Teen cancer fighter awaits costly scans

In 2024, in the United States, Heman Bekele, then 15 years old, was named "child of the year" by the weekly Time for proposing the idea of a soap to treat skin cancer, in particular, melanoma which is less common – it represents 10% of skin cancers in France- but more dangerous. [Article from The Conversation, written by Valérie Lannoy, Post-Doctor in Microbiology, Inserm] Heman Bekele is an American-Ethiopian teenager passionate about science s…

El Alto, 25 de mar 2025 (ATB Digital) .- In today's Positive News, we tell you the story of a 15-year-old teenager who was diagnosed with cancer in the right arm, so her only option was to amputate her arm. This teenager decided to take a cryosurgery treatment that is not commonly practiced and even more in the city of El Alto, but with faith, hope and all the care of the medical team came out triumphant and now has a second chance. Source: ATB …

Teen cancer fighter awaits costly scans

Eighteen-year-old Rihanna Golding of Bogue, St James, is once again in a battle for her life after her bone cancer returned just months after a leg amputation. Now undergoing chemotherapy, Rihanna urgently needs an MRI and CT scan, but with machines out of service at the Cornwall Regional Hospital, her single mother is struggling to cover the $82,000 needed for private testing. Despite the hospital labelling the case “urgent", delays and costs a…