Editor's note: Dr. Sanjay Gupta has been following former CNN correspondent Miles O'Brien's recovery after the amputation of O'Brien's left arm. On July 12 and 13, O'Brien is participating in the 300-mile Less Cancer Bike Ride from Port Huron to Mackinac, Michigan. Follow CNN for more on his story. Miles O'Brien (CNN)
Miles O'Brien Ever since I heard about the Less Cancer Bike Ride to Mackinac I have wanted to participate. Unfortunately last year I couldn’t be there but I made a vow then to ride this year – no matter what. Some circumstances in my life have tested my ability to make good
Miles O'Brien Ever since I heard about the Less Cancer Bike Ride to Mackinac I have wanted to participate. Unfortunately last year I couldn't be there but I made a vow then to ride this year – no matter what. Some circumstances in my life have tested my ability to make good
Jeanne Petzold with husband Tom My first memorable biking experience started with my future husband in Chicago. I was visiting him in the city. Tom had helped me buy my first road bike in Saline, Michigan the previous weekend and thought it would be a good idea to take me on a 60
Tom Petzold My name is Tom Petzold. I discovered riding as a teenager in northern Michigan. The mystery and intrigue of the sport had a lot to do with the interest I developed in it. My earliest exposure was as a young teenager in the late 1970s seeing my aunt Ruth Petzold’s road bike which
Less Cancer Board Member Miles O'Brien Miles O'Brien—Less Cancer board member, award winning journalist and anchor —has had to have much of his left arm completely amputated. Miles blogged " I am alive and I’m grateful for that. Please don’t worry about me. I’m sure I can cope just fine. If I need
(l) David Toutant (c) Bill Couzens (r) Suzi Tobias On July 20, 2013, Suzi Tobias, David Toutant and Jim Weitzmann set out from Port Huron, Michigan, on a 300-mile, two-day bike ride to draw attention to cancer prevention. The Port Huron-Mackinac Bike Ride for Lesscancer.org was the brainchild of Suzi Tobias, who envisioned
Joining Suzi Tobias will be Dave Toutant, of Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan who along with Tobias will be riding bikes 300 miles from Port Huron, to Mackinac Island, Michigan during the famed Port Huron-Mackinac sailboat race. The bike ride is part of the Less Cancer Challenge 300. Tobias and Toutant start their ride July 20th
Television journalist and Less Cancer Board Member Miles O'Brien (pictured here for a Herring break) as been in the Netherlands training for the Less Cancer Challenge 300. The first annual Less Cancer Challenge 300 is a program of LessCancer.org that encourages individuals to get out and move during the month of July. For example, a commitment to walk
Andrew M. Seaman of Reuters Health wrote people who report eating the most red and processed meat before being diagnosed with colon cancer are more likely to die during the next eight years, according to a new study. "It's another important reason to follow the guidelines to limit the intake of red and processed meat,"