"cancer" Articles & Blogs:
New Breast Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise
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It's a great day for women's health! A new breast cancer vaccine is in the works and currently showing great promise of preventing and treating breast cancer.Breast cancer affects one in eight women in the United States, and this vaccine holds the p...[Read on] |
New Research Signals New Era for Ovarian Cancer Screening
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British doctors have found that they can screen for the deadly disease and catch it in early stages in some postmenopausal womenOvarian Cancer Screenings | Today 9:10 am
Here’s another good reason for women to get regular cancer screenings: doctors ma...[Read on] |
Another Great Feature of Project Pink
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For all the Twitter-ers out there, you’re probably quite familiar with the #projectpink hash tag that signifies $1 donated to the fight against breast cancer. The Project Pink partnership between PUMA and WPS also supports specific breast cancer ...[Read on] |
Good News, Ladies! More Calcium Helps You Battle Cancer
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New study says calcium is a powerful tool in preventing cancer, particularly colorectal cancerPost | Today 10:30 am
Here’s another reason why you should make sure you get your daily dose of calcium: It may lower your risk of getting cancer.
Thi...[Read on] |
Coach Sharp to lead Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund
| Great news from the WBCA! We've landed a great leader to guide the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund.ATLANTA -The Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund®, in partnership with The V Foundation for Cancer Research, announces Marsha Sharp, avid women’s basketball pioneer, as th...[Read on] |
Think Pink, Think Prevention, But Most of All ... Think YOU
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Caregiving expert Sherri Snelling knows the importance of diligence when it comes to breast cancer and your healthSherri Snelling | Today 12:00 am
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p>Pink is typically associated with Spring, Schiaparelli or that fabulous Audrey Hepburn movie, "...[Read on] |
Martina Navratilova Aims For Cancer Recovery
| Martina Navratilova, one of the all-time tennis greats, is battling breast cancer.
She announced April 7 that she was diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ, which is a non-invasive form of breast cancer.
She talked about the scary February day she rec...[Read on] |
Burn 'em? Why not return 'em? Bracycle!
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Hey ladies, got any bras hangin' around that are either too big, too small, too tight, too fancy, too neon or too cream??? In honor of Breast Cancer and Domestic Violence Awareness month, why don't you donate those extra double-barreled slingshots t...[Read on] |
Joan Jett and Cherie Currie Sue Label over Charity CD
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Why are Joan Jett and Cherie Currie suing Main Man records over a Runaways tribute album slated for release later this month? According to Main Man's site, portions of the proceeds of Take It or Leave It, which includes 2 cds full of prominent rockers cov...[Read on] |
It’s Pinktober – Female athletes unite against breast cancer
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Organizations everywhere are kicking off month long breast cancer awareness programs.
At least half of you know someone who has or had breast cancer. Whether a mom, aunt, grandmother, neighbor, or family friend, breast cancer strikes over 200,000 wo...[Read on] |
Women More at Risk of Death for Certain Cardiovascular Diseases Than Men
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And more research shows that women should be on the watch for seven
symptoms of ovarian cancer so they can beat the deadly disease before
it progressesCardiovascular Disease, Ovarian Cancer | Today 10:05 am
Here’s another reason to take good care ...[Read on] |
Fanny Burney Pioneered Breast Cancer Awareness
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(WOMENSENEWS)--On the morning of Sept. 30, 1811, Madame D'Arblay received a note from her physician telling her to prepare for the amputation of her breast in two hours' time. The doctor directed her to find a way to divert the attention and attendance of...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Fran Drescher
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The star of The Nanny (I’m still waiting for her next sitcom) took her focus on health care and cancer (she is a uterine cancer survivor) to Capitol Hill yesterday to get Senators on board of the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010. The bill will eliminate c...[Read on] |
It’s Pinktober – Female athletes unite against breast cancer
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Organizations everywhere are kicking off month long breast cancer awareness programs.
At least half of you know someone who has or had breast cancer. Whether a mom, aunt, grandmother, neighbor, or family friend, breast cancer strikes over 200,000 wome...[Read on] |
Eat Colorful Foods to Cut Cancer Risk by 40 Percent
| If you could do something to prevent cancer, would you do it? You might say “yes,” but unfortunately you might not actually do it. How’s this for an alarming fact?
At least one-third of annual cancer deaths in the United States are related to dieta...[Read on] |
Wind and water sparks a movement: Kiteboarding 4 Cancer
| by: Jessica Valenzuela
Jaz De Lille, instructor and athlete Kiteboarding 4 Cancer, photo courtesy of Jimmy Stringfellow
Personal experience can move mountains. This is my personal belief.
A decision based on the will to live, the tenacity to succeed an...[Read on] |
The facts about cervical cancer
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Perhaps one of the most well known preventive cancer treatments it the HPV vaccine, Gardasil, which is one hundred percent effective in precluding the development of cervical cancers since it’s FDA approval in 2006.
Auspiciously, doctors are indicating...[Read on] |
The Facts About Cervical Cancer
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Perhaps one of the most well known preventive cancer treatments it the HPV vaccine, Gardasil, which is one hundred percent effective in precluding the development of cervical cancers since it’s FDA approval in 2006.
Auspiciously, doctors are indicating...[Read on] |
Cancer Warrior: The Return
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(Guest Blog by Mel Majoros, a breast cancer survivor and avid hockey player)
Most people don’t understand why I play hockey. It is mostly a guys sport. When I tell people I play they just give me “that look” you know the one, oh right YOU play h...[Read on] |
Real Men DO wear Pink.
| Hats off to the NFL for helping to support National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
If you didn’t tune in to a football game this first weekend in October, then you missed NFL players wearing pink or pink-tinged items to help bring attention to breast c...[Read on] |
Martina Navratilova battling cancer with Kilimanjaro climb
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Nine-time Wimbledon champion and retired tennis legend Martina Navratilova is refusing to let her recent breast cancer diagnosis slow her down – she’s preparing to climb Mount Kilimanjaro later this year.
Doctors caught the condition in its early s...[Read on] |
Update on the latest with Breast Cancer Research
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According to the National Cancer Institute, breast cancer is the leading cancer death in women between the ages of 15 and 54 years old.
Fortunately, medical advances and progressive treatments have made it possible for ninety six percent of women diagnos...[Read on] |
Are you participating in any breast-cancer awareness events this month?
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Tobacco Companies Target Women, Say Foes
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Antismoking groups are taking on tobacco industry for targeting womenPost | 02/26/2009 4:15 pm
The tobacco industry has never been known for subtlety — and that’s no less true in their marketing toward women, say antismoking groups.
The ...[Read on] |
Ford's Blue Oval glows pink in the fight against breast cancer
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In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month and to celebrate its 15 years of support of Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R), the world headquarters of Ford's Blue Oval in Dearborn will shine pink on Monday and Tuesday night, with the "Warriors in Pink" symbol g...[Read on] |
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