Recent Posts Tagged With 'breast cancer'

• Spiritual Outlook Can Affect Mental Health in Breast Cancer

  Posted on Saturday July 18th, 2009 at 01:37 in breast cancer, mental health, breast issues

  Among breast cancer patients, a positive religious attitude is not linked to measures of well-being, but a negative religious or spiