http://dir.salon.com/topics/cancer/?source=rss&aim=cancer en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/24/avoiding_the_doctor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/24/avoiding_the_doctor/index.html?source=rss I waited too long for my diagnosis: Whence such perversity? Childhood fears By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/19/diagnosis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/19/diagnosis/index.html?source=rss On my current condition: Definitely treatable, definitely uncertain By Joe Conason Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/11/05/hadassah_lieberman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/11/05/hadassah_lieberman/index.html?source=rss If he really cared about women's health, Hadassah's new cause, he'd get out of the way of healthcare reform By Gabriel Winant Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/08/healthcare_data/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/08/healthcare_data/index.html?source=rss We spend far more per person than other wealthy nations, but we're less healthy. What's wrong with this picture? By Abrahm Lustgarten Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/14/gas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/14/gas/index.html?source=rss Are Democrats going wobbly as energy companies resist curbs on the natural gas drilling practice known as fracking? By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/08/cancer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/08/cancer/index.html?source=rss My partner says he's just not attracted to me "right now" By Mary Elizabeth Williams Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/06/25/farrah_fawcett/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/06/25/farrah_fawcett/index.html?source=rss A '70s icon and pinup queen, she redefined beauty -- and allowed us to glimpse the ugliness of her cancer By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/10/alcoholic_mom/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/10/alcoholic_mom/index.html?source=rss I knew I had to leave home to make my own life, but my past seems to follow me everywhere. By Robert Burton Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/02/06/ginsburg/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/02/06/ginsburg/index.html?source=rss Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent surgery on Thursday. One doctor assesses the risks. By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/12/04/status_anxiety/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/12/04/status_anxiety/index.html?source=rss One chum is working on a cure for cancer; one has started his own political party. All this overachieving is giving me status anxiety. By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/09/04/wifes_traveling/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/09/04/wifes_traveling/index.html?source=rss He seems to believe that when I travel I must be sleeping with my boss. By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/08/19/escaped_death/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/08/19/escaped_death/index.html?source=rss Should I try to return to life as it was before, or should I set out on adventures? By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/28/mother/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/28/mother/index.html?source=rss Ever since her sister was attacked, and I survived cancer, she's been so anxious! By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/02/survivor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/02/survivor/index.html?source=rss Cancer changed everything. I need a new paradigm. By Alex Koppelman Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/05/20/kennedy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/05/20/kennedy/index.html?source=rss After he experienced a seizure last weekend, doctors discovered that the Massachusetts senator has a malignant brain tumor. By Gary Kamiya Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/03/18/iraq_anniversary/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/03/18/iraq_anniversary/index.html?source=rss Five years after Bush invaded Iraq, anti-Americanism has metastasized. But we can still beat it. By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/02/15/friend_doing_chemo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/02/15/friend_doing_chemo/index.html?source=rss We're mostly online friends, and I'm kind of shy. I care but do not want to intrude. By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/02/06/ovarian/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/02/06/ovarian/index.html?source=rss I moved to Colorado but could move back if I had to. By Catherine Price Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/01/29/folic_acid_risk/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/01/29/folic_acid_risk/index.html?source=rss Some scientists suggest that folic acid -- known for preventing birth defects -- may come with a downside. By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/01/26/cure_within/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/01/26/cure_within/index.html?source=rss If chemo fails, there's always positive thinking, or so we'd like to believe. Medical historian Anne Harrington looks at our persistent faith in curing ourselves. By Tracy Clark-Flory Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/01/11/booby_wall/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/01/11/booby_wall/index.html?source=rss The Booby Wall collects photos of women's bare breasts to raise breast cancer awareness. By Carol Lloyd Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/08/contraceptive_risk/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/08/contraceptive_risk/index.html?source=rss Are oral contraceptives a risky proposition for some women? By Carol Lloyd Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/30/sunshine/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/30/sunshine/index.html?source=rss Drop that bronzer: There may be a benefit to baking in the sun. By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/10/08/cancer_q_a/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/10/08/cancer_q_a/index.html?source=rss Can diet soda, cellphones and makeup give you cancer? The author of "The Secret History of the War on Cancer" discusses the health risks of, well, living. By Eryn Loeb Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/03/breast_cancer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/03/breast_cancer/index.html?source=rss Are women's lifestyles killing them?