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DailyCandy October 5, 2006 |
The Weekend Guide What you can buy, eat and do to support breast cancer awareness. |
Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2006 |
Direct to Consumer: Making the Connection Whether it's to promote a drug or help educate the masses, pharmaceutical manufacturers are creating advertising campaigns that tug at people's hearts to get the message out. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
DailyCandy October 12, 2006 |
The Weekend Guide To be tickled pink this weekend, here's what to buy, eat, play and do. |
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2009 Walker & Stahl |
Activate Your Audience Marketers need to reach beyond disease awareness to spark "movement" communications campaigns. |
Salon.com October 12, 1999 Damien Cave |
Male mastectomy Not many men get breast cancer, but too few are aware of the risk. |
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?... |
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. |
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. |
Lucire September 13, 2008 |
Thrilled to See the Message in Your Eyes Olivia Newton-John and Curves, and Dove and the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation, team up for two initiatives Down Under to help Breast Cancer Awareness Month. |
DailyCandy October 10, 2006 |
A Little Birdie Told You Flaunt is a darling stationery collection that features an array of furry friends. |
CRM December 2014 Maria Minsker |
The 3 Cardinal Rules of Cause Marketing There's a fine line between giving and gimmick. |
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. |
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 |
BusinessWeek February 13, 2006 Jessi Hempel |
Selling A Cause? Better Make It Pop With competition fierce, charities are finding that savvy marketing is a must. |
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... |
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. |
American Family Physician August 1, 2000 Lecia M. Apantaku |
Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Screening Statistics on breast cancer risk, symptoms and recommended tests. |
Managed Care January 2005 Sharon Baker |
Breast Cancer Screening: Some Plans Do Better Than Others Some of the nation's best health plans are coming up with creative ways to encourage women to get mammograms. |
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. |
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. |
Science News January 25, 2003 Kendall Morgan |
Curbing Cancer? Low-Fat Diet During Adolescence Cuts Hormones, Possibly Breast Cancer Risk Cutting back on cheeseburgers and French fries could spare girls more than extra pounds. A low-fat diet also reduces young girls' sex hormone concentrations, a new study finds. The adolescent drop in hormones that are known to spur breast cancer in adults might stave off the disease later in life. |
American Journal of Nursing September 2009 Lockwood-Rayermann et al. |
Original Research: Women's Awareness of Ovarian Cancer Risks and Symptoms Objective: To assess how well informed women ages 40 and older are of ovarian cancer symptoms and risk factors. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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 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... |
AskMen.com Adam Di Stefano |
How To Wear Color Read on to find out why that pink shirt didn't work for you, and why that doesn't mean that you should give up on wearing colors quite so easily. Whether you're dark-skinned, medium-toned or pale-skinned, you can find appropriate colors for your complexion. |
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 Family Physician November 15, 2006 Wolff & Wilson |
Putting Prevention into Practice Genetic risk assessment and BRCA mutation testing for breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility. |
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. |
BusinessWeek June 6, 2005 Catherine Arnst |
Better Odds Against Breast Cancer New treatments for breast cancer are more effective, and easier to live with |
Science News June 8, 2002 Janet Raloff |
Pudgy? Here's a Small Benefit For those women whose proportions fall outside the fatfree ideal, here's one consolation: Your outsized physique appears to put you at decreased risk of developing ovarian cancer (a somewhat rare cancer). |
Inc. June 2007 Elisa Huang |
Choose Your Posy The fragrant arsenal of a thoughtful boss. |
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. |
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 |
AskMen.com James Matheson |
Thomas Pink Shirts Whether for the workplace or a casual night out, these textured cotton dress shirts are a must-have wardrobe item. |
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. |
InsideFlyer January 2009 |
United, Making Life Bearable United Airlines is once again teaming up with the American Cancer Society to bring a little happiness to children with cancer. |
American Journal of Nursing March 2006 Pamela J. Haylock |
The Shifting Paradigm of Cancer Care: The Many Needs of Cancer Survivors Are Starting to Attract Attention The complexities of survivorship, and the growing population of survivors who share these challenges has led to an increase awareness of a need for survivorship research on the sequelae of cancer and cancer treatment. |
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... |
American Family Physician February 15, 2005 Sunga et al. |
Care of Cancer Survivors Cancer survivors are at increased risk for recurrence of their original malignancy. Surveillance following curative cancer treatment generally includes interval history and physical examinations every six months for five years. |
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. |
BusinessWeek May 9, 2005 Catherine Arnst |
Genentech's Lessons For Big Pharma The biotech company focuses on science -- not marketing, acquisitions, or patents. |
Fast Company October 2005 Melissa Korn |
Hey, Lady! Women and the Art of Product Development It's one thing to say a product is for women, and quite another thing to mean it. |