Friday, November 20, 2009
Post: Complications and Risks of Breast Augmentation
There were 364,610 breast augmentation procedures performed in 2005. The top concerns of breast augmentation include the surgery itself, the implants, breast cancer and the risk of anesthesia.
Contributor: Cristina Olvera
Published: May 24, 2006
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
Post: 10 Myths About Breast Cancer Busted
Ten of the most common myths about breast cancer exposed here. Some of them may surprise you, and others you just be aware of.
Contributor: Megan Mathews
Published: May 19, 2006
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Friday, November 6, 2009
Post: Breast Cancer Advocates Not Buying New Guidelines
Studies show that testing women in their 40s could save a small percentage of lives. But to some public health officials, it isn't worth the possible harm the excess testing causes. Cancer survivors and advocacy groups say the screening tool isn't perfect, but it's worth the risk....
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Sunday, November 1, 2009
Post: On Mammogram Recommendation, An Intense Debate
Recommendations from an independent panel that most women don't need mammograms in their 40s, and should get one every two years starting at 50 have spurred intense debate. The recommendation is contrary to the American Cancer Society's long-standing position that women should get annual mammograms starting at age 40. Dr. Therese Bevers, medical director of the Cancer Prevention Center at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and Barron Lerner, author of Breast Cancer Wars: Hope, Fear, and...
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Post: Breast Cancer Advocates Not Buying New Guidelines
Studies show that testing women in their 40s could save a small percentage of lives. But to some public health officials, it isn't worth the possible harm the excess testing causes. Cancer survivors and advocacy groups say the screening tool isn't perfect, but it's worth the risk....
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
Post: On Mammogram Recommendation, An Intense Debate
Recommendations from an independent panel that most women don't need mammograms in their 40s, and should get one every two years starting at 50 have spurred intense debate. The recommendation is contrary to the American Cancer Society's long-standing position that women should get annual mammograms starting at age 40. Dr. Therese Bevers, medical director of the Cancer Prevention Center at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and Barron Lerner, author of Breast Cancer Wars: Hope, Fear, and...
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Sunday, October 11, 2009
Post: Breast Cancer: Need for Early Risk Assessment
A recent study out of Canada suggests that breast cancer risk assessment and prevention should start much earlier in life than it currently does. Researchers point to links between mammographic density of breast tissue and associated risk of early development of breast cancer....
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Friday, October 9, 2009
Post: Breast Cancer: A Patient Shares her Experience
Mona Palmore-Haynes reviews her experience battling breast cancer from discovering a lump in her breast to her reaction of being told she had breast cancer, course of treatment, side effects, recovery and the future.
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Monday, October 5, 2009
Post: Breast Cancer: Swelling After Treatment
In breast cancer survivors, lymphedema - an uncomfortable swelling of the arm and wrist - can be one of the most vexing side effects of treatment. Now, a new study has found that women who develop lymphedema do worse than women without the condition and have higher out-of-pocket medical costs after radiation and surgery. ...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
Post: Breast Health: Self Breast Examination among Hispanic Women
Despite high rates of screening mammography, most breast cancers in Hispanic women are detected by the women themselves. A troubling finding is that about half of all women who noticed an abnormality waited at least a month before seeking medical help. Research is being conducted to determine potential reasons for the prolonged waiting time....
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Post: Breast Cancer: Risk Associated with Childhood Cancer Survivors
Experts say female childhood cancer survivors who have had radiation should get mammograms earlier than the general population of women. These guidelines are in place because women who have had chest radiation as children, teens, or young adults have a significantly higher risk for breast cancer....
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Post: Mammography: What to Do Now? (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- When a U.S. government task
force recommended that women wait until they're 50 to get their first
mammogram to check for breast cancer, reaction was swift....
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Sunday, September 20, 2009
Post: U.S. official says mammograms policy unchanged (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. health officials distanced themselves Wednesday from controversial new breast cancer screening guidelines that recommend against routine mammograms for healthy women in their 40s and said federal policy on screening mammograms had not changed....
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Friday, September 18, 2009
Post: Ex-Kiss drummer: Breast cancer not just for women (AP)
AP - Lying in bed one night in 2007, Peter Criss felt something strange: a small lump on his left breast....
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Post: US anger at new age rules for breast cancer tests (AFP)
AFP - Doctors and experts are in uproar over new recommendations to raise the age of breast cancer screening, warning more women will die from the disease which already claims some 40,000 lives each year....
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Post: US anger at new age rules for breast cancer tests (AFP)
AFP - Doctors and experts are in uproar over new recommendations to raise the age of breast cancer screening, warning more women will die from the disease which already claims some 40,000 lives each year....
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