Melissa Dahl

3 weeks ago | nymag.com | Melissa Dahl

Cancer stories, as we've long told them, tend to follow one of two arcs: diagnosis, then a brave fight against the disease resulting either in survival or death. But journalist Jonathan Gluck's story has been different. When he was 38, with a wife and 7-month-old at home, Gluck learned he had multiple myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cells that causes damage to bones, kidneys, and the immune system. It's an uncommon form of cancer with an estimated seven people out of 100,000 diagnosed each year.

1 month ago | thecut.com | Melissa Dahl

Illustration: Olivier Heiligers Breast cancer — the second-most-common cancer in American women after skin cancer — is a fixture of the health-news cycle. On any given day, there’s coverage of a new treatment or screening method, or a rousing story of an athlete’s awareness efforts or a celebrity fighting bravely.

1 month ago | curbed.com | Melissa Dahl

One Saturday morning in April, Amy was running along Kent Avenue in Brooklyn, one of her usual routes. It was a sunny spring day, and the sidewalk was crowded with runners, some running alone, like her, and others in big groups. At some point, she realized one of those big groups was headed straight toward her. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” says Amy, who is 31 and has been running in New York since 2015. It was, in her memory, a group of young women running “five to eight” abreast.

1 month ago | slate.com | Melissa Dahl

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. In 2003 Jonathan Gluck was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, essentially a bone marrow cancer. To confirm the diagnosis, his doctor ordered a full-body PET scan, considered one of the best tests for early detection of the disease.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Melissa Dahl

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. In 2003 Jonathan Gluck was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, essentially a bone marrow cancer. To confirm the diagnosis, his doctor ordered a full-body PET scan, considered one of the best tests for early detection of the disease.