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By Debbie Pfeiffer Trunnell As the nation marks the annual National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, the American Cancer Society is encouraging women to fight the disease by taking charge of their personal health and supporting efforts against the disease. With an estimated 182,460 new cases of invasive breast cancer expected to occur among women in the U.S. in 2008, and about 40,480 deaths expected, the organization is reminding women 40 and older about the importance of getting...
By Debbie Pfeiffer Trunnell As the nation marks the annual National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, the American Cancer Society is encouraging women to fight the disease by taking charge of their personal health and supporting efforts against the disease. With an estimated 182,460 new cases of invasive breast cancer expected to occur among women in the U.S. in 2008, and about 40,480 deaths expected, the organization is reminding women 40 and older about the importance of getting...
PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Snapfish by HP, the No. 1 online photo service, today announced its support for breast cancer awareness with the launch of the 2008 "Pink Gives" campaign. In tribute to Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, Snapfish will feature exclusive Pink Gives products, including notepads, notebooks and customizable photo calendars at http://www.snapfish.com/pinkgives. Snapfish will donate 30 percent of all proceeds from the sale of "Pink...
A new survey conducted by Breakthrough Breast Cancer, Britain's leading breast cancer charity, has found that only 35% of women regularly check their breasts for signs of cancer, and 23% never or seldom do. The survey included 2,005 women between the ages of 18 and 64, and found that nearly 4 in 10 (37%) who reported not regularly examining their breasts did not know how to perform the checks or what signs or to look for. Breast cancer is Britain's most common form of cancer, with...
Four-time Grammy winner Olivia Newton-John announces today a partnership with Curves, the world's largest fitness franchise for women to launch an international campaign to distribute 1 million units of the Liv(R) Aid, a breast self-exam aid that assists women to exercise breast self-exams correctly. The initiative's goal is to empower and encourage women to take control of their bodies and breast health by launching a "first-of-its-kind" campaign beginning in October 2008, as part of "Breast...
The HALO(TM) Pap Test for the Breast -- which helps assess a woman's risk of developing breast cancer -- will be featured next week on Rachael Ray, the daytime talk show. The segment will air Sept. 2 and will include Lisa Masterson, M.D., an ob/gyn in Santa Monica, Calif. The HALO segment on Rachael Ray will also promote The Doctors, a new medical daytime talk show premiering in syndication Sept. 8. "We are pleased to have Dr. Masterson introduce HALO on national TV. It provides a great...
MANY of us are very good at maintaining important areas of our lives, such as keeping our homes, insurance and cars up-to-date. Yet there is one area where many of us fail miserably - looking after our general health. There are a number of different tests and checks advised for certain ages, but every woman's aim should be to be aware of their own body so that any changes are noticed very quickly. CHOLESTEROL TEST From mid 40s onwards. WHY? Cholesterol is a fatty substance present in...
MINNEAPOLIS _ For decades, doctors and advocacy groups have urged women to examine their breasts every month for unusual lumps. Now many of those same experts have a different message: Never mind. Earlier this month, Danish researchers published the latest report to cast doubt on the value of monthly exams. In studies of nearly 400,000 women, they found that even diligent self-examinations don't save lives. In fact, they may do more harm than good, by triggering a lot of unnecessary...
BROOK, Ill. -- The simple application of a pain-relieving gel may reduce the breast discomfort some women experience during mammography exams, according to the results of a clinical trial published online in Radiology. "We now have something that we know reduces discomfort with screening mammography in women who expect higher discomfort -- lidocaine gel," said the trial's principal investigator, Colleen Lambertz, a nurse practitioner at St. Luke's Mountain States Tumor Institute in Boise,...
By Barbara Greenberg, Commercial-News, Danville, Ill. Jul. 23--DANVILLE -- Recent advice to discontinue breast self-exams seemed like heresy to women who've been performing them for years. These women believed that this simple, non-invasive and free procedure was a valid way to detect breast cancer in its early stages. The American Cancer Society advocated in the past for breast self-exams. But a July report from the Cochrane Collaboration, a prestigious international group that...
