It’s a safe bet that many women are grateful that plastic surgeon Wai-Yee Li, M.D., Ph.D., decided not to pursue her original career choice.   “I loved animals, and I...

“We’re expanding the paradigm of how to do clinical studies.”   Kimlin Tam Ashing, Ph.D., is speaking excitedly about a new clinical trial that’s breaking some old norms in order to...

La Dra. Lorena Gonzalez, una de las cirujanas especialistas en cáncer de seno más nuevas de City of Hope, tiene una forma especial de calmar a las pacientes que tienen...

Most of us don’t break into tears when we buy shoes. It’s hardly an emotional experience. Unless you’re Eddie Ramirez. Two years ago, the 24-year-old from West Covina...

Carol Ewins has been donating blood for more than 40 years. The retired bank account manager and grandmother of five regularly travels from her home in Covina, California, to City...

Christian Eggerling can write his own ticket. Or menu, if you will.   Maestro in the kitchen, guru of all things healthful and organic, a culinary prodigy and the 13th...

Se le perdona si nunca ha oído hablar de la nicotinamida adenina dinucleótido, o NAD (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide). No es uno de esos acrónimos conocidos, como ADN, ECG, SIDA...

Writing in The Atlantic, Caitlin Flanagan describes her 17-year battle with metastatic breast cancer, starting with her shock and fear when she was diagnosed:  “Stage IV cancer! Could it...

Nadia Carlesso, M.D., Ph.D.Inspiration came early to Nadia Carlesso, M.D., Ph.D., associate director of basic research in the Gehr Family Center for Leukemia Research at City of Hope. A naturally curious child...

If Jeff Blake has a personal motto, it probably boils down to two simple words: Move forward.   The 67-year-old IT specialist from La Crescenta, California, always kept a careful...