“You have cancer.” Dr. Marshall quickly went on to describe the treatment program.... Clarence only heard the diagnosis. The day he feared since his mother’s death had finally arrived. The predator that stalked him mentally now claimed its victim physically. It was real. This was the day he officially became a cancer patient. All those...

A man's prostate is not exactly a subject anyone gets a thrill out of thinking or talking about. Read on anyway, because when it comes to a man's prostate, a lack of information can be hazardous to his health. Caught early enough, there's a better than 90 percent cure rate for prostate cancer. First, medical facts 101 The prostate is a male...

Living longer may not be all that it is cracked up to be. A report published in Cancer (May 2002), a publication of the American Cancer Society, used census information and current statistics on cancer incidence rates to project future cancer rates. The good news: cancer rates have declined steadily since 1973. The bad news: cancer rates for those...

My husband and I worked in ministry overseas for 25 years. Once we lived in a country where our house was robbed five times. I always felt anger, fear and insecurity because someone had been in my home without my permission and took many favorite things. Cancer came like that – without my permission. It introduced vulnerability and weakness...

In 1995, 1.5 million Canadians were diagnosed with diabetes. Today, it’s up to 2 million and by 2010 it will rise to an alarming 3 million. While there are two major types of diabetes, 90% of diabetics have Type 2 or Adult Onset Diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is one of the fastest growing yet preventable chronic diseases in Canada today, and the focus...

Written six years after stepping down as president of Columbia Bible College and Seminary to care for his wife, Muriel, who suffers from Alzheimer’s. Seventeen summers ago, Muriel and I began our journey into the twilight. It’s midnight now, at least for her, and sometimes I wonder when dawn will break. Even the dread of Alzheimer’s disease...

When he was fifteen, Roger Sabourin of Medicine Hat, Alberta, went through one of the worst experiences imaginable for a young teen: sexual abuse at the hands of a clergy member. Devastated by the experience but fearing what would happen if he went public with the crime, Roger chose to remain silent, keeping his hurt and grief to himself for the...