Boston Red Sox Is Pink On Mother’s Day
Sunday, May 13th, 2007For the second year in a row, the Red Sox are sporting pink bats for their Mother’s Day game in support of breast cancer awareness. And the Red Sox beat the Orioles today 6-5. Go Red Sox!
Archive for May, 2007
Combination HRT linked to lower-risk breast cancers (Reuters)
Friday, May 11th, 2007Reuters - The types of breast tumors that occur after combination hormone replacement therapy in women going through menopause and in post-menopausal women tend to have a better prognosis than those that occur after estrogen-only replacement therapy, Swedish researchers report.
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Men less likely to survive early breast cancer (Reuters)
Friday, May 11th, 2007Reuters - While breast cancer is far more common in women than in men, men may be more likely to die from early-stage breast tumors, a new study suggests.
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Breast Cancer Rates Dropped Even Before Hormone Results (American Cancer Society)
Friday, May 11th, 2007American Cancer Society - Summary: New research by American Cancer Societyscientists supports a recent report that links a drop in breast cancer rates between 2002 and 2003to a simultaneous decline in the use of hormone therapy. But the new workalso shows that breast cancer rates were going down even before 2002 — atthe same time that mammogram use was leveling off. That suggests mammogramuse was also a factor in the breast cancer decline.
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U.S. Cancer Group Launches Major Study (HealthDay)
Thursday, May 3rd, 2007HealthDay - SUNDAY, April 29 (HealthDay News) — The American Cancer Societythis week launched a major new cancer research effort that aims to enroll500,000 people.
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Study Outlines Fat Hormone's Role in Breast Cancer (HealthDay)
Thursday, May 3rd, 2007HealthDay - MONDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) — Italian researchers are sheddinglight on how leptin, a hormone found in fat cells, may play a major rolein the development and progression of breast cancer.
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Diabetes drugs may lower risk of lung cancer (Reuters)
Thursday, May 3rd, 2007Reuters - The use of diabetes drugs called thiazolidinediones, such as rosiglitazone (Avandia) and pioglitazone (Actos), may reduce the risk of lung cancer, according to a report in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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Herceptin gets European OK for breast cancer (Reuters)
Thursday, May 3rd, 2007Reuters - Herceptin has been approved in Europe for the treatment of advanced breast cancer in combination with hormonal therapy, Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG announced Thursday.
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Surgery ends tot’s laughing seizures (AP)
Thursday, May 3rd, 2007AP - Doctors probed deep into the center of a 3-year-old girl’s brain to save her from her own laughter.
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New study sees no heightened cancer risk for power workers (AFP)
Thursday, May 3rd, 2007
AFP - Low-frequency electromagnetic fields do not pose a cancer hazard to electricity workers, according to a wide-scale study that will be published on Tuesday.
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