Carrie Everett was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer called signet ring cell carcinoma.
A father of two from the Bronx, who was denied several times for surgery on a rare disease, has now been approved for the potentially life-saving procedure in a reversal from his insurance company.
A father of two from the Bronx, who is dying of a rare disease, is waiting on the New York State Department of Financial Services to decide whether he should be allowed to have a life-saving surgery.
Scientific advances and awareness programs have helped fight back cancer deaths, experts say.
It's the smoldering trash from the massive burn pits on US military bases -- sometimes acres in size -- that will soon kill him.
A US medical task force is recommending that people of average risk start getting screened for colon cancer at age 45, rather than 50.