Recent Posts Tagged With 'breast cancer'

• The mammogram debate: the two sides

  Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 10:15 in Cancer, breast cancer, featured, age, guidelines, screening, mammogram

  Mammogram guidelines questioned Mammogram, the gold standard for breast cancer, is currently questioned just like what happened to prostate-specific antigen (PSA) s for prostate cancer. This was brought about by inconclusive research evidence that s...

• To remove or not to remove a healthy breast

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 08:41 in Cancer, breast cancer, preventive measure, prophylactic mastectomy, noncancerous breast

  To remove or not to remove a healthy breast. That is a very difficult decision many women have to face when diagnosed with breast cancer. Why remove a healthy breast? The procedure is called prophylactic mastectomy, which is the removal of a noncanc...

• Something’s in your coffee that’s linked to cancer

  Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 15:08 in Cancer, breast cancer, coffee, colon cancer, estradiol, trig, trigonelline, estrogenic, estrogen-dependent cancer

  There’s something in your coffee aside from caffeine that may be very important for your health. Introducing trigonelline or “trig” for short identified by scientists at Texas AgriLife Research. So what is so special about trig? Well, for ...

• Cancer in the headlines, October 16

  Posted on Friday October 16th, 2009 at 08:41 in news, Cancer, breast cancer, october, breast cancer awareness, news update

  October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and we take this opportunity to bring you breast cancer news updates. Medications to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) presents in this radiocast the pros ...

• Pink October 2009

  Posted on Tuesday October 6th, 2009 at 07:27 in Cancer, breast cancer, featured, october, breast cancer awareness month, pink october

  It’s Pink October again, dubbed as such because October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  According to the international union against cancer (UICC), Pink October originated in 1998 in northern California’s Yuba-Sutter community. Eleven yea...

• Breast cancer risk: animal food is not that bad

  Posted on Monday August 31st, 2009 at 08:59 in diet, Cancer, breast cancer, nutrition, meat, animal food, moderation

  Animal food stuffs such as meat, poultry and dairy products have been incriminated as the bad guys behind many chronic diseases, especially cardiovascular disorders and cancer. Consumption of red meat has been associated to poor heart health. Consump...