• Antidepressants during pregnancy can be tricky

    Updated: 2012-10-31 15:53:18
    For years, pregnant women who suffer from depression have been told it's safer for them and their unborn child to continue taking antidepressants during pregnancy. Now a new study is challenging that advice, suggesting the opposite is true and advocating against most women taking these drugs. If the depression is severe, however, the benefits might [...]

  • Quality of Life After Cancer May Depend on Tumor Type

    Updated: 2012-10-31 12:39:52
    Health News Quality of Life After Cancer May Depend on Tumor Type Print E-mail TUESDAY , Oct . 30 HealthDay News Cancer survivors' quality of life can vary widely depending on the type of cancer , and millions of U.S . cancer survivors have a lower-than-normal quality of life , a new study . finds Researchers looked at more than 1,800 adult cancer survivors and more than 24,000 adults with no history of cancer and found that survivors of melanoma , breast and prostate cancers had a mental- and physical-health-related quality of life similar to those who never had . cancer Survivors of cervical , blood and colorectal cancers , as well as survivors of cancers with a five-year survival rate of less than 25 percent such as liver , lung and pancreatic cancers however , had worse

  • Breast Cancer Survival Varies by Race Ethnicity Study Shows

    Updated: 2012-10-31 12:39:51
    , , Health News Breast Cancer Survival Varies by Race , Ethnicity , Study Shows Print E-mail TUESDAY , Oct . 30 HealthDay News Racial disparities in breast cancer survival persist , even after factors such as education , neighborhood and socioeconomic status are accounted for , new research . finds However , in some cases , those factors did affect the rate of survival , according to the . study The worse survival for African Americans disappeared after adjusting for socioeconomic status and other lifestyle factors , said study author Salma Shariff-Marco , a research scientist at the Cancer Prevention Institute of California , in Fremont . There was an effect of neighborhood socioeconomic status associated with survival , with increasing neighborhood socioeconomic status associated with

  • Raw October — Day 31 (October Wrap-Up)

    Updated: 2012-10-31 04:00:01
    Raw October: raising breast cancer awareness — one fact, figure, feeling, and photograph at a time. Every October, I receive emails from marketing people trying to push their pink products. “Please help us promote our pink this and our pink that,Continue reading

  • Raw October — Day 30 (‘Parenthood’ Poll)

    Updated: 2012-10-30 04:00:06
    Raw October: raising breast cancer awareness — one fact, figure, feeling, and photograph at a time. If you’ve been tuning into “Parenthood” lately, you know that a breast cancer storyline is weaving its way through the Braverman family dynamics. The TVContinue reading

  • Body Fat May Affect Death Risk Among Breast Cancer Patients

    Updated: 2012-10-29 17:53:48
    Health News Body Fat May Affect Death Risk Among Breast Cancer Patients Print E-mail MONDAY , Oct . 29 HealthDay News Having a very high or low body-mass index or high waist-to-hip ratio raises the risk of death among breast cancer patients , but this association varies some by race and ethnicity , a new study . suggests Body-mass index BMI and waist-to-hip ratio are both measures of body fat , and both affect overall and breast-cancer-specific risk of death , according to the . researchers The researchers analyzed data from more than 12,000 white , black , Hispanic and Asian-American patients in the California Breast Cancer Survivorship . Consortium Overall , we found that patients with breast cancer who were underweight , extremely obese or had high levels of abdominal body fat had the

  • Raw October — Day 29 (This Never Gets Old) (VIDEO)

    Updated: 2012-10-29 04:00:09
    Raw October: raising breast cancer awareness — one fact, figure, feeling, and photograph at a time. This never gets old, and it never ceases to make me cry. This man sang to me during one of my chemo treatments — heContinue reading

  • Raw October — Day 28 (My Survivor Reminder)

    Updated: 2012-10-28 04:00:47
    Raw October: raising breast cancer awareness — one fact, figure, feeling, and photograph at a time. My niece Jordan is my survivor reminder — she was born in October 2004; I was diagnosed with breast cancer in November 2004. Every timeContinue reading

  • Raw October — Day 27 (Reconstruction Options Compared)

    Updated: 2012-10-27 05:00:09
    Raw October: raising breast cancer awareness — one fact, figure, feeling, and photograph at a time. Thank you to the folks at Miami Breast Center for the following infographic, which details and compares several breast reconstruction options. I am not inContinue reading

  • 25,000 DNA saliva samples for Spit for the Cure (and counting)

    Updated: 2012-10-26 15:18:00
    Subscribe to our blog Your : email Follow us Listen to this Blog Post About DNA Genotek Welcome to The Genetic Link a blog providing new insights into DNA and RNA sample collection by DNA Genotek DNA Genotek is a subsidiary of OraSure Technologies , . Inc Most Popular Posts Rinse , Swab or Spit What's the Real Source of DNA in Saliva 7 Simple Steps to Maximize DNA Yield with Oragene•DNA Saliva-based DNA Collection Solves a Tropical Disease Mystery 3 reasons DNA from saliva is ideal for GWAS DNA saliva samples for SNP and CNV analysis on microarrays Letter to DNA Genotek customers re : acquisition by OraSure Technologies DNA Genotek†s Top 10 List for 2010 Can saliva replace blood for DNA collection analysis Part 1 of 3 Lifestyle Management , Weight Loss and Genetics DNA from saliva vs .

