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April 25, 2005
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Breast Implants: Science vs. Emotion Lobbying and politics are having a huge effect on the debate over whether to allow silicone breast implants back on the market.   |
Salon.com
November 10, 2000
Laurie Tarkan |
The business of breast cancer Big medicine is making big bucks on the disease, but we're still far from a cure... |
AskMen.com
September 30, 2000
Joshua Levine |
Male Breast Cancer Breast cancer is traditionally thought of as a female-related problem. Men, however, are as susceptible to the disease as women are. In many ways, the disease appears similarly in both sexes... |
Salon.com
June 20, 2000
Naomi Mendelsohn |
Choosing the knife Healthy women at high risk for breast cancer are choosing to have both breasts removed, even while doctors are advocating less invasive treatments for those who are already sick |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2006
Brian Lawler |
Implant Approval Gives Allergan a Lift The return of silicone breast implants continues. Shares of Allergan, best known for its Botox wrinkle treatment, were up nearly 8% on the news. |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2000 |
Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer Risk: What Does It Mean to Me? What causes breast cancer?... What genes can cause breast cancer to be inherited?... What clues in my family history might show I've inherited a risk of breast cancer?... Does everyone who has family members with breast cancer have these mutated genes?... What should I do?... |
Salon.com
October 12, 1999
Damien Cave |
Male mastectomy Not many men get breast cancer, but too few are aware of the risk. |
Chemistry World
August 1, 2006
Victoria Gill |
Breast Implant Study `Probably Flawed' The editors of a journal that published a study linking silicone breast implants with higher than normal levels of platinum in the circulation have urged caution when interpreting the findings. |
ifeminists
October 29, 2002
Rondi Adamson |
Re-Evaluating the Risk of Breast Cancer As breast cancer became a poster disease for feminism in the 1980s, the attention it began to receive took on unreasonable proportions. In short, the intensity of funding, publicity and research around breast cancer is not based on need. It is based on politics. |
American Family Physician
August 1, 2000 |
Screening Yourself for Breast Cancer Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women. Women more than 20 years of age should know the signs of breast cancer and the best ways to find it early. How do I perform a breast self-exam? When should I have my mammogram? Clinical Breast Exam. Ultrasound exam. Breast Biopsies. |
BusinessWeek
May 23, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
If It Works for Breast Cancer... Studies are under way to see if promising strategies used against breast cancer can be used to fight other killers, such as lung, colon, and prostate cancer. |
| AskMen.com |
Ill-Gotten Gains Authorities say a Texas woman lied about having breast cancer and spent $10,000 raised at a benefit to have her breasts enlarged. |
Nutra Solutions
July 1, 2005 |
Soy Claims Count Regular consumption of soy protein-containing foods and beverages may reduce the risk of breast cancer in women by as much as 22%, reports a study published in The International Journal of Cancer Prevention. |
Science News
September 27, 2008
Nathan Seppa |
Hyping Health Risks: Environmental Hazards In Daily Life And The Science Of Epidemiology by Geoffrey Kabat Health scares come and go, but they often have a tenuous scientific basis. Kabat, a cancer epidemiologist, systematically rips through cancer alerts that overrode scientific rigor in recent decades. |
American Journal of Nursing
October 2010
Eileen Thomas |
Men's Awareness and Knowledge of Male Breast Cancer This article reports on the findings of a qualitative study that explored the awareness and knowledge of male breast cancer among English-speaking men. |
American Family Physician
December 15, 2002 |
Breast-Conserving Surgery What is breast-conserving surgery?... How does my doctor know if my lump is cancer?... Why does my doctor check my lymph nodes?... What if I cannot have breast-conserving surgery?... |
American Family Physician
August 1, 2000
Lecia M. Apantaku |
Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Screening Statistics on breast cancer risk, symptoms and recommended tests. |
Salon.com
September 20, 2000
Cathy Young |
Medical gender wars First came the whining feminists. Next, the inevitable male backlash. Health research has become a casualty of the battle between the sexes. |
The Motley Fool
August 4, 2004
Roger Nusbaum |
Inamed Waiting for Good News This multifaceted medical device company, which sells breast implants, awaits an FDA decision. The biggest risk is the stock getting caught in a general health sector downturn. |
BusinessWeek
July 3, 2006
Catherine Arnst |
A Ton Of Prevention The pros and cons of two drugs that may halve your risk of breast cancer. |
American Family Physician
December 15, 2002
Randhawa & Fink |
Screening for Breast Cancer A case study and question-and-answer group on screening for breast cancer, based on the recommendations of the current U.S. Preventive Services Task Force |
Reactive Reports
Issue 53
David Bradley |
An Underarm Review A review of health effects of organometallic compounds suggests that aluminum compounds used in the manufacture of underarm antiperspirants may somehow be involved in an increased risk of breast cancer. |
Bio-IT World
April 2006
Kevin Davies |
Harvard Opens Breast Cancer Protein Library In a landmark for functional proteomics, researchers at Harvard Medical School have unveiled a publicly available library of proteins that are active in breast cancer tissue. The resource could help speed drug discovery efforts against the disease. |
BusinessWeek
