Breast Diseases

Nicotine linked to breast cancer: study (AFP)

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Nicotine could play a role in the development and growth of tumors in breast cancer, according to a new study published Wednesday. Researchers studied for the first time the effects of nicotine on mammary...

This week's TCU football game against BYU benefits Komen for the Cure

Thursday night (Oct. 16) marks the 4th annual Frogs for the Cure football game at Texas Christian University, with the kickoff (pitting TCU against the Brigham Young University Cougars) scheduled for 7 p.m. The goal (er,...

Stamps Present Pink Power

10/15/08 - Canadian Football League (CFL) • Discuss this story on the Canadian Football League message board... October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the Calgary Stampeders are teaming up with the Canadian Cancer Society...

Insomnia in women with breast cancer linked to heart rate dysregulation

A study in the October 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) is a significant predictor of insomnia in women with breast cancer and confirmed that longer nocturnal wake...

Free Mammograms Available Through State's Comprehensive Cancer Screening Program, Minnesota

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) will hold a televised phone bank on WDIO TV - Channel 10 on Thursday, October 9 to promote free mammograms offered through Sage, the state's free breast and cervical cancer screening...

A head-to-toe look at breast cancer's real effects

Let's face it: Your mom, your sister-in-law, your co-worker, your best friend from college -- someone you know has had breast cancer. Someone you care about has sat white-faced, clutching the kitchen phone, or in a doctor's...

'Gossip Girl' Writer Removes Breasts to Prevent Cancer

Jessica Queller, supervising producer and one of the head writers of "Gossip Girl." In fact, parts of it actually served as the plot for an episode of “ER." In 2005, Queller, a supervising producer and one of the head writers...

Geron's GRN163L Sensitizes Resistant Breast Cancer Cells to Trastuzumab in Preclinical Study

News source: Business Wire Geron Corporation today announced the publication of preclinical data demonstrating that its telomerase inhibitor drug, GRN163L, significantly boosts the effects of trastuzumab (Herceptin(TM)) against...

Join todays live chat on breast cancer

Wausau Daily Herald • October 15, 2008 Newly diagnosed with breast cancer? Trying to figure out what doctors are telling you when they say they want you to have a certain type of chemotherapy? Join the Wausau Daily Herald and...

The Effect Of Environmental Factors, Emotional Support, Exercise And Food On Breast Cancer - New...

Dr David Servan-Schreiber's book Anticancer shows what influences breast cancer, reporting on a number of published studies: • The risk of developing breast cancer may be 9 times greater in people dealing with an emotional...

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