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81-year-old has soccer ball-sized tumor removed from neck after months of being turned away by doctors

I simply can’t praise the wonders of modern science enough. It seems as though every day we see examples of medical breakthroughs and successful procedures that simply wouldn’t have been possible even as recently as ...

Alex Trebek holds back tears after reading ‘Jeopardy!’ contestant’s surprise answer

Legendary Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek has been fighting a tough battle with stage IV pancreatic cancer for the past few months. Defying the low survival rates, he’s been hanging tough, continuing to host the show ...

Baby Logan, aged only four months old, loses both hands after being diagnosed with vasculitis

As a parent, there is one thing that I constantly worry about – and that is that something should happen to my precious children. Diseases, cancer, infections …. There are many dangers out there, but ...

Teen ‘Jeopardy!’ champion donates $10,000 to cancer research in honor of Alex Trebek

Jeopardy! fans around the world were heartbroken by Alex Trebek’s announcement in March that he was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer, a disease with a frighteningly low survival rate. In the months since, Trebek ...

7-year-old girl dies after long battle with cancer

Of all the terrible things that exist in the world, few are as heart-wrenchingly cruel as terminal illness in children. In the case of sweet 7-year-old Abigail Arias from Texas, she was diagnosed with Wilms tumor, ...

Football player approaches opponent after game, asks if he can pray for his mom with cancer

Football in Texas is not something that is taken lightly, the competition is tough. But once the game ends, high schoolers who viewed their opponents as the enemy show their respect for each other. Following ...

Alex Trebek, fighting stage IV pancreatic cancer, makes a video urging people to know the signs

Alex Trebek, the legendary longtime host of Jeopardy!, left fans devastated in March when he announced he was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer, a disease with a frighteningly low survival rate. But Trebek has ...

Bride-to-be with cancer asked to move wedding date forward, refuses and proves everyone wrong

When doctors urged South Carolina bride-to-be Laurin Banks to bring her wedding date forward, she refused. Laurin had been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in September and doctors didn’t expect her to make it to ...

Pregnant mom with cancer told to abort baby – refuses to give up fight and gives birth to healthy son

We all know that doctors and nurses do what they do because they love to help people. With that in mind, it’s important to remember that they will always try to do what they think ...

Tearjerking moment when 2-year-old cancer survivor with Down syndrome hears for first time

Grace’s mom, Valerie Revell-Rosian, had cardiac arrest and nearly died when she gave birth to her daughter via emergency C-section on Oct. 24, 2016. Some pictures of Grace in the NICU and the first time I ...