His Name Was Gary Poulter

Meet the homeless man who became a movie star

"...hospital, where the diagnosis was deadly. "Diagnosed with lung cancer....Aint that a bitch! Movie last month and terminal cancer..."

April 11, 2014 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

The Sharon Jones Show

Cancer survivor wows ACL Live at the Moody Theater

"...the first time since an eight-month bout with pancreatic cancer delayed the release of third album Give the People..."

Feb. 27, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

After a Fashion: The Report

Stephen's upgraded his assessment of the fight of his life

"...escape from the otherwise inescapable fact that I have cancer. I'm medicated well enough to function as necessary, but..."

April 12, 2013 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone' – This Is Not a Review

Celebrities and other people you don't know: Live and in-person.

"..."Yeah," says Claudio, matter-of-factly, "testicular cancer."..."

March 9, 2013 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Playback: The State of the State of the 2012 Austin Music Scene

A look back at 2012

"...who also co-owns the Backyard, has been sidelined with cancer since this summer...."

Dec. 28, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Food-o-File

Starting this Friday, Tolly Moseley is 'Hungry In..." Austin

"...and/or menu items to raise money for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Sullivan's Steakhouse (300 Colorado) offers a $39.95,..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Materiality of Impermanence

Sharon Marroquín's dance about her cancer experience was a triumph of life and art

"...this was her response to her experience with breast cancer over the past 26 months – then you felt..."

March 30, 2012 Arts Review by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

What, this? This old thing? Oh, it's nothing but an enchanting line of staples straight down my abdomen!

"...about my "surprise" surgery and hallucinogenic recovery: My prostate cancer had been causing terrible problems (much too much information..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion

A turn for the worse? Or a turn for the better? Resolve makes all the difference.

"...it in a long time, I still have the cancer that I was diagnosed with four years ago next..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...still looking for a last-minute Christmas gift, the Breast Cancer Resource Centers of Texas has held a series of..."

Dec. 25, 2009 News Feature

Event Menu

Foodie events around town for the week of Oct. 16-21

"...• October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and in that spirit, all local Kerbey..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Haunting in Connecticut

Essentially a substandard rip-off of The Amityville Horror, this spook house drama should be condemned.

"...chemotherapy and experimental drugs for an unspecified, rapidly metastasizing cancer. Living as he is in the borderland between life..."

March 27, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fan Favorite

How the geekdom came together to save a love song to Star Wars from the dark side

"...one of their number, who is terminally ill with cancer, can see it before he dies. It was a..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Real Road to Wellville?

Two strange and inspiring stories of the healing power of food – and how terribly it can hurt us

"...nothing left to offer except chemotherapy, a type that breast-cancer patients often receive...."

Sept. 21, 2007 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

The Hightower Report

Giving away Appalachia; and cancel Camel No. 9

"...it lingerie, chocolate, perfume? No, it's a box of cancer sticks. Specifically, these are Camels, the longtime, deadly brand..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

Against Vaccine

"...is also associated with 1% of penile and anal cancer.) To call it a cancer vaccine is a misnomer..."

Feb. 6, 2007 Postmarks

Naked City

"...Molly Ivins of Austin, who passed away from breast cancer Wednesday evening at the age of 62 Headlines• Nothing..."

Feb. 2, 2007 News Feature

No Real Alternative

In the name of "promoting childbirth," the state finds yet another way to deny health care to thousands of Texas women

"...yearly gynecological exams, the funding provides screenings for breast cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and sexually transmitted diseases, among other medical..."

Jan. 26, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...in nailing down a site for a Bloch Foundation Cancer Survivor Plaza. The RA Bloch Cancer Foundation – think..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature

Where There's Smoke, There's a 'Vérité-Enhanced' Legacy

The Texas Documentary Tour: Ross McElwee's 'Bright Leaves'

"...been harvested actually have the eerie look of the cancer-ravaged living dead. McElwee and his camera come at his..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Culture Flash!

City arts funding revisions get a thumbs-up from council, theatre artists sing for cancer charities, and local playwrights meet and greet

"...local theatre artists are singing for a good cause: cancer research and treatment. The second annual Cabaret for Life..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...up. We can take bets on who'll die of cancer first. What part of "deadly carcinogen" do you not..."

May 13, 2005 Column

To Your Health

What usually happens with chronic hepatitis C infection, and can anything be done nutritionally to improve the outcome?

"...outcome is the 20% to 30% chance that liver cancer will develop. However, there is good news on the..."

March 25, 2005 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...My family is riddled with all types of cancer, including my father who died of bile duct cancer..."

March 11, 2005 Column

Austin to Vote Smoke-Free?

Anti-smoking ordinance lands on May 7 ballot

"...coalition of citizens and nonprofits, such as the American Cancer Society and the Lance Armstrong Foundation, is facing off..."

March 11, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Love in the Time of War

Nanci Griffith returns after a four-year absence, heart, mind, and activism in hand

"...in the Nineties. First, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, then a couple of years later, faced with nonrelated..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Naked City

Breaking news from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...Child and Family Resource Center and the Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation, have merged in order to cut costs. Any..."

Nov. 21, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Pieces of April

A Thanksgiving from hell with the family and all the neighbors upstairs.

"...Joy (Clarkson), who is fighting a losing battle with cancer; prissy sister Beth (Pill); brother Timmy (Gallagher Jr.); and..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

To Your Health

I want to try a supplement of DHEA. Is it worth paying extra for 7-keto DHEA, since I've heard it has less chance of side effects?

"...very sure you don't have one of the hormone-sensitive cancers. In men, these cancers are usually prostate cancer or..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

To Your Health

I recently had my annual physical, and my pap smear was abnormal. My doctor will do another test in six weeks, but I am a little worried. Does this mean I have cancer?

"...am a little worried. Does this mean I have cancer?..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

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