Health
September 7, 2023
Healthy Eating May Turn Your Gut Bacteria Into Cancer-Fighting Heroes
Recent research out of Dallas and Houston highlights the “science-fictionlike” power of your body’s microbiome—and a high-fiber diet.
Cancer
Health
April 3, 2023
These Tiny Beads May Offer Big Hope to Ovarian Cancer Patients
A Rice University bioengineer’s mini “drug factories” could save thousands of lives.
Health
March 8, 2023
The Fight for Fertility Preservation for Cancer Patients in Texas
Twelve states require that insurers pay for egg and sperm freezing before cancer treatment. Attempts to add Texas to the list have failed twice, but now lawmakers are trying again.
Sponsored
July 12, 2021
Healing with a Clear Target
Tania Betancourt, Ph.D., is one of a team of Texas State University professors leading work in targeted cancer treatment research using nanomaterials. She’s also sharing real-world techniques that help college students build a biomedical future. By Catherine Arnold
Health
January 22, 2021
A New Microscope Developed at Rice Could Revolutionize Cancer Surgeries
Enhanced by deep-learning artificial intelligence, the device promises to aid in the removal of tumors.
Business
November 18, 2020
Salaryman Permanently Closes as Chef Justin Holt Fights Leukemia
Holt’s partner, Trina Nishimura, who was the beverage director at the beloved ramen shop, shares their story with Texas Monthly.
Sports
November 6, 2019
The Best Thing in Texas: UT Basketball’s Andrew Jones Dropped 20 Points After Returning From Cancer Treatment
Leukemia never had a chance.
Best Thing in Texas
January 24, 2019
The Best Thing in Texas: A Cancer Patient Found Out He Won $100,000 While He Was in the Hospital
Cancer sucks, but the timing couldn’t have been more fortuitous.
The Culture
June 22, 2018
Mom, in Touch
My mom’s handwritten notes were an abiding feature of my childhood. They offered wisdom, encouragement, and comfort—and they continued to arrive long after her death.
The Texanist
November 23, 2016
Roar of the Crowd
Readers respond to the November 2016 issue.
Health
October 19, 2016
The Iconoclast
Jim Allison has always gone his own way—as a small-town-Texas kid who preferred books to football, and as a young scientist who believed the immune system could treat tumors when few others did. And that irreverence led him to find a potential cure for cancer.
The Daily Post
July 9, 2014
Lance Armstrong Apparently Makes Private Videos For People With Cancer
Lance Armstrong may hold as many Tour De France titles as everyone reading this right now, but people with cancer still find the guy inspiring.
News & Politics
January 21, 2013
Did Breast Cancer Make an El Paso Judge Break Bad?
A friend says breast cancer is the reason former El Paso County Judge Dolores Briones helped embezzle money from a program for mentally ill children.
Sports
January 20, 2013
The Race of His Life
When a world-class athlete like Austin’s Lance Armstrong gets cancer, it’s a shock—for him, and for every man who has ever considered himself invincible.
Health
January 20, 2013
35 People Who Will Shape Our Future
Lance Armstrong tops our list of the dreamers and doers leading the way in science, sports, politics, music, art, food, education, and, of course, Dallas shopping.
Web Exclusive
January 20, 2013
Get on Board
Michael Hall talks about researching acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), walking the halls of Texas Children’s Hospital, and interviewing the parents of a remarkable skater kid who died.
Feature
January 20, 2013
About a Boy
The short life and tragic death of Johnny Romano, the youngest professional skateboarder ever.
Health
January 20, 2013
Playing for Keeps
The truth—what we can discern, anyway—about Tom Landry’s leukemia.
Health
January 20, 2013
“Nothing to It”
Bolstered by his favorite phrase, my son Mark faced life with grace, dignity, and good humor. I knew he’d face death the same way.
Health
October 5, 2012
EXCLUSIVE: Lance Armstrong Talks Candidly About Cancer and Comedy
A conversation with the world's most famous cancer survivor about Tig Notaro's new comedy album about being diagnosed with cancer.
Business
August 31, 2012
Cell! Cell! Cell!
As cancer hospitals in Dallas try to compete with Houston’s M.D. Anderson, the medical technology arms race is heating up. Is that good news for patients?
Sports
January 15, 2012
Outside versus Lance Armstrong
Instead of recycling tired rumors about Lance cheating, Outside's Bill Gifford peers into Livestrong's mission, budget, and commercial partnerships.
Web Exclusive
September 30, 2010
Bloggers, Babies, and the Benefits of Beer
A roundup of the latest and greatest scientific research from Texas universities.
Health
February 1, 1999
A Strike Against You
If your family has a history of cancer, are you doomed? Even though many of his relatives—including his famous father—succumbed to the disease, Mickey Mantle, Jr., didn’t think so. Then he got sick.
Health
August 31, 1997
Health • Eric Moon-shong Tang
Smoking out the truth.
Health
January 1, 1997
Cancer Patience
To perfect a promising new gene therapy, doctors at Houston’s M. D. Anderson need time. Unfortunately, that’s one thing people with malignant brain tumors don’t have.
Energy
April 30, 1995
Refinery Woe
Citizens groups in Corpus Christi blame pollution for high cance rates—but they must prove it.
Health
March 1, 1992
Hazardous Duty
My father loved his job at a Gulf Coast oil refinery. In fact, he loved it to death.
Health
September 30, 1988
Medicine and Miracles
After learning that he had cancer, the author began a search for a cure that took him far beyond medical expertise.
Health
December 1, 1987
This Can’t Be Happening to Me
From the look on my doctor’s face, I knew the results of the biopsy. The lump in my breast was cancer.
Health
April 30, 1981
The Cancer Belt
In the southeast corner of Texas, more people get cancer than anywhere else in the state. Why?
Health
April 1, 1981
Passing On
In her darkest, final hours, a young mother turns to a new kind of medical care for help.
Health
June 30, 1974
Six West
Staying alive day by day . . . by day.