August 2017 Vol 3 No 4

The Emilio Nares Foundation, located in San Diego, CA, helps children and their families navigate through a cancer diagnosis with valuable services, from a cost-saving transportation program to modified shirts with easy access to chemotherapy ports.

The power of mother’s intuition guided La Toya Johnson to ensure her daughter, Yantusha, received the proper care she needed.

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivor Dan Dean tackles the stigmas and difficulties associated with mental health diagnoses and therapies.

After a slew of seizures, misdiagnoses, and unanswered questions, Mouhamad Beydoun found out that, at the ripe age of 24, he had cancer covering his entire brain.

A roundup of 4 leading healthcare professionals offers an optimistic outlook on immunotherapy at the Second International Cancer Immunotherapy Conference, titled “Translating Science into Survival.”

You know Ben Stiller as the comedic actor who made you laugh in “There’s Something About Mary,” “Zoolander,” and “Meet the Parents,” but this legend of the silver screen credits a PSA screening for saving his life.

Dentist John Killip presents his journey with multiple myeloma, which included using his professional skills to give himself a stem-cell injection as part of his transplant, and joining the MMJP program.

Oncology Nurse Deborah Gomer shares her insights about the challenges of staying hydrated during cancer treatment and offers a recipe for making your own healthy alternative to energy drinks.

Low-dose CT screening is the only screening method recommended by the US Preventive Services Task Force for lung cancer, yet only 3.9% of eligible people are actually screened.