If your goal is to lose weight, look and feel your best and live a healthy, vibrant life, be aware of the damaging additives and synthetic chemicals in the foods you buy and eat. Seventy-five percent of the average American diet is from processed and packaged foods, which equates to approximately 10 pounds of additives eaten annually.

For eight years, the Fore Noah and Friends Charity Golf Tournament has stood as a symbol of hope for parents of children battling neuroblastoma, an aggressive pediatric cancer more common in infants than leukemia. Andy and Lara Nelson, whose son, Noah, has been disease-free for seven years, founded the event to fund neuroblastoma research, raising more than $500,000 for the Children’s Neuroblastoma Cancer Foundation (CNCF).

A major fundraiser to support cancer research and programs for the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Phoenix Children’s Hospital is continuing to build on its holiday tradition.

Almost a year after surgery that removed a four-centimeter tumor from her brain, 16-year-old Maddy Dill is still battling complications that requires extensive physical therapy.

Zack Hubbard has started a 5K run/walk at Desert Vista High for brain tumor research as he has fully recovered from brain surgery to remove a tumor.

Zack Hubbard has started a 5K run/walk at Desert Vista High for brain tumor research as he has fully recovered from brain surgery to remove a tumor.

Did you know that every three minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer? Do you think breast cancer affects women only? Think again. Men are not exempt from breast cancer. Many breast cancers are fueled by estrogen, a hormone produced in fat tissue. Although there are numerous reasons why women predominantly experience estrogen dominance (use of birth control, menopause and pregnancy), both men and women are increasingly affected by estrogen dominance.

Desert Vista student athlete Zack Hubbard was one 40 individuals recognized during the 2012 Youth Sports Awards on June 23 at 9 a.m. at Grand Canyon University Arena.

Jay Lefevers keeps himself busy these days with family, running his own real estate company, and the release of his first book on life and surviving cancer and a brain tumor.

Jay Lefevers keeps himself busy these days with family, running his own real estate company, and the release of his first book on life and surviving cancer and a brain tumor.

The unofficial theme of Friday’s Mesa Chamber of Commerce Leadership Awards event: milestones.

When her children were born, Ahwatukee Foothills resident Jolyn Andrews pictured their lives as normal - baseball games, sleep overs, and family outings. With her first son, Carter, that is what happened. But, roughly five years later, her second son, Joel, was born, and it quickly became apparent that those expectations weren't going to be quite the same.

The claim of a former nurse at a Cottonwood hospice could become the first case to test the limits on employers under the state's year-old medical marijuana law.

Years ago, Mary and David Krausman met in German class in high school. Now, a few decades later, the couple travelled to Germany, not as a romantic homage to their school days, but for David to receive an alternative form of cancer therapy not approved in the United States.

Years ago, Mary and David Krausman met in German class in high school. Now, a few decades later, the couple travelled to Germany, not as a romantic homage to their school days, but for David to receive an alternative form of cancer therapy not approved in the United States.

Dixie Shirley was an integral part in building Kyrene de la Sierra Elementary into the school it is today.

Most high school students spend their summer free time lounging by the pool, wandering through the mall with their friends, watching movies in air-conditioned theaters or playing hours of video games.