Undergoing chemotherapy takes a serious toll on the body. Along with the obvious symptoms of fatigue, nausea and general pain, come some pretty harsh physical changes (think loss of hair, eyelashes ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Surrounded by lipstick and eye-shadow, Aisha Quashie brushes her cheek with foundation as she mirrors makeup artist Laura Hunt thousands of miles away in London. The 39-year-old, ...
My college experience was bookended by two major life events: my mother’s cancer diagnosis in November of my first semester, and her death in October of my fourth and final year. While my friends were ...
Warning: Have a tissue near your desk. Not just because you are about to watch a video of a 12-year-old cancer patient, but because you are about to witness a brightly optimistic, well-spoken, ...
For many women battling cancer, one of the hardest aspects of their diagnosis, beyond the waiting, the telling family and friends or the sky-high bills, is a sense of losing oneself. This feeling is ...