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Lucy Grealy. Lucinda Margaret Grealy (June 3, 1963 – December 18, 2002) was an Irish-American poet and memoirist who wrote Autobiography of a Face in 1994. This critically acclaimed book describes her childhood and early adolescent experience with cancer of the jaw, which left her with some facial disfigurement.
I suddenly empathized with early-stage cancer patients who seek treatment despite being counseled that their disease is extremely low risk and does not require aggressive intervention.
Jerri Lin Nielsen (née Cahill; March 1, 1952 – June 23, 2009) was an American physician with extensive emergency room experience, who self-treated her breast cancer while stationed at Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica until she could be evacuated safely.
A 101-year-old former doctor who worked until he was 85 shared his 3 longevity secrets — including eating sardines ... lifestyle factors can also play a huge role in a person living past 100 ...
At 69, retired scientist Brad Barr, of Hanover, has felt dismissed as an older person, not offered treatments he believes younger people with similar chronic health conditions might receive.
Lorraine Jeanette Day (February 24, 1937 – November 10, 2023) was an American author, orthopedic trauma surgeon and Chief of Orthopedic Surgery at San Francisco General Hospital and promoter of alternative cancer treatments.
Older adults and people who are immunocompromised (including people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, people who are pregnant, those with cancer, and more groups) are now encouraged to get two ...
O'Brien was instrumental in establishing the Chris O'Brien Lifehouse cancer centre (named after him posthumously). [3] Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said "Chris' vision was for an integrated cancer treatment centre so that patients would no longer have to navigate their way through all the different elements of dealing with their illness ...