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• in Technorati Women
  Online Survivor's Bra Petition Catches Victoria's Secret's Eye
  A mother and daughter's online petition for a 'Survivor's Bra' has caught the attention of bra-maker Victoria's Secret.
  by dopodomani / on Feb 2, 2013
• in Technorati Women
  Working Nights May Increase Risk of Breast Cancer
  Women who work night shifts seem to have a higher risk of developing breast cancer, according to a new study.
  by jenna3967 / on May 30, 2012
• in Technorati Women
  Early Breast Cancer Screening, Unnecessary and Risky
  Overdiagnosis is a serious problem for women performing early screening tests for breast cancer.
  by wellnesssultana / on Apr 5, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “breast cancer”

 

• Barbara Brenner, Breast Cancer Iconoclast, Dies at 61

  
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  Ms. Brenner, who led the group Breast Cancer Action for 15 years, took on the medical establishment and industrial companies as she crusaded for research into causes of the disease.        
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• Well: No Quick or Easy Choices

  
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  While a recent article by Angelina Jolie about her mastectomy and reconstruction raised awareness, it may have left the impression that the surgeries are quick and easy procedures, some doctors fear.        
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• No Easy Choices on Breast Reconstruction

  
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  While a recent article by Angelina Jolie about her mastectomy and reconstruction raised awareness, it may have left the impression that the surgeries are quick and easy procedures, some doctors fear.
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• Preventive screenings can save lives

  
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  As the chief medical officer of HealthFair, I am writing to express my disagreement with several statements featured in your May 14 article “ Hospitals, health-test firms promote screenings that many don’t need .” Read full article >>        
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• Tracy’s Fight Like A Girl Story (Breast Cancer)

  
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  Hello all, my name is Tracy. I wanted to share my story with you so you can see that, although it is not always easy to fight, we can fight back together. I was diagnosed first with diabetes at age 7. I have had diabetes for 32 years now. I went through those teenage years trying to be like everyone else and making ...
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• Angelina Jolie’s Decision and Beautiful Healthcare Marketing

  
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  So rarely is healthcare marketing a beautiful thing. The television commercials are boring, replete with mind-numbing lists of side effects. The social media efforts have as much resonance as teachers talking in a  Charlie Brown comic . And the detail aids ramble on for 20 pages teasing out the minor differences ...
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• Donice’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Breast Cancer)

  
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  One year ago this month (July 2012) I took the last of 27 chemo treatments. I was diagnosed in March of 2010 with 2 types of breast cancer, both were stage 3. I had a modified radical mastectomy, 27 chemo treatments and 30 radiation treatments. Cancer took part of my body, took my hair, took a year and a half of my ...
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• Angelina Jolie’s Mastectomy And Another Woman’s Perspective On Breast Cancer

  
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  (Photo Credit: Radio Times) I was a junior in college when my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. I am the oldest of four children, and my youngest siblings were just freshmen in high school. My main concern was for my mother, but my thoughts often drifted to worrying about my siblings. They were [...] The ...
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• Breast Cancer, Fear & Informed Choice(s)

  
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  As we were taking a look back at the first 5 years of this blog, maybe you heard a little something about a certain celebrity who had a “preventive” double mastectomy. How “brave” and “heroic” , folks said of Angelina Jolie’s going public about her decision, which others rushed to validate as ...
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• Angelina Jolie’s Double Mastectomy Highlights the Inequity In Breast Cancer Treatment For Blacks, Poor

  
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  First, let me say this: I think that Angelina Jolie’s decision to have a preventative double mastectomy to address her exceptionally high risk of breast cancer and buy more time to be a mother to her children was brave. So, too, was her sharing that decision publicly, and using it to frame a much-needed discussion ...
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• Angelina Jolie, BRCA1, Public Health, Patent Law — & the Empowered Patient--David Harlow

  
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  Going public recently with her story of a prophylactic double mastectomy after testing positive for BRCA1 (a gene linked to breast cancer) via an op-ed piece in the New York Times , Angelina Jolie is clearly trying to get the message out that radical choices must sometimes be made in order to increase one’s chances ...
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• The Mammography Debate: To Screen or Not to Screen?

  
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  In a much-tweeted cover story for the New York Times Magazine, Peggy Orenstein recently wrote that she once believed a mammogram saved her life. Sixteen years later, after dealing with breast cancer round two, she says she now wonders whether that first mammogram mattered at all. “Would the outcome have ...
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• Angelina Jolie Had Both Breasts Removed to Prevent Cancer

  
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  Angelina Jolie Had Both Breasts Removed to Prevent Cancer Angelina Jolie has had both of her breasts removed as a proactive measure to prevent breast cancer. The 37-year-old actress made the announcement in an op-ed piece she wrote exclusively for today’s New York Times. The Oscar-winning actress, who is ...
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• Follow Angelina Jolie To Reduce Breast Cancer Risk Due to Genetic Mutation

  
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  Paris – Women who are at high risk of breast cancer due to known genetic mutations, can reduce the risk of the disease by mastectomy or breast removal surgery, as practiced by artists Angelina Jolie. Some experts say cancer is about 0.2 per cent of women in the world have the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes. [...] Follow ...
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• Five Questions with Author of The Invisible Girls

  
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  Sarah Thebarge  is the author of  The Invisible Girls ,  a new memoir from  Jericho Books . I was fortunate to get a few minutes to ask her a few questions about her touching, funny, compelling new piece of work. Q:  Your book is about Somali Refugees and also about your survival of breast cancer.  How do ...
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• Just one in 10 breast cancer cases are hereditary means a lot of women need to know

  
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  While the media has focused a lot of attention on Angelina Jolies decision to have a preventive double mastectomy , her genetic cancer risk has received much less notice. In fact, many medical experts commenting on her announcement have gone out of their way to reassure women that her situation is relatively rare. ...
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• Amazon has a strange idea of what constitutes “erotica”

  
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  In last week’s Texas blog roundup , we saluted Amy Valentine for successfully turning her blog about surviving breast cancer into a book about surviving breast cancer. Amy is a friend of mine from my class at Trinity University , and I’ve been following her blog since its inception, partly because I’ve cared ...
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• Watercress Soup with Poached Quail Eggs

  
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  Recent medical research has found that watercress can substantially reduce the rate of breast cancer cell development. Breast Cancer Awareness Recipe Ingredients  200ml of vegetable oil  600g peeled, raw, chopped potato  300g chopped shallots  240g chopped leeks  2 cloves of garlic  375g watercress ...
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• 6 Things To Do when Convicted of Breast Cancer

  
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  Get the verdict of cancer is very heavy for the living. Especially in women affected by breast cancer, this verdict seemed to make the world end. In fact, breast cancer is still likely to be ... 6 Things To Do when Convicted of Breast Cancer is a post from: Articles of Health Care | Wellness | Fitness | Issues | ...
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• Angelina Jolie, radical strategies for cancer prevention, and genetics denialism

  
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  I had been debating whether to blog about Angelina Jolie’s announcement last week in a New York Times editorial entitled My Medical Choice that she had undergone bilateral prophylactic mastectomy because she had been discovered to have a mutation in the BRCA1 gene that is associated with a very high risk of ...
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