Lance Armstrong: Champion in the Fight Against Cancer
Eleven years ago Lance Armstrong was at home in Austin, Texas suffering from a blinding headache and coughing up blood. Armstrong had ignored ominous symptoms for months, satisfied with the logic that a professional athlete’s body is a playground for aches and pains. Later that same day a doctor said to Lance, "You have cancer." [more]

Graphic Cigarette Pack Labeling Packs a Punch
Every year, smoking kills more than 276,000 men and 142,000 women in the United States - more women currently die from lung cancer than breast cancer. Globally, 5 million people will die from tobacco in 2008, more than tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and malaria combined. [more]

Spotlight On...
An award-winning pioneer in breast cancer research, Leslie Bernstein led the first major studies suggesting that exercise might help women lower their risk for the disease via its impact on hormonal activity. [more]

Can Diet Help Determine Colon Cancer Survival?
A major weapon against colon cancer's return could lie in the foods patients eat every day... [more]

India's Annual Death Toll from Smoking May Soon Top One Million
A pandemic of smoking-related death and disease is poised to claim a million lives each year in India unless something is done soon ... [more]