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.
Close to 70% of smokers report that they want to stop smoking. Of those, 55% said they tried to quit in the previous year. Only around 7% succeeded.
There are plenty of reasons to try to reduce your nicotine addiction: Tobacco use – and smoking, in particular – accounts for about...
We all hope the awkwardness is over after we get our Pap and HPV tests. So hearing that you have tested positive for HPV can be a blow...
It can feel like there are always opportunities to have a drink: Mimosas at brunch. A glass of wine at happy hour. A nightcap after a long...
Fatima Sheriff has been MD Anderson’s chief of staff since September 2018 and a health care professional for more than 25 years. But the Canadian transplant was still caught off-guard when her husband, Marc Frappier, received a stage II throat cancer diagnosis this past spring.
“First, I went into shock,” Sheriff recalls. “Then I was in denial. After that, I was an emotional wreck. I had hoped in this initial consultation we would...
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...
For high school football coach Mark Teague, the only symptom of throat cancer he noticed was a small lump beneath his jaw.
“I...
Laryngeal cancer, or larynx cancer, occurs when cancerous cells form in the larynx. The larynx, also known as the voice box, is the part of...
As Commissioner of the Port of Houston Authority and a leader on corporate and charitable boards, Cheryl Creuzot is highly sought after for...
By the time I was diagnosed with HPV-related throat cancer in the summer of 2014, I’d been working as a senior systems analyst at MD Anderson...
Arik Mayer had just graduated from high school and was eagerly anticipating his new life as a college student. But during his first year at...