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Cancer Treatment

Hospice allows pet to stay with owner

A poodle named Lucy refuses to leave her owners side and has become very popular with the nurses and visitors. The patient Maggie Bellamy is staying at the hospice while she is undergoing cancer treatments. Lucy likes to snuggle up on the rug near Maggie’s bed and goes for short walks around the grounds. Ms. Bellamy said [...]

Weight Watchers: Super Foods cookbook cancer prevention

During the Great American Eat Right Challenge, Weight Watchers is releasing its new cookbook, Super Foods, featuring recipes using fruits, vegetables, whole grains and other foods that focus on weight loss and nutritious cancer prevention. For each Super Foods cookbook sold, Weight Watchers will contribute $1 dollar — up to $150,000 dollars — to the American Cancer [...]

Victory Junction: free retreat for kids living with cancer

The Victory Junction Gang Camp provides ten week-long summercamping experiences that are fun and empowering for children with chronic medical conditions or serious illnesses. Therest of the year the camps host family retreat weekends, specialized programs for smaller disease groups, siblingweekends and camper reunions. Founded by actor Paul Newman and NASCAR’s Kyle and Pattie Petty, Victory Junction [...]