June 6, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
Better Odds Against Breast Cancer New treatments for breast cancer are more effective, and easier to live with |
BusinessWeek
December 25, 2006
Palmeri & Weintraub |
Silicone Goes Subtle Allergan's campaign relies on friendly persuasion. |
BusinessWeek
May 9, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
Genentech's Lessons For Big Pharma The biotech company focuses on science -- not marketing, acquisitions, or patents. |
BusinessWeek
October 17, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
Nancy G. Brinker: Promise Keeper Nancy G. Brinker's Race for the Cure has been key to funding advances in breast cancer research. |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2000 |
Breast Pain in Women What causes breast pain?... How can my doctor find the cause of my breast pain?... |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2004
Jean Graham |
Keeping Abreast of Implants Inamed's race with Mentor for first rights to the silicone breast implant market hits a snag. |
AskMen.com
Sabrina Rogers |
Can Men Get Breat Cancer? Breast cancer isn't just a chick thing. Although it is about 100 times more common among women and is a rare cause of death in men, the American Cancer Society estimates that, in 2004, approximately 1,450 American men will be diagnosed with this disease. |
Health
March 2008
Hallie Levine Sklar |
Your 50s Your biggest breast concern isn't appearance. It's cancer. Read on for what you should know about your breasts in your 50s. |
BusinessWeek
October 17, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
Breast-Cancer Screening: How to Choose Women have varying risk factors for breast cancer and face more test options. Here are some key considerations for making a suitable choice. |
Nutrition Action Healthletter
March 1999
Bonnie Liebman |
Pesticides and Breast Cancer Women with higher levels of the pesticide dieldrin in their blood have a greater risk of breast cancer, say researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and elsewhere... |
American Journal of Nursing
October 2010
Amy M. Collins |
'Men Get Breast Cancer, Too!' Theron Bell has made raising public awareness of male breast cancer his life's work. |
Health
March 2008
Hallie Levine Sklar |
Your 40s Had a mammo yet? You're 40. Now get one every year. |
Health
January 5, 2010
Susan Hall |
Thinking About Cosmetic Surgery? Here's How to Get a Better Nip or Tuck We reveal what it's like to have the three most popular procedures and whether those money-saving alternatives people talk about are worth it. |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2004 |
Breast Cancer Risk Related to Type of Hormone Therapy Although several studies have demonstrated an increased risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women taking oral hormone therapy, the risk related to each of the various forms of therapy is less clear. |
Nurse Practitioner
November 2010
Dreadin & Mancuso |
Diagnostic breast evaluation: When to refer and what the results really mean Diagnostic breast imaging is an important tool in evaluating abnormal physical examination findings and assessing incomplete screening mammographic results. |
| Information Today |
ebrary Offers Free Breast Cancer Searchable Information Center ebrary has announced that it has collaborated with librarians from other organizations to create an open access database of breast cancer publications in honor of the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. |
Science News
April 22, 2006 |
From the April 18, 1936, issue Night-illuminated museum offers "spooky" sights... Importance of heredity as cause of cancer stressed... |
Job Journal
June 5, 2005
Marty Nemko |
Quick Fix: Reconsider Your Priorities Imagine you were diagnosed with a life-threatening illness -- even men get breast cancer! Would that make you want to change anything about your worklife? First, make a list. |
AskMen.com
Ross Bonander |
5 Things You Didn't Know About Breasts This article's aim to educate you and present you with five things you didn't know about breasts. However, like the fact that they're modified sweat glands, there are things you may not want to know. |
Scientific American
April 2005
JR Minkel |
Leafy Letdown Recent studies indicate that eating vegetables seems to do little in warding off cancer. Breast cancer is included in this finding. |
Information Today
July 14, 2015 |
Elsevier Promotes Data Sharing With Reciprocal Linking Elsevier partnered with the National Cancer Institute to implement two-way linking between ScienceDirect's articles and publicly accessible datasets from NCI's cancer Nanotechnology Laboratory |
American Family Physician
November 15, 2006
Wolff & Wilson |
Putting Prevention into Practice Genetic risk assessment and BRCA mutation testing for breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility. |
AFP eWire
February 24, 2006 |
Secrets of Success from a Nonprofit Pioneer Nancy Brinker, founder and self-described veteran volunteer for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation shared her secrets of success: Harness the power of one... Go for grassroots... Change the culture... etc. |
Health
February 19, 2009 |
Do You Need a Breast Reduction? The number of women opting for breast reductions has jumped 25% in recent years -- to 106,000 in the latest annual count by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. |
ifeminists
October 15, 2002
Sacks & Thompson |
When Men's Health Doesn't Count Congress is sending a message to American men: men's health doesn't count. |
Salon.com
July 14, 2000
Arthur Allen |
The cancer study bombshell that wasn't Were the New York Times and the Washington Post writing about the same New England Journal of Medicine article? |
Health
March 2008
Hallie Levine Sklar |
Your 30s Your breast-cancer risk is still very low when you are in your 30s, but there are things you can do now to help your girls. |
