Remembrance Weekend, a three-day … [Read more...] about Moorman’s PUNT merges with Children’s to help more kids with cancer