Cancer

The music scene supports songwriter Mike Marchant as he battles cancer

Topless breast cancer event to show survivors are beautiful, organizer says (NSFW)

These days, there are plenty of breast cancer fundraisers, as well there should be: It's a great cause. But so far as Carla Gurovich knows, there's never been one quite like Two Topless Miles, at which breast cancer survivors and their friends, family and supporters will be able to take off their s ... More >>

More benefits slated for Mike Marchant

In an ongoing testament to the generous spirit of the people that make up our local music scene, the number of benefit shows devoted Mike Marchant, one of our town's prized songwriters, who was recently diagnosed with lymphoma and is in the midst of undergoing chemotherapy, continues to grow. See ... More >>

The scene rallies around Mike Marchant, who was recently diagnosed with lymphoma

Although to our knowledge, Mike Marchant's name has never appeared in bold print in the New York Times touting the local scene, he's a local treasure and has most certainly played a crucial role in helping to make the music in this town infinitely more compelling. He first made a name for himself a ... More >>

Big Head Todd and the Monsters set to Rock for Raymond, a cause that hits close to home

Big Head Todd and the Monsters already devote a good deal of time and energy to charity-related events and organizations. But when the outfit plays an intimate show at the Soiled Dove Underground this Friday, October 26, it will be for a cause that hits close to home. Very. Keyboardist Jeremy Lawton ... More >>

Elevation Beer is prostrate over Prostator, a beer name nearly rejected by the feds

"The Pen-Is Mightier." That was my suggestion for what Elevation Beer Company in Poncha Springs should have renamed the smoked dopplebock it's making this fall for Pints for Prostates, a nonprofit organization that raises money with beer to help fight prostate cancer, after the federal government r ... More >>

Medical marijuana dispensaries giving free Vape-Pen to chemotherapy patients

Medical marijuana advocates say THC is especially effective when it comes to reducing nausea for people who have cancer and are undergoing chemotherapy. Now, The Clinic and Flower of Life are offering a way of delivering that substance free of charge to medical marijuana patients on chemo -- with th ... More >>

A Great Skate

Marijuana is real medicine for a long list of ills

Komen Denver affiliate rejects ban on Planned Parenthood grants

Race for the Cure.​For many years, the regional Planned Parenthood headquarters was Westword's neighbor, and we had a front-row seat for the picketers who harassed employees of an organization that does so much more than providing abortion services.

Winning Movember: How I learned the true meaning of the month

Just as the cherry blossom opens in April, so has the brilliant lip foliage burst forth this month -- even in November, traditional harbinger of winter's cruel silence. Indeed, this Movember has seen more mustaches than ever bloom and grow like the lovely edelweiss, and as the month draws to a bitte ... More >>

Buds for Boobies: Breast cancer event backs more study of marijuana's medicinal qualities

​Buds for Boobies, taking place at 7 p.m. tonight at the Boulder Theater, is among the season's most unusual fundraisers -- a medical-marijuana-themed decorative bra auction, with proceeds earmarked for breast-cancer research. But it's also a music-filled educational symposium arguing that MMJ ... More >>

Post-mastectomy boutique: Pampered Passions lingerie shop to open at Porter Hospital

Next month, Alicia Vargo, the proprietress of Pampered Passions Fine Lingerie in Englewood, will open a new outpost of her much-lauded house of bras and panties with an unlikely address and a noble cause. The boutique, to be called Pampered Passions Care Wear, will cater to the needs of women who've ... More >>

50/50's not just a cancer movie, it's a Seth Rogen movie

Medical marijuana: Rally supports Bob Crouse, MMJ patient charged after paperwork snafu

Bob Crouse.​Last month, we shared the story of longtime Colorado Springs restaurateur and medical marijuana patient Bob Crouse, charged with felony cultivation and distribution after a doctor-recommended application that he be allowed to grow more plants was returned due to a technical error. ... More >>

Medical marijuana: Larry Shurtleff, who credits MMJ for cancer-free diagnosis, leaves hospital

Big pic below.​We've been following the progress of Larry Shurtleff, who was finally able to undergo facial reconstruction surgery after being deemed cancer-free -- a diagnosis he largely credits to Phoenix Tears, a cannabis oil treatment. This weekend, he left Porter Hospital to continue his ... More >>

Marijuana: Surgery success for Larry Shurtleff, who credits Phoenix Tears with whipping cancer

Larry Shurtleff.​Update:Larry Shurtleff's facial reconstruction surgery -- a procedure that couldn't go forward until he was deemed cancer-free -- was a success, reports Timothy Tipton, his medical marijuana caretaker. An indication that doctors encountered fewer problems than anticipated: Th ... More >>

Chemo101: Denver-based website puts chemotherapy education in patients' hands

​Chemo101.com, a Denver-based website designed to educate patients and caregivers about chemotherapy drugs, has welcomed over 125,000 unique visitors since it's launch in December 2010. That's equal parts impressive and sad for its president and founder, Kristin Gustafson.

Ski Colorado Breast Cancer Awareness Tour raises over $20,000

Fighting breast cancer in style.​On March 13, Colorado natives Mackenzie Bell, Page Kelley, Jeremy Rubingh, Allie Shafner, Alison Friedman and Laura Yale loaded a pink RV with their gear, a set of fake boobs and breast cancer information and headed for Steamboat with the goal of skiing every C ... More >>

Fadó Irish Pub kicks off its St. Paddy's Day celebrations today with a hair-raising charity event

​St. Paddy's Day isn't until next Thursday, but already, Fadó Irish Pub and Restaurant, the behemoth Irish-themed watering hole, roughly the size of Dublin, is gearing up to paint the town green -- starting with your bald head.

