Mandoza is one of South Africa’s more well-known artists, his famous hit ‘Nkalakatha’ proving popular to this day. Some sad news coming your way though.
Johnson & Johnson is a common name in homes across the world, although it looks like we might want to look a little closer at how we use it.
Nipples are notoriously banned from social media sites like Instagram and Facebook – so how do you teach women to check for breast cancer?
Treatment removes breast cancer tumors in 11 days. Tokai jogger death racial spat. Andy Murray on Sharapova. Ben Carson to endorse Trump. SKY News’ bizarre ISIS ‘leak.’ Caitlyn face of H&M. Hatton Garden heist assassination. Jessica Alba in the dwang. Passenger opens plane door for fresh air.
There’s one thing about yourself you can’t really hide – and that’s your face. Getting a non-surgical skin peel is the ideal way to get your confidence back, just in time for summer.
Anyone who has survived cancer knows that it is a battle best fought with good friends by your side. This survivor chose to pay tribute in a very touching way.
Oh my, how I love breathing in the smoke you have just exhaled. It’s the best smell ever. I want a perfume just like it. No. No, I actually don’t. But what rights do you have to complain?
Cancer Dojo is a space that brings the power of visual thought to life. It provides a platform where people can grow, learn and share skills and tools as active participants in their bout with cancer.
Yeah, they’re not quite as cool as Bill Nye but these scientists from the University of California, Irvine have done pretty OK with their latest finding.
This woman’s dying wish was fulfilled when she was given one last chance to see an old friend (pass the tissues).
What would the legalisation of medical marijuana do to people’s lives? What would it change? If something could help with your fight against cancer, would you try it?
After a long battle with cancer, Mario Oriani-Ambrosini, MP for the IFP, took his own life. Mario asked Zuma earlier this year to legalise medical marijuana, let’s see if this will have an effect on that.
The magic of the late Robin Williams continues, as he sends a wonderful video to a terminally ill girl, months before his death.
Identifying cancer is as easy as snapping a photograph of your skin, thanks to a new iPhone app called DermoScreen created by engineering technology professor George Zouridakis.
Social smokers, Drunken smokers, every-Monday-morning quitters and anyone else who just isn’t as in love with that cigarette smell as you used to be, this is a must-read for you!
Scientists are constantly working on new ways to combat this devastating auto-immune disease. In the case of a certain Stacey Erholtz, she tried something with her doctor out of sheer desperation
Radio frequency fields emitted via mobile phones are carcinogenic. You ever heard that before? It’s something that most of you are probably vaguely aware of . At some point in your life you would have definitely heard that talking on your cell phone too much might give you brain cancer. However, like other nasty, illness-type […]
In 2009 Fair Cape Dairies partnered with The Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA), to launch a dairy product with a major difference. ROOIBOOST became the first dairy in the world to have products endorsed by CANSA and for good reason. Research studies conducted by CANSA have shown that drinking six cups of rooibos tea […]
It’s getting harder and harder to get away with smoking cigarettes without coming under fire from all and sundry – and it’s going to get that little bit more difficult.
Kimberley Rose had always dreamed of being a superstar on the world stage, but she was diagnosed with cancer before she could make her dream a reality. This prompted local band, The Plastics to step in and help make her dream come true.
A study conducted by scientists at Jiangsu Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that the regular ingestion of raw garlic can lower your risk of lung cancer. Participants who ate the herb on a regular basis reduced their risk by 44%. In smokers, the risk of lung cancer fell by 30%.
Researchers at London’s Imperial College have developed a surgical knife that will enable doctors to detect if the tissue they are cutting into is cancerous or not.
A little tit for tat, fighting fire with fire. This six-year-old girl was given the HIV virus to cure her cancer in a clinical trial. The results have been astounding.
With only months to live, this teenage boy made the most of every moment after being diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer. Zach Sobiech, at such a young age, has insprired those around him to live. This video is a testament to his passion for life and music.
Hollywood star and Mrs Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie has announced that she has undergone a double mastectomy, following estimates that she had a 87% risk of breast cancer. Her mother died of breast cancer in 2007, age 56.
Chinese and Israeli scientists have developed a test that can, with 90% accuracy detect and distinguish cancers from other stomach complaints. The test was carried out on 130 patients. Of the 130 patients, 37 had stomach cancer, 32 had stomach ulcers and 61 had other stomach complaints. In Britain alone, some 7 000 people develop […]
Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, has reportedly died. He was officially brain dead as of the 30 December 2012, and has allegedly been dead for four days. The politician had been struggling with cancer for a while and his condition had not improved, which was reported by the Venezuelan Governement less than a week ago. The […]
Saturday 2 March marks the 10th annual Shavathon. The Shavathon was created to allow the public to show support and solidarity with cancer survivors, or anyone treated for dread disease. The Shavathon inspires people to shave, spray or even gel their hair after making a small donation to support the Cancer Association of South Africa […]
It’s been a subject that’s as old as time – let us smoke our weed, because it has medicinal properties. Scientists at a US medical center in California have provided new credence to this claim, discovering a compound derived from the plant which stops the metastases of many kinds of aggressive cancer.
For most 15-year olds, the last thing they want to do after school is head to a lab and work on their biology. Jack Andraka however, is not most 15-year olds and after school he heads over to Johns Hopkins University where he’s working on a test for cancer that is leaps and bounds ahead of what’s ahead now.