Things You Can't Unsee

Michael Douglas isn't giving up oral sex even if it gave him cancer: He's not going down with a fight

By Allegra Fradkin

06.03.13 | 10:19 pm

This week in unsavory mental image news: Academy Award winner Michael Douglas, in all his infinite medical wisdom, attributed his bout with throat cancer not to a lifetime of drinking and smoking b ...

A Blue Cure

Eye candy overload! Houston Texans hunks and NFL cheerleaders make this blue party rock

By Joel Luks

06.01.13 | 5:01 pm

As it pertains to charities that do their part to wipe cancer off the map, there's a new color in town, one whose electric hues painted Hotel ZaZa as a chipper covey of 600 rushed to take part ...

From Dallas With Love

Massive $50 million donation from oil heiress is a game changer for a Houston hospital

By Jonathan Rienstra

05.27.13 | 12:46 pm

Dallas philanthropist Lyda Hill has pledged $50 million to the Moon Shots Program at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, the largest donation in the program’s hist ...

Blue Cure Foundation's "Party for a Cure"

Hotel ZaZa Houston

05.31.13

Join KHOU 11 News Anchor Lily Jang, Blue Cure Foundation and Hotel ZaZa to walk the blue carpet and bring awareness to Men's Health Month. Help raise money and awareness as you sip signature li

Breast health

Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy explained by doctor: Behind the brave decision

By Whitney Radley

05.14.13 | 2:11 pm

Angelina Jolie bravely dished on the details of her recent double mastectomy (and subsequent breast reconstruction) in an op-ed in the New York Times on Tuesday, a decision that she made ...

The Warren Buffet of oil and gas

Houston oilman donates $10 million to Methodist Cancer Center as he suffers from brain tumor

By Shelby Hodge

04.23.13 | 12:09 pm

Methodist Cancer Center announced today a $10 million commitment from oil executive Kenneth R. Peak for creation of the Kenneth R. Peak Brain & Pituitary Tumor Treatment Center at The Methodist ...

CanCare's 19th Annual National Cancer Survivors Day Luncheon

Westin Galleria

05.30.13

Join professional golfer and cancer survivor Paul Azinger as he shares his personal story at this inspirational event, held in conjunction with National Cancer Survivors Day. The luncheon pays trib

Pix of the Day

Four beauty queens and a hot pink chariot: Young cancer patient gets the princess treatment

By Whitney Radley

04.12.13 | 2:14 pm

Julia Cobb, an 8-year-old patient at the M.D. Anderson Proton Therapy Center, has been unable to travel to Disney World since she began treatment for Ewing's sarcoma (a rare bone cancer) i ...

Holes for Moles Golf Classic benefiting M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

04.08.13

This inaugural golf tournament raises funds for a very worthy cause: To benefit melanoma research at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Registration fee includes cart, range balls, breakfast, buffet lunc

11th Annual Run for the Rose benefiting Brain Cancer Research

Reliant Stadium

04.14.13

The Dr. Marnie Rose Foundation's 11th Annual Run for the Rose 5K and 1K Family Run/Walk continues the legacy of Dr. Marnie Rose, who put a human face to brain cancer and offered stren