cancer

We just wrapped up our 14th annual St. Jude Radiothon, and once again, GNA Nation stepped up BIG TIME to fight childhood cancer.

Wow.  That's the only way to sum up our feelings as the phone call came into the GNA studio this morning just before noon.  Alabama lead singer Randy Owen, who also happens to be the man at the forefront of the 'Country Cares For St. Jude Kids Radiothon' shocked Brian and Chrissy with an unexpected phone call to thank YOU, the generous GNA listeners who make this radiothon such a success. With all

You may not be using St. Jude Children's Research Hospital now, but imagine that young child in your life needs it. Won't you be happy to know it's there? That's how I feel about my little cousin.

Over the weekend, I took my 3-and-a-1/2-year-old son Brody to play in the snow at Albany's Washington Park.  It was his first time out in the snow with me, like really playing.  It was a week of firsts for him, but it needed to be a week of firsts for me as well.  I needed some perspective, and I found it this morning.

Since my first time visiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, I could tell this was something different. I was only there for a few days but its message and power have followed me since, especially thanks to Tyler.

Schools typically warn their students ahead of time that senior pranks could result in various forms of punishment, and over the years, they seem to have dwindled a bit.  After a clever senior prank by a group of seniors at Cumberland High School in Wisconsin went viral last month showing the dangers of drinking and driving, it's nice to know that some Berne-Knox-Westerlo senior students followed

This whole story is not just scary but horribly confusing but even though I think I have it figured out, doesn't make it any less scary.

How many of you post artwork from your children on your desk at work or on the refrigerator at home? I know I do. The artwork usually represents happy times; the sun in shining, a dog is playing, the birds are chirping and children are playing.  Imagine for a second that your child wasn't drawing happy pictures of sunny days playing ball in the backyard, but instead, they were the dreaded images t

There is a very powerful letter circulating online from a young woman who was dying of cancer. Although most of the words in her message have been said before, this time, for me, it was different.

Cancer is nothing worth joking about, a disease ravaging so many in our country. This 20 month old can be an inspiration to everyone before she even forms a memory.

The Massachusetts native's team announced on her Facebook page today she has been diagnosed with Cancer.

On Wednesday, a public nonprofit and advocacy group Environmental Working Group released a searchable website breaking down all of the contaminants in water and their effects. Type in your zip code and see what may be lurking in your water!