cancer
An alternative view of cancer
One million five-hundred and twenty-nine thousand five-hundred and sixty. The number of new cancer cases the American Cancer Society estimated in a recent study. One wouldn’t dare to associate the infamous word “cancer” with comedy. Based on a true story, 50/50 blends two extremes into a comedy and medical drama starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt [...]
Kids Kicking Cancer
Kids with cancer practice martial arts to relieve pain during treatment.
Superintendent diagnosed with prostate cancer
One in six men are diagnosed with it in their lifetime. Bloomfield Hills Schools District Superintendent Steve Gaynor is one of these individuals..
Reed grows hair for Pink Heart
“I have known a lot of people in the last year or so who have had cancer,” Reed says. “One staff member here [at Andover] died of cancer last year, so I just figured that it’s kind of a small thing I can do just to bring a little bit of attention to the problem. Some people wear the pink ribbons; I’m going to grow my hair.”
Giving blood for scholarships
Local community member John Glancy has leukemia and is currently at the Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit. And without the efforts of people like Andover senior Travis Sinclair, he would not have had the strength to survive his bone marrow transplant and chemotherapy.
