Breast Cancer

Too Young for This: Menopause at 32

Alice Crisci | Posted 01.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Tamoxifen, Reproduction, Young Woman, Redondo Beach, Infertility, Breast Cancer, Health, Menopause, Fertility, Malibu, Ex Boyfriend, Lupron, Living News
Alice Crisci

I've been receiving Lupron injections since before chemo, throwing my body into "menopause" as opposed to real menopause. No more periods. No more PMS. No more cancer. Maybe, no more eggs.

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Breast Cancer 'Vaccine' Being Developed By Arkansas Scientists

AP | Posted 01.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Arkansas Scientists Breast Cancer Vaccine, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Breast Cancer Vaccine, Medicine, Living News

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Scientists at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hope to begin clinical trials this spring on a vaccine to preven...

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Plastic Surgeons Fail To Tell Cancer Patients About Breast Implant Alternatives

New York Times | Natasha Singer | Posted 12.23.2008 | Style

Read More: Breast Implants, Breast Cancer, Plastic Surgery, Breast Augmentation, Style News

But even as promising new operations are gaining traction at academic medical centers, plastic surgeons often fail to tell patients about them. One re...

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What's Worse than Chemo? A Common Toxin that Renders It Less Effective

Frances Beinecke | Posted 12.17.2008 | Green

Read More: Estrogen, Baby Bottles, Breast Cancer, Health, Chemotherapy, Plastic Bottles, Bpa, Endocrine Disruptor, Breast Cancer Treatment, Bispheno-A, Green News
Frances Beinecke

Going through the insult of chemotherapy is bad enough. But discovering that it could be undermined by a hazard the FDA refuses to regulate makes it worse.

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Study: Family History Can Trump Breast Cancer Gene Test

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 11.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Breast Cancer Family History, Breast Cancer Study, Breast Cancer, Personal Health, Women's Health, Breast Cancer Gene, Breast Cancer Causes, Living News

WASHINGTON — If breast cancer runs in the family, women can be at high risk even if they test free of the disease's most common gene mutations, ...

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Hope For Millions Of Women As Scientists Unlock Secrets Of Most Widely-Used Breast Cancer Drug

Daily Mail | Fiona Macrae | Posted 11.12.2008 | Living

Read More: Breast Cancer Drug Breakthrough, Breast Cancer Drug, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Living News

Scientists have unlocked the secrets of the most widely-used breast cancer drug in a breakthrough that could save thousands of lives. Understanding h...

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Study: Migraines Cut Breast Cancer Risk By 30 Percent

Reuters | Julia Steenhuysen | Posted 11.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Migraines, Cancer, Breast Cancer, Risk of Breast Cancer, Migraines and Breast Cancer, Personal Health, Living News

In a puzzling twist, women who have a history of migraine headaches are far less likely to develop breast cancer than other women, U.S. researchers sa...

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From Pink Ribbons to a Right to Know Law

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Endocrine Disruptors, Bpa, Estrogen, Health, Bpa Baby Bottles, Plastic Water Bottles, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Breast Cancer Month, Phthalates, Living News
Frances Beinecke

I am a breast cancer survivor, and in the years immediately after my diagnosis, I sometimes found the annual proliferation of pink ribbons difficult--it was hard to be reminded of cancer.

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5 Lessons Cancer Can't Teach You

beliefnet.com | Shelley Lewis | Posted 10.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Women's Health, Cancer Lessons, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Awareness, Living News

I discovered I had breast cancer in June 2004 during a routine mammogram. It was caught early and hadn't spread, but I still had to deal with almost n...

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Breast Cancer Death Gap Widens

Chicago Tribune | Deborah L. Shelton | Posted 10.22.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Metropolitan Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force, Minority Breast Cancer Rates Chicago, Illinois Department of Public Health, Breast Cancer, Chicago Breast Cancer Rates, African-American Breast Cancer Rates, Health, Chicago News

In 1980, black women and white women in Chicago with breast cancer were equally likely to die. Since then, death rates for white patients have improv...

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McCain Flatlines With Women

Martha Burk | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Lipstick, Social Conservatives, John McCain, Violence Against Women, Women's Issues, Barach Obama, Abortion Rights, Presidential Debates, Feminism, Social Conservative Supreme Court, Breast Cancer, Feminism Politics, Sarah Palin, Vice Presidential Debates, Feminist Politics, Feministsforobama, Politics News
Martha Burk

Weren't we all supposed to rush to McCain/Palin when Hillary folded her tent? After all, Palin wears a skirt and McCain obviously figured we girl voters were too dumb to know the difference.

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Joe Biden On "Ellen": Dunks Julia Louis-Dreyfuss For Breast Cancer Research

Huffington Post | Posted 10.20.2008 | Media

Read More: Television, Breast Cancer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tv, Joe Biden Breast Cancer, Joe Biden, Joe Biden Ellen, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Joe Biden Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, Ellen, Media News

Joe Biden appeared on Monday's "Ellen," and while he did not dance, he did throw balls at Julia Louis-Dreyfuss in a dunk tank to raise money for breas...

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Universal Health Care and the 2008 Election -- How Is It Still Possible After the Fiscal Meltdown?

