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September 30, 2024

I Was “Too Young” to Have Colon Cancer

As told to Shannon Shelton Miller I was thrilled to be pregnant with my first child at 29. Everything went well for about eight months — […]
October 1, 2024

​How Chronic Pain Changes the Brain

September is Pain Awareness Month. Paula* started feeling pain in her shoulder late last year. It started as an ache, but it wasn’t long until routine […]
October 1, 2024

Melanoma Rates Are Rising. How Can You Protect Yourself?

In the 1970s and ’80s, the smell of piña coladas wafted through the ocean breeze at every U.S. beach. In the summers before the invention of […]
October 1, 2024

My “Small” Cancer Turned Out to Be Stage 4 Breast Cancer

As told to Jacquelyne Froeber October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. December is my birthday month. It was also the month I scheduled all my yearly […]