Judy Foreman Author & Journalist

Sally Loring, 70, a retired volunteer for the historical society in Manchester-by-the-Sea, is one lucky lady. Seven years ago, while on vacation in Australia and New Zealand, Loring knocked the head off a mole that she’d had for decades but that hadn’t been checked by a doctor for four years. The headless mole wouldn’t heal.When…

It is still perhaps the most dreaded diagnosis but methods of treating it are improving. Jordan Fieldman was a 23-year-old first year student at Harvard Medical School when he was told that a brain tumor would probably kill him before the year was out. For five years, he’d had “horrendous headaches” that were written off…

You might think, to hear about Dr. Wendy S. Harpham’s life, that it’s perfectly obvious why she’s always exhausted. For one thing, she and her husband run a very busy household in Dallas with three kids, ages 8, 10, and 12.For another, she’s written four books on cancer since 1992 – much easier, she says,…

David Cohan, a 34-year-old senior analyst at a Boston real estate investment trust company, says he “never wanted to be the poster child for testicular cancer.” “But if it will help to save some lives and turn my experience into something much more positive, I’d like to do this,” says Cohan.”This” is going public with…