It's a parent's worst nightmare: a child suffering a seemingly innocuous sinus infection is ultimately diagnosed with a cancer so rare, doctors worldwide report 300 or fewer new cases annually. ...more

December 17, 2008

So there I was, the only guy in khakis in a sea of women in pink. The lone newsman at the Susan G. Komen Rally For The Cure luncheon on Nov. 21. Talk about sticking out like a sore thumb! ...more

December 3, 2008

Devin Deschaine is a fighter. He doesn't have a choice. The Hudson boy, whose brown hair used to hang down to his dark eyebrows, turned 2 on March 3. A few days later, his mother, Melissa Deschaine, 20, of Hudson, noticed him limping. ...more

September 25, 2008

EDITOR'S NOTE: In Part 1, chef Grant Achatz's Chicago restaurant, Alinea, has been named by Gourmet magazine as the best restaurant in the country. All is going well when Achatz is diagnosed with tongue cancer. ...more

July 2, 2008

On the Thanksgiving turkey feathers her preschool students made before the holiday, Bayshore Christian teacher Michelle Ho wrote the things for which the youngsters were thankful. ...more

December 3, 2007