The New England Journal of Medicine examines the differences in death between 1900 and 2010. The mortality rate has dropped considerably thanks to infectious disease control, but you have to wonder what the causes for the increase in cancer and heart disease are due to. Though it’s probably a good thing because if people were dying at [...]
cancer
I’m posting this for several reasons: 1) Cancer sucks. 2) Banjo hates cancer, too. 3) This is definitely the cutest fundraising video I’ve seen in a long time. 4) Sawyer, my pup, also enjoys chasing squirrels, tearing things up and sniffing private parts. 5) I’d like to think if I got cancer, Sawyer would make [...]
Levon Helm has as fine a voice in music’s history as any. Sure, he’ll always be remembered for his contributions to The Band, but by all accounts Helm was/is as fine a gentleman as he was a musician. Helm has not left this mortal coil yet, but his family announced yesterday that “Levon is in [...]
50/50 is loosely based on screenwriter Will Reisner’s own battle with cancer, and so while normally this type of premise seems destined for Lifetime rather than the big screen, the cast and personal nature of the film seems to elevate the material here. The film seems to do a good job of balancing humor and [...]
Do yourself a favor: stop what you’re doing and go read “The Last Post” by Derek Miller and then go call every single person you love and tell them. Life is too short and this gave me a basket full of emotional weepies.
Sad news to start the day, but Tony Gwynn — the best pure hitter baseball has witnessed in the last 25 years (perhaps second to Ichiro though when all is said and done) — has been diagnosed with cancer in his salivary glands. No doubt from chewing tobacco. On a personal note, the reason I [...]
Sad news from The Guardian: The author and polemicist Christopher Hitchens yesterday announced he was cutting short a promotional book tour in order to undergo chemotherapy treatment. There were reports that the the British-born writer, who was a heavy smoker until giving up several years ago, had been diagnosed with cancer. In a statement issued [...]
Stop what you’re doing and go read this account of the city of Seattle making a wish come true for 13-year-old Erik Martin. Martin is dying of liver cancer and his one wish was to become his superhero alter-ego, Electron Boy. I’m pretty sure your cynical heart will melt at the ingenuity that led to [...]
Sad news. In a video posted today on BeastieBoys.com, Adam “MCA” Yauch announced that he has cancer and the group is canceling all upcoming shows (and pushing back the release of their album Hot Sauce Committee, Part One) while he receives treatment for it. The cancer is localized to his parotid gland. “The good news is, [...]
