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Bone Cancer Survivor Has a Leg Trick You Have to See to Believe

Kyle Dowling — Wed, 29 May 2013 15:15:21 +0000

Okay, we’re not saying there’s an upside to cancer, but this is pretty cool. A few years ago, Canadian Jen O’Shea underwent a lifesaving operation after having been diagnosed with bone cancer. What came out of the situation was not only a clean bill of health but also a new talent: she could twist her leg 180 [...]

Valerie Harper Has Terminal Brain Cancer

Cassandra Rose — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:11:07 +0000

Valerie Harper, best known for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ and its titular spin-off ‘Rhoda,’ has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. But she’s determined to live her last months to the fullest. On Jan. 15, Harper was told she had a leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, a rare condition in which [...]

Taylor Swift Responds to Cancer-Stricken Teen's Prom Date Offer

Amy Sciarretto — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:15:02 +0000

Taylor Swift sadly cannot make Kevin McGuire’s prom in New Jersey. However, the singer has instead asked the cancer-stricken teen, whose sister started a Facebook campaign to get Swift to accompany him to prom, to be her date to the upcoming 2012 ACM Awards. What a class act Taylor Swift is. No wonder she inspires such fiercely loyal dedication among her fans.

Taylor Swift Asked to Go to Prom With Cancer-Stricken Teen

Amy Sciarretto — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:39:08 +0000

This scenario, about not giving up or giving up in light of horrible circumstances, sounds like something out of one of Taylor Swift‘s songs. The singer got asked to prom by Kevin McGuire, a teen who is fighting cancer for the second time in his life. While the medication known as methotrexate, which McGuire requires [...]

Justin Bieber Makes Dream of Six-Year Old Cancer Patient Come True

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:19:34 +0000

Justin Bieber knows he’d be nothing without his fans. So when the pop sensation heard that Avalanna Routh, a six-year old fighting a rare form of childhood brain cancer, dreamed of meeting him, he flew the little girl and her family to New York for a heartwarming meeting.

Woman Makes Santa's Naughty List for Falsely Claiming She Had Cancer [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:48:18 +0000

If anyone is going to get a lumps of coal in his or her stocking this year, it’s Martha Nicholas. The Virginian woman was arrested Wednesday for bilking kind-hearted people out of money by falsely claiming she had cancer. Nicholas, 42, duped even her husband and children along the way, claimed she was a four-time cancer patient and participated in multiple cancer fundraisers

Mom with Cancer Dies to Save Unborn Baby [VIDEO]

Kathy Landin — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:33:46 +0000

A selfless mother has died to save her unborn baby.

The woman was diagnosed with a life-threatening form of cancer and refused chemotherapy so that her child could be born, even though it meant she would die.