Thomas DeLorenzo | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Health Care, 2008 Election, Health, Disease, Economic Crisis, Politics News
Thomas DeLorenzo

Did the financial meltdown destroy all hopes for any chance of a new health care system?

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Breast Cancer: The Ones Left Behind

Marisa Lee | Posted 10.16.2008 | Living

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Marisa Lee

As I continue to mourn the loss of the person I loved most in the world, I find myself contemplating the one breast cancer statistic that I have not yet been able to uncover. How many people do these women leave behind?

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In Memory Of Dorit Shapiro

Beth Feldman | Posted 10.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Dorit Shapiro, Gal to Gal Foundation, The Giving Life, Breast Cancer, Living News
Beth Feldman

It is rare that you meet someone who has the power to touch lives and truly make a difference and that's exactly what Dorit Shapiro, the President of ...

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Beyond Boobs: Finding A Cure For Breast Cancer

DivineCaroline.com | Amanda Coggin | Posted 10.12.2008 | Living

Read More: Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Month, Breast Cancer Awareness, Living News

Juliana Cochnar learned that her mother had been diagnosed with breast cancer while Juliana was out traveling the world for two years. When she stoppe...

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the BRCA Genes

Lauren Cahn | Posted 10.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Health, Breast Cancer, Susan G. Komen, Breast Cancer Gene, Race for the Cure, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Breast Cancer Mastectomy, Brca, Living News
Lauren Cahn

Before I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002, I used to hate Breast Cancer Awareness Month for another reason entirely.

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Cynthia Nixon On Cancer: "I Come From A Long Line Of Strong Women"

Newsweek | Posted 10.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Cynthia Nixon Interview, Cynthia Nixon, Cynthia Nixon Breast Cancer, Cynthia Nixon Cancer, Breast Cancer, Living News

My involvement in breast cancer is also personal. My mother had breast cancer twice, the first time when I was about 13. She was comfortable in the m...

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Feel Your Boobies

Heather Cabot | Posted 10.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Feel Your Boobies, Breast Cancer, Breast Exams, Breast Cancer Month, Breast Cancer Awareness, Living News
Heather Cabot

For many moms, the reminders to do self breast exams go in one ear and out the other. Breast cancer survivor Leigh Hurst decided there must be a better way to encourage women to take the time.

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Living with Breast Cancer

Beth Feldman | Posted 10.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Stage IV Breast Cancer, Gal to Gal Foundation, Survivor, Breast Cancer, Health, Design Her Gal, Aggressive Breast Cancer, Cancer Treatments, Advanced Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Radiation, Chemo, Living News
Beth Feldman

"I'm grateful to my cancer for leading me down a path that is better than where I was before. I used to say 'I just want my life back' but I don't want the life I had before back, I just want Life."

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Healing the Whole Woman

Mallika Chopra | Posted 10.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Women, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Health, Living News
Mallika Chopra

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the United States . While I have met many survivors and women going through treatment, I actually had my f...

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Hoda Kotb On Life After Breast Cancer: I Owe My Job...To Cancer

msnbc.com | Hoda Ktob | Posted 10.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Hoda Kotbb Cancer, Cancer, Hoda Kotb, Breast Cancer, Living News

As we enter Breast Cancer Awareness month, I have a message for those women who are in the middle of their fight with the disease: I know you feel li...

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Beating Breast Cancer

Heather Cabot | Posted 10.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Look Better Than You Feel, Cancer, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Month, Breast Cancer Awareness, Living News
Heather Cabot

I wasn't really paying attention during my annual check-up until the doc said she found an unusual lumpy section in one of my breasts.

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Awards For Swag? We Got 'Em!

Zorianna Kit | Posted 09.22.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Reality TV, Animal Rescue, Charity, Green, High School Musical, The Office, Awards, Green Living, Jewelry, Emmy Awards, Cebrities, Breast Cancer, Skin Care, Dancing With the Stars, Gifting Suites, Swag, Beauty Products, Dennis Quaid, Ashley Tisdale, Heroes, Lo Bosworth, Nora Zehetner, Jennifer Morrison, Chi McBride, Aaron Staton, Reebok, Kaycee Stroh, Cheryl Hines, House, Tila Tequila, Dania Ramirez, Monique Coleman, Denise Richards, James Kyson Lee, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Tori Spelling, Eliza Dushku, Rosanna Arquette, Barbaro, Kristen Chenoweth, James Pickens Jr. Samantha Who?, Olivia Wilde, Jean Smart, Audrina Patridge, Eric Dane, American Idol, Entertainment News
Zorianna Kit

The Huffington Post is bestowing its own awards on the 2008 Emmy Awards Gifting Suites.

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Another Palin-Phenomenon Spawn: Republican Lipstick

Michelle Madhok | Posted 09.18.2008 | Style

Read More: Lipstick, Sarah Palin, Women, Mccain Palin Ticket, Women Entrepreneurs, Republican, Cosmetics, Breast Cancer, Beauty Industry, Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Obama Lipstick, Makeup, Mothers, Barack Obama, Republicans, Style News
Michelle Madhok

Mineral makeup line Alchemy of Colour has just released Power Pink Lipstick, a shade that's supposed to look like the one Sarah Palin wears.

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