We can't let success stories blind us to harsh realities.

The opening conversation doesn't need to be perfect. It needs to be honest, calm, and clear.

Summer camp season has arrived with parents searching for engaging environments where children can spend a week playing ...

Families affected by cancer tell the BBC of the traumatic effects on children and young people.

Learning how to talk to kids about cancer is something no parent should need to do. Unfortunately, the reality for many families is that they will. Their announcements followed research published last ...

Editor's note: This article originally appeared on UNC Health Care's Health Talk blog. People who are diagnosed with cancer usually have a few immediate questions. What will treatment be like? Am I ...

Motherhood has always been portrayed as this messy, magical, all-consuming love story. You imagine the baby cuddles, the tired eyes, the giggles, the growth. You prepare for long nights, teething, ...

David supple is doing great – for someone who’s spent the past three years fighting for his life. Last week the Sydney 18-year-old kicked on after his school formal, not creasing his sheets till dawn.

Brain cancer has left Tayden Ybarra, 16, legally blind in her left eye, says her mother, Tammy Ybarra. “She doesn’t see side to side, up, down, only like a pinpoint in the front.” At school, bullies ...

As a social worker in a breast cancer clinic, Liz Farrell meets a lot of young mothers. Her job is to sit beside them after they’ve received a diagnosis and guide them through the next step: telling ...