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Breast Cancer Causes Moments of Anger and Grief 20 Aug 2013 | 01:05 am
Angry Woman Photo © Microsoft One day during my chemo treatments, I stopped on the way home from work to pick up some groceries for supper. It was summer, my wig ... Read Full Post
Breast Cancer Patients Blog Their Blues Away 13 Aug 2013 | 06:03 am
Pink Ribbon Keyboard Photo © Microsoft When Ann Silberman was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer, she said "But Doctor -I Hate Pink!" and promptly started to blog about it. That was three years ag...
Cancer Needs A New Name, Since Some Tumors Run on IDLE 6 Aug 2013 | 05:13 am
Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Photo © National Cancer Institute Cancer - a word that invokes dread. Breast cancer - a diagnosis that brings visions of multiple surgeries, disfigurement, heavy-duty chemo...
Vitamin D and Breast Cancer Risk 31 Jul 2013 | 05:15 am
Sundown at the Lake Photo - Karl D. Stephan If you're worried about your risk of breast cancer, should you be taking a Vitamin D supplement? Some research suggests that having low levels of Vitamin ...
Herlinda Garcia Survived Stage 4 Breast Cancer Misdiagnosis 24 Jul 2013 | 05:02 am
Distressed Woman Photo © Pam Stephan Herlinda Garcia has outlived her oncologist, Dr. Ahmed Qadri. She has also been awarded $367,500 from Dr. Qadri's estate as compensation for suffering that she e...
Stage 4 Breast Cancer Odds Are Improving 22 Jul 2013 | 05:17 am
Stage 4 Art © Pam Stephan The first person I met who was living with Stage 4 breast cancer was Mary Jo Sanna. She was working as the librarian and leader of the metastatic... Read Full Post
Oils in Fish Lower Your Risk for Breast Cancer 2 Jul 2013 | 04:32 am
Salmon Steaks Photo © Cosmi Photo Objects Salmon, sardines, tuna, mackerel and herring - all of these fish are rich in oils that could knock your risk for breast cancer down by 14% below average. Di...
Osteoporosis Drug May Work After Tamoxifen Quits 25 Jun 2013 | 03:45 am
Breast cancer patients who have taken tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors to treat estrogen-sensitive tumors may benefit from an osteoporosis drug, bazedoxifene. This drug is sold in Europe under the br...
Melissa Etheridge Comments on Angelina Jolie's Mastectomies 18 Jun 2013 | 05:48 am
Melissa Etheridge Photo © Getty Images Melissa Etheridge and Angelina Jolie have a little something in common. Both celebrities carry the BRCA1 gene mutation, which puts them - or others with ... R...
Supreme Court Rules: No BRCA Gene Patent 14 Jun 2013 | 05:07 am
X-ray Structure of the BRCA1 BRCT mutant M1775K A.N., Ladias, J.A., Foulkes, W.D. In a landmark ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its ruling on the patenting of isolated human genes, such as...
