One-Two Cancer KO

Two benefits working to deliver a knockout to the Big C

"...Cancer takes down too many people without a fight, but..."

July 17, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Could Cannabis Cure Cancer?

"...ingredient in marijuana – reduces the size of human lung cancer tumors, inhibits their growth and reduces the incidence..."

April 25, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Climbing Everest to Raise Money for Cancer Research

"...Dear Editor, Last summer, lung cancer took the life of Jackie Oestrike, who never..."

May 14, 2007 Postmarks

Patty Griffin on Her Battle With Breast Cancer and New Album

Local songwriter rises through the fire

"...road. That October, she finally received the diagnosis: breast cancer. After canceling her remaining dates – and having former..."

March 29, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Ballad of Davy Jones

Hickoids guitarist keeps breathing

"...came away with a diagnosis of metastatic Stage IV lung cancer. In April, after a brutal year of searing..."

May 22, 2015 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Dinner

Family ties come undone in this dark drama

"...teacher whose wife Claire (Linney) is a survivor of lung cancer. Paul resents what he sees as Stan’s vulgar..."

May 5, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Council Blocks Bloch

Council Rejects Cancer Park to Preserve Greenbelt

"...Shelley Bishop was diagnosed with breast cancer more than a year ago, and though she has..."

Nov. 15, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

R.I.P. George Reiff

Cancer steals extraordinary bassist and producer

"...international acclaim, passed away Sunday at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, friends confirm...."

May 22, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

To Your Health

Useful tips in avoiding lung cancer for smokers and nonsmokers alike

"...seems like I am hearing of more cases of lung cancer among nonsmokers. Are there lifestyle changes I can..."

March 17, 2006 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

Time Keeps On Slipping, Slipping, Slipping Into the Future

I never made it into the Mickey Mouse Club as a kid but today I am a proud, shoe carrying member of Club Chronicle 2007.

"...this site (please do) then you know I have cancer (more on that later) so it figures that I..."

Nov. 3, 2007 Promotions Post

To Your Health

Is there a concern that cooking-oil vapors could increase the chance of lung cancer?

"...columns you mentioned cooking-oil vapors as a cause of lung cancer in Chinese women. What kind of oil was..."

May 5, 2006 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

Step Outside

California's Smoking Ban... Coming to a Club Near You?

"...that there's no solid scientific evidence linking ETS to cancer or disease or health problems generally. Looking at the..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Postmarks

"...of breath, coughing, wheezing, headaches, nausea, and throat and lung irritation. Those most likely to be affected include children,..."

June 20, 2003 Column

The Luv Doc: Forest Fires!

Blue hair is flammable. Don't let any geezer tell you different.

"...what a terrifying thing it is to die of lung cancer – or really any long-term smoking-induced respiratory disease...."

Sept. 4, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

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

Letters at 20 Years

Some 'Postmarks' Writers Just Don't Know When to Quit … God Bless 'Em

"...at Austin's public Brackenridge hospital. "I never did see lung cancer, and I don't know that it exists. And..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Life After Death

A new life for almost-forgotten author Mary Gavell

"...Gavell, managing editor of Psychiatry since 1955, died of cancer on January 19, 1967. In publishing this story as..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Surreal Science

Looking at three books -- Plague Time, Cancer: The Evolutionary Legacy, and The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine, Roger Gathman observes that for every advance in technology, nature counterbalances with new opportunities for disease.

"...Plague Time: How Stealth Infections Cause Cancers, Heart Disease, and Other Deadly Ailments..."

March 2, 2001 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

To Your Health

What can be done to counter the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation?

"...Q. In addition to chemotherapy and radiation treatment for lung cancer, my doctor has me taking high doses of..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

Late Night With the Devil

Supernatural satire shows the hellish price of success

"...exacerbated by his despair when his wife succumbs to lung cancer...."

March 22, 2024 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Labyrinth of Cinema

House director’s love letter to movies, peace, and history

"...the epic Labyrinth of Cinema while receiving treatment for lung cancer, and as a result his final film is..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

The Luv Doc: Bad Bacon

Yes, processed red meat causes cancer. Which village idiots were still laboring under the assumption it doesn't?

"...just declared that bacon and other processed meats cause cancer and that red meat might cause cancer. Everybody is..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Column

An Inconvenient Truth

Al Gore’s zeal for spreading knowledge about global warming is inspiring and this documentary about his efforts also showcases the new, improved Gore.

"...learned to hunt. The death of his sister from lung cancer and his decision to divest his tobacco holdings..."

June 2, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Constantine

Adapted from Alan Moore’s groundbreaking DC/Vertigo comic title, Constantine is sure to divide the series’ most rabid fans, but those who can set aside their preconceptions will discover one of the more artfully designed comic-based films in some time.

"...hard-drinking nicotine fiend who’s just learned he has terminal lung cancer. With precious little time left to him, on..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...P.S. If the council really wanted to save our lungs, why not come up with some decent public transportation?..."

June 13, 2003 Column

Postmarks

Capital Metro Responds

"...don't they show someone dying of emphysema or perhaps lung cancer. Having witnessed the death of an uncle of..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Column

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Smoking was first linked to lung cancer in 1950 by the late Morton L. Levin...."

Oct. 6, 1995 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Point Austin: Smoke This!

Austin voters have a chance to confirm that everybody has a right to breathe free

"...granted right to fill the air, and everybody else's lungs and persons, with literally toxic fumes. And despite all..."

April 15, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

While passage of HB 254 may signal movement toward smart-on-crime proposals in Texas, federal narcos continue their goofy-on-drugs approach to drug control

"...think that smoking pot is less likely to cause cancer than a regular cigarette," reads the ad. "You may..."

April 22, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

His Name Was Gary Poulter

Meet the homeless man who became a movie star

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

April 11, 2014 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

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