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Personalized Women's Healthcare of Plano Pioneers Breast Can...

Dr. Eric Jacoby of Personalized Women's Healthcare is one of the first physicians in the nation to make the BREVAGen(TM) predictive risk test available to his patients. Clinically validated, BREVAGen is the latest advance in assessing [...]

Posted On : May, 01 2012 | Comments : 0

Breast implant women to meet Health Secretary Sturgeon

At least 1,300 Scots have the French-made Poly Implant Prothese implants. A delegation of those women is expected to call on the Scottish government to hold a public inquiry into the scandal. Ms Sturgeon said the private firms who us [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Older Women at Highest Risk for Breast Cancer Death

Older women with breast cancer may be at greater risk than younger women of dying from the disease, regardless of the type of tumor they have or treatment they undergo, according to a study released Tuesday. video platformvideo manageme [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Women’s health advocates question FDA about missing safety d...

Consumer safety advocates are questioning the Food and Drug Administration about seemingly incomplete and erroneous data used to affirm the safety of silicone breast implants last year. The FDA concluded last summer that the silicone-g [...]

Posted On : Jan, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Women, the occasional drink, breast cancer and heart disease

In the last year alone, medical researchers have reported that women who drink moderately are more likely to get breast cancer but also live longer after a heart attack; are more likely to have stronger bones if they choose wine; have low [...]

Posted On : Nov, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Women's Health: Superfoods help prevent Breast cancer

As the daughter of a breast cancer survivor and a proud member of the board of directors of the Prevent Cancer Foundation, I want to share my top food picks for maximizing breast health: -- Beans/Lentils - This category of food is uniq [...]

Posted On : Nov, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Women’s Health fighting breast cancer one Bra-celet at a tim...

Women’s Health and Maidenform Lingerie have joined forces to produce South Africa’s first Bra-celet – a pink accessory that is set to become a symbol of solidarity in the fight against breast cancer. Women (and men) will [...]

Posted On : Sep, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Women with breast-cancer gene developing disease earlier: St...

Women with the gene that causes breast cancer are developing the disease almost eight years earlier than their mothers or aunts who also had the disease, a new study suggests. The findings, published Sept. 12 in CANCER, a peer-reviewed [...]

Posted On : Sep, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Estrogen Protects Some from Breast Cancer

Women who've had hysterectomies and take estrogen pills for menopause treatment may have a lower risk of breast cancer. A new analysis of data from the Women's Health Initiative showed a statistically significant lower breast can [...]

Posted On : Dec, 13 2010 | Comments : 0

Why won't women prevent breast cancer?

The cancer specialists who have been comparing the drugs raloxifene and tamoxifen rushed out updated findings to a meeting on Monday, showing that tamoxifen lowers the risk of breast cancer in high-risk women by 50 per cent, compared wit [...]

Posted On : Apr, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

It's OK to give birth after breast cancer

Women who survive breast cancer and have children afterward don’t appear to be at any higher risk of dying from cancer, a new study says. Doctors have long worried pregnancy might spark hormonal changes in breast cancer survi [...]

Posted On : Mar, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Aspirin can help women with breast cancer

A recent study claims that aspirin may prove beneficial during breast cancer. The findings resulted from an analysis of data collected during the US Nurses' Health Study in which 238,000 nurses were followed for more than 30 years. [...]

Posted On : Feb, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

Few high-risk women in U.S. take breast cancer drug

In 2005, government researchers found, about 51,500 U.S. women were using tamoxifen in order to lower their risk of breast cancer. For comparison, findings from a 2000 government health survey indicated that 10 million U.S. women were me [...]

Posted On : Feb, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Breast cancer screening benefits questioned

Despite assertions that screening saves 1,400 lives a year, there is no evidence the programme has cut deaths, the article in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine said. Controversy over the benefits of breast cancer screening [...]