What you don’t say can matter just as much as what you do Medically reviewed by Daniel B. Block, MD When Thomas Goode, a 52-year-old North Carolina resident, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma 16 ...

It can be hard to find the right words when someone you know and love tells you they’ve been diagnosed with lung cancer. This is especially true with this disease, given it is often, though not always ...

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No matter how the thought is expressed, I receive it with a smile, a chuckle and a high-five. Cancer or not, who doesn’t want to be told they look good?