Six Coloradans fighting breast cancer with skis

The official ride of breast cancer awareness.​Goofy-looking Texans on spring break at Colorado ski resorts will have a tough time standing out next week. While a jeans and cowboy hat getup will draw some finger-pointing, it's got nothing on a band of pink cape-wearing, fake boob-carrying phila ... More >>

Ann Crall: Cancer-faking Lakewood cop's wife pleads guilty to fraud, could get 15 years

Big pic below.​Remember Ann Crall, the Lakewood cop's wife who allegedly faked cancer in order to shake down folks -- including police officers -- for thousands in charitable donations? Well, take the "allegedly" out of the previous sentence, because she's pleaded guilty to theft and charitabl ... More >>

Tonight: Cook for the Cause fights against breast cancer

​Since this is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, October is overflowing with events to support breast-cancer causes. The most delicious event, though, will definitely be Cook for the Case, tonight at Kimball Distributing, 1400 West Third Avenue, and billed as "a delicious way to help fight the ba ... More >>

Think Pink

Ann Crall, accused cancer faker, is Lakewood cop's wife, and other officers donated thousands

See full-sized photos below.​Suddenly, people allegedly pretending to have cancer for personal gain are everywhere. Hot on the heels of the jail sentence leveled against admitted cancer-faking hottie Tausha Marsh, we learn about a grand jury indictment against Ann Crall, who's said to have col ... More >>

’CAKES FOR A CAUSE

Biocare Collective keeps cancer patients in mind

​As Colorado's medical-marijuana industry grows, marijuana dispensaries of all types and sizes are proliferating around the state. Some resemble swanky bars or sterile dentist offices; others feel like a dope dealer's college dorm room. To help keep them all straight, Westword is offering a no ... More >>

Breakfast for Boobs benefit this Sunday at Hot Cakes

​Breakfast! It's what's for dinner! That's the siren song of this year's Breakfast for Boobs, a benefit to battle breast cancer. The fundraiser, which takes place on Sunday, April 18 from to 5 to 8 p.m. at Hot Cakes Diner, 1400 E. 18th Ave., is hosted by the Denver chapter of Ladies United for ... More >>

Breasts of the West

Betcha Jim Spencer loved making this call to the Post

"And here's another mistake you guys made..."​Back in 2007, the Denver Post's Jim Spencer was downsized right out of his plum metro-columnist's gig -- and months after landing a job as the communication director for the University of Colorado Denver's School of Medicine, he was still publicly ... More >>

Should Lance Armstrong's new team be sponsored by marijuana?

Lance Armstrong at rest.​Mason Tvert is brilliant at making any subject about marijuana -- but he's really outdone himself this time. In his latest media jeremiad, the head of SAFER (Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation) goes after bicycle racer Lance Armstrong for becoming the new spoke ... More >>

Village Tavern toasts Breast Cancer Awareness Month with Hope-tini

​ During October, Village Tavern ,at 1 West Flatiron Crossing Drive in Broomfield, is marking the 25th anniversary of Breast Cancer Awareness Month by serving up special Hope-tini cocktails to raise money for breast cancer research. "People are definitely interested," says John Davis, Villag ... More >>

Today's featured event: Local improv artists offer some helping humor at Bovine Metropolis

If the comedy turns a little dark tonight at the Bovine Metropolis Theater, 1527 Champa Street, it's okay. The 7:30 p.m. benefit performance, A Night of Tumorous Comedy, featuring the Gypsy Cab Company troupe, will focus on three connected monologues by local improv veterans and cancer survivors Sar ... More >>

Hope for the Holidays

Function as Fashion raises funds for LUNAFEST.

Dark Magic

Chocolate plays well with others.

Breast Friends

LUPEC's Breakfast for Boobs raises cash to fight cancer.

Morgan's Magic

Off Limits

The dangle angle

Lady Sang the Blues

Monica Janzen had a great voice, a solid band and a new record. She also had breast cancer.

Missed Diagnosis

When a doctor makes a rare but horrible mistake, who should bear the scars?

Terra Infirma

Can bone-marrow transplants save breast-cancer patients? There's little middle ground in the debateand lots of uncharted territory.

Mind Over Medicine

Dr. Paul Hamilton refused to let his patients meekly accept their cancer.

CRITICAL CONDITIONS

WHEN MEGAN JONES ASKED HER INSURANCE COMPANY TO PAY FOR HER CANCER TREATMENT, SHE FOUND TRUTH WAS AT A PREMIUM.

A CRUMBLING FOUNDATION

THE DOCTOR'S IN JAIL AND MOST BOARDMEMBERS HAVE QUIT--BUT BILL COORS VOWS TO PRESS ON.

THE BODY POLITIC

THE DOCTOR MAY BE OUT

CHUCK STEVINSON'S DEATH MAY ALTER THE DENVER DREAMS OF HIS CONTROVERSIAL PHYSICIAN.

BUYING TIME PART II

BUYING TIME

COURTING DISASTER

TRICK OR TREATMENT