  • Overheard on CNN: Less pink, more cures for breast cancer

    Updated: 2012-10-26 12:15:25
    Editor's note: This post is part of the Overheard on CNN.com series, a regular feature that examines interesting comments and thought-provoking conversations posted by the community. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, as you might have gathered from pink ribbons and fundraising events in your community. Many CNN commenters expressed skepticism about the so-called “pinkwashing” of October, echoing the [...]

  • Raw October — Day 26 (What Cancer Means)

    Updated: 2012-10-26 05:00:32
    Raw October: raising breast cancer awareness — one fact, figure, feeling, and photograph at a time. Joey is loving his sixth-grade technology class — so much so that he’s been coming home, hopping on the computer, and practicing his new skills.Continue reading

  • Raw October — Day 25 (Cancer Talk Coming Up)

    Updated: 2012-10-25 05:00:12
    Raw October: raising breast cancer awareness — one fact, figure, feeling, and photograph at a time. On January 4, 2013, I will talk about cancer — not that I don’t spout out about it all the time as it is, butContinue reading

  • Prevention Is Power: Moving beyond breast cancer awareness (blog roundup, 10/2012)

    Updated: 2012-10-23 16:59:38
    This October blogs have been buzzing about preventing breast cancer, not just putting a pink ribbon on it.

  • Raw October — Day 23 (How it All Started)

    Updated: 2012-10-23 05:00:48
    Raw October: raising breast cancer awareness — one fact, figure, feeling, and photograph at a time. National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM) was started in 1985 by the American Cancer Society with funds from a chemical company and a drug companyContinue reading

  • Prevention Is Power: One survivor's story

    Updated: 2012-10-22 07:18:23
    Focusing on preventing breast cancer was helping me get my life back.

  • Raw October — Day 22 (Body Check Journal)

    Updated: 2012-10-22 05:00:45
    Raw October: raising breast cancer awareness — one fact, figure, feeling, and photograph at a time. A friend of mine with a chronically ill child dreamed up the Body Check Journal™, she’s been working tirelessly to bring her vision to life, andContinue reading

  • Patient-centered Breast Care at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center

    Updated: 2012-10-19 16:35:19
    By Dr. Megan Baker Ruppel Director, MUSC Comprehensive Breast Care Program Breast cancer care at its best requires a tremendous, well-choreographed and compassionate team effort.  Every woman diagnosed with breast cancer deserves the benefit of not just one clinician’s opinion but the opinion of an entire group with hundreds of years of combined breast cancer specific expertise.  Too many . . . → Read More: Patient-centered Breast Care at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center

  • October 17th is National Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day

    Updated: 2012-10-17 17:17:07
    October 17th, 2012 – Today marks the first National Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day (also know as BRA Day) celebrated in the U.S. MUSC has become a national leader in breast reconstruction with our plastic surgeons helping to pioneer and refine a new generation of sophisticated procedures. According to Dr. Dennis Schimpf, Director of the MUSC Advanced Breast Reconstruction Program, “Our program . . . → Read More: October 17th is National Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day

  • MUSC Honors Breast Cancer Awareness Month

    Updated: 2012-10-12 01:48:26
    In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the new MUSC Health East Cooper building is lit up in pink for the month of October. If you haven’t had a chance to see MUSC’s newest location, drive by and take a look. MUSC Health East Cooper offers a full range of out-patient breast care services, including cancer care and infusion, . . . → Read More: MUSC Honors Breast Cancer Awareness Month

  • Seeing Pink

    Updated: 2012-10-09 16:57:00
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  • Cancer Center Everyday Health

    Updated: 2012-10-04 06:46:14
    Cancer Center After a cancer diagnosis — whether it's your own or that of a loved one — the right information can be one of your most powerful weapons . Here's what you need to know about cancer treatment and management . Cancer in the simplest terms is the abnormal growth of cells somewhere in the body . Each year , more than a million people receive a cancer diagnosis , and the most common types of cancer include breast cancer , prostate cancer , lung cancer , and colorectal cancer . In addition to the three major types of cancer treatment — surgery , chemotherapy , and radiation therapy — researchers are working to find new and more effective ways of fighting cancer . Some cancers can't be prevented , but other types can be avoided by living a healthy lifestyle . Cancer

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  • Everyday Health Spotlight Scott Kennedy and John London Fighting for a Cancer Cure Cancer EverydayHe

    Updated: 2012-10-04 06:46:12
    : : Everyday Health Spotlight Scott Kennedy and John London : Fathers Fighting for Kids' Cancer Cures Scott Kennedy and John London both experienced the devastating effects of having a child with cancer firsthand and were inspired to create a non-profit organization , Solving Kids' Cancer , to prompt faster development of better treatments for pediatric . cancers By Everyday Health Editors Both Scott Kennedy and John London had children who were diagnosed with , and eventually died from , pediatric cancers . When Kennedy’s son passed away from neuroblastoma , he left his marketing job to co-found the nonprofit organization Solving Kids’ Cancer SKC with London , a hedge-fund manager , whose daughter died of a rare childhood cancer at age 4. Today , the two fathers are on a mission to grow

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