An Elusive Diagnosis, and One That Comes With a Risk of Cancer

Myositis is an autoimmune disease that causes persistent muscle swelling, inflammation and weakness, as well as other complications.

CASES; Disfiguring Treatment? No, It Was Healing

The painful stereotype of eunuchs, or castrated men, turns out to have an honored history.

Campaign Candor

Whatever you think of their politics, John and Elizabeth Edwards are giving the country a world-class lesson in courage and candor.

Elizabeth Edwards Says Cancer Has Spread Into One of Her Hips

Elizabeth Edward’s health has sparked debate over whether her husband should continue to pursue his political ambitions.

The Rush to Vaccinate

Why New York should not mandate HPV shots.

Like the Edwardses, Some Use Work When They Must Fight Serious Illness

Like John Edwards, many spouses with an ill partner keep up their work life for practical necessity or psychological well-being.

• Cancer Returns to Elizabeth Edwards
• Elizabeth Edwards, Co-Campaigner

THE NATION; Revealing All Before Anyone Else Can

From John Edwards to Mitt Romney, candidates have come forward to explain their families’ health issues. And it may work for them.

In the Hospital, Mrs. Edwards Set Campaign's Fate

Elizabeth Edwards said her husband’s presidential bid was not only about his needs and desires, but also her own life.

Bush Spokesman Schedules Surgery to Remove Growth

Tony Snow, the White House press secretary, said that he would have surgery to remove a growth in his abdomen.

Pro or Con, Public Seizes On Choice by Edwardses

John Edwards’s decision to continue his bid to be the Democratic nominee for president despite his wife’s illness raises questions of love and ambition.

'I Don't Expect My Life to Be Significantly Different,' She Says

John Edwards noted that many patients with the same diagnosis as his wife had lived for many years.

HEADING TOWARD 2008; EDWARDS SAYS WIFE'S CANCER HAS RETURNED

John Edwards says his wife Elizabeth's cancer has returned in incurable form, but that he will continue his bid for Democratic presidential nomination; couple holds news conference to make announcement before heading to next fund-raising event; John Edwards suggests that his offer to pull out of race was rejected by his wife; Elizabeth Edwards says she is 'absolutely ready' to resume campaigning; her doctor, appearing at news conference, says she has metastatic, or Stage 4, breast cancer, which ...

PRO BASKETBALL; Watching Son Fight Cancer, Karl Feels Pride and Pain

On Monday, Boise State announced that Coby Karl’s thyroid cancer had returned, and that he would have surgery on April 2 to remove cancerous lymph nodes.

N.C.A.A. TOURNAMENT: WOMEN; A Team Gains Strength From Its Weakened Coach

After missing two months of this season to fight recurrent cancer, Kay Yow returned to N.C. State’s bench in late January, becoming only the sixth Division I women’s coach to win 700 games.

Texas House Rejects Order By Governor On Vaccines

Texas House approves bill nullifying Gov Rick Perry's executive order requiring sixth-grade girls to be vaccinated against sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer; if Senate approves bill, it will go to Perry, whose office declines to say whether he would veto it