This books delves into the history of cancer. When cancer was (probably) first mentioned in writing, how the Greek philosophers perceived it, how modern medicine looks at it. It also analyses how scientists have tried to find cures and how the disease has affected...

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a book that you cannot put down in a hurry. The story of injustice to one woman, the struggle and devastating effects of her illness The amazing legacy that her cell line, HeLa, has meant for the world is told in such a way that...

Dancing with Cancer (and how I learned a few new steps), by Diana Brueton This is Diana Brueton's story from diagnosis of colon cancer to her death four years later. It tells of her physical struggles with treatment or lack of it and of dealing with a variety of...

Riddance, A Wilson I was really pleased to at last review a book of poetry, especially written by a man and by someone else with NHL (though Anthony's seemed to present very differently from mine). I write poems myself (but wouldn't call myself a poet) and more or...