Part of the team: 13-year-old Bulldogs fan builds relationship with MSU baseball team while battling cancer
It’s easy to mistake 13-year-old Andrew McCall’s bedroom in Philadelphia, Mississippi, for a trophy case.
The walls and shelves are littered with memorabilia ranging from signed posters to a basketball autographed by Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski.
The altarpiece of McCall’s room is his dresser, on which his prized Mississippi State possessions reside.
You’re not alone: Cancer support groups want to make a difference
Marie Mason is a veteran of the wars. Not the kind that require tactical gear and camo, but combat just the same.
“This is my second time around with breast cancer. I’m a metastatic breast cancer survivor,” the 67-year-old from Starkville said on a Thursday afternoon in October.
California judge affirms ruling for coffee cancer warnings
A court ruling that gave coffee drinkers a jolt earlier this year was finalized Monday when a Los Angeles judge said coffee sold in California must carry cancer warnings.
California judge rules that coffee requires cancer warning
Scientists haven’t rendered a verdict on whether coffee is good or bad for you but a California judge has.
Getting back to normal: One of MSU’s most recognizable faces opens up about his fight with cancer
Last Saturday, Sid Salter placed flowers on his parents’ graves at a cemetery in his native Neshoba County.
Quickly reporting cancer complications may boost survival
If you’re being treated for cancer, speak up about any side effects.
Pressing on: Mother-daughter duo continue preparing, delivering Thanksgiving meals while fighting cancer
One week before Thanksgiving, Ayandria Barry sat in a hospital in Virginia receiving chemotherapy treatment.
Still fighting: Vietnam vets seek help for rare cancer
They were the lucky ones who managed to make it home from Vietnam. Now, a half century later, some veterans are finding out they, too, are victims of the war.
Biden threatens funding cut if cancer trials conceal results
Vice President Joe Biden threatened Wednesday to pull federal funding for cancer studies that fail to publicly disclose their results, putting pressure on researchers, clinicians and drug companies to speed up progress toward cancer cures.
Camp Rising Sun: A community treasure
Austin Huff didn’t really know what to expect as he made his way from Columbus Air Force Base to Camp Pratt, where he and eight other newly minted 2nd lieutenants had volunteered to work as day counselors at Camp Rising Sun.
Sharing the fight: Daughter and mom unite against cancer and rally for Relay
Amber Robertson has helped raise funds for the American Cancer Society for six years as a Relay for Life volunteer. The certified family nurse practitioner never foresaw, however, that she would become a patient herself. No one does.
Planning in full swing for Lowndes Relay for Life April 30
Lowndes County’s Relay for Life event in Columbus hopes to fill the Columbus Soccer Complex with an “army of purple” on Saturday, April 30. From 2 p.m. to 9 p.m., cancer survivors, caregivers and the wider community will celebrate what has been overcome, remember those lost to the disease and honor people who have fought or are fighting cancer.
Veterinarians seek answers to canine, human cancers
Aspirin can knock out minor aches and pains, but what if it also could play a role in cancer prevention?
UN agency links hot dogs and other processed meat to cancer
Bacon, hot dogs and cold cuts are under fire: The World Health Organization threw its global weight behind years of experts’ warnings and declared Monday that processed meats raise the risk of colon and stomach cancer and that red meat is probably harmful, too.
Sorority seeks donations of wigs, scarves for cancer patients
The Amicae Auxiliary of Columbus, of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, is asking the Lowndes community to assist with a drive to gather head scarves and wigs for cancer survivors.
With humor and honesty, Carter talks about his cancer
With a broad smile and an upbeat attitude, former President Jimmy Carter told the world Thursday that he has cancer in his brain, and feels “perfectly at ease with whatever comes.”
Jimmy Carter says he has cancer, revealed by recent surgery
Former President Jimmy Carter, who at age 90 still travels the world supporting the humanitarian endeavors that have consumed his time in the decades since he left office, announced Wednesday he has cancer that has spread to other parts of his body.
Tetanus shot may aid treatment of brain cancer
Can a tetanus shot help treat brain cancer?
Cancer is in remission for teen forced to undergo chemo
A 17-year-old Connecticut girl who was forced to undergo chemotherapy by the state after she and her mother refused treatment is happy her cancer is in remission but still upset she had no choice in the matter.
New home test shakes up colon cancer screening
Starting Monday, millions of people who have avoided colon cancer screening can get a new home test that’s noninvasive and doesn’t require the icky preparation most other methods do.