I knew almost immediately I was pregnant. The first sign was my aversion to coffee, a flavor I’ve loved for 20 years and bacon, a flavor I rediscovered during chemo. My belly bloated with such a full feeling I could only eat a few bites of food for meals and I started belching — something [...]
An Arizona high school cheerleading squad’s efforts to raise money for breast cancer research has been a bumpy ride. When Gilbert High School cheerleaders revealed the pink T-shirts they were planning to wear at the next two football games as they cheer and raise money from spectators, the administration issued a ban on the shirts [...]
A doctor who held onto his £100,000 job despite failing to spot breast cancer in 61 patients over the last decade is finally out of work. Dr Glenn Anthony Kelly had been suspended on full pay for the last two years from Accrington Victoria Hospital, Lancashire, and is still facing disciplinary action for the blunders. [...]
I often ask myself, “Am I a survivor, too?” when I think about my mother’s plight with breast cancer. Even though I was not the one to go through the lumpectomy, the chemo, the radiation first hand, could I still be considered a survivor? Yes. I’m sure some of you just went, “WTF?” Let me [...]
Women who fail to take folic acid in early pregnancy could be threatening their child’s ability to speak according to scientists. A study has revealed that mothers who don’t take the vitamin supplement are twice as likely to have children with severe speech delays. Experts at Columbia University in New York, say that the results [...]
You stuck your t-shirt with a pink ribbon and proudly tote your girly water bottle to the gym. Now that we’re in the throes of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the want — and the ability — to buy products that support the search for a cure certainly abound. But how much of that cash that [...]
I still remember, like a too-vivid bad dream, exactly how I felt when I first heard the words breast cancer in relation to me and my breast. The Mack truck to my gut, the “Oh my God,” the “No, no, no!” The room not a room anymore, the word “room” not a word, the floor a [...]
Seeing ribbons on cars is nothing new. And we’re not even talking about the gift-wrapping kind. We mean ribbons for causes, whether it’s “support our troops” or “bring them home”, or more often than not, in support of a cure for cancer. But while those are typically glued onto a car’s trunk-lid or a truck’s [...]
There’s been some research linking alcohol to increased risk of developing breast cancer, especially when a woman consumes two or more drinks per day. But a new report in the October 2011 issue of the FASEB journal says resveratrol, the magic ingredient thought to be responsible for so many of red wine’s health benefits, can actually stop breast [...]
Breast cancer deaths have dropped steadily since 1990, but they have declined at slower rates among women living in poor areas, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society. The report, released Monday, finds that despite continuing progress in reducing breast cancer deaths nationwide, survival rates are lower among women in poor areas. From [...]
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