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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

Anti-cholesterol statins don't reduce skin cancer: Study

Despite earlier indications that people taking cholesterol-lowering statins might have a reduced risk of developing melanoma, a study of thousands of women found that the popular drugs do nothing to prevent the deadly skin cancer. Evid [...]

Posted On : Apr, 23 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 Who Drink Coffee Lower Their Risk of Endometrial Cance...

Women who appreciate their morning cup of java have yet another reason to continue indulging. Harvard researchers have discovered that coffee consumption can cut the risk for developing endometrial cancer by as much as 25 percent. The det [...]

Posted On : Nov, 29 2011 | 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

Women can help prevent cancer

January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, and women may want to learn more about proper health practices to prevent the disease from creeping up on them as it has done to hundreds of other local women. Cervical cancer occurs when [...]

Posted On : Jan, 06 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

Lung cancer and women - heartache and hope

Lung cancer has been the leading cause of cancer death among women since 1987, claiming the lives of 70,490 women in 2009. But it's still called the "hidden women's cancer," because other cancers that are common among w [...]

Posted On : Apr, 27 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. [...]