It’s been almost a year since Att Callahan was diagnosed with stage IIB lung cancer. The diagnosis came after she began coughing up blood one day. She’d had a bad cough for months before that.
She saw a doctor for a scan, then a biopsy confirmed it was cancer.
“I was confused because I don’t smoke, I’m not overweight, and I live a healthy lifestyle,” says Att, who was 70 at the time of her diagnosis. “I was just trying to...
Smoking is on the decline. But if you are one of the 28 million Americans still smoking, you probably know how hard it is to quit.
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Smoking causes an addiction that can be tough to shake. This is due to nicotine, the addictive ingredient in tobacco.
Thankfully, there are resources that can help you quit smoking. This will lower your risk of tobacco-related cancers, heart disease, stroke and lung disease.
Ahead, we discuss six tobacco-cessation products available in the United States.
Prescription options that can help you quitSome products...
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It may seem strange to feel lucky while going through cancer treatment, but that’s exactly how I feel. My lung cancer experience...
I am probably the luckiest unlucky person you will ever meet. I was diagnosed with four different types of cancer between 2016 and 2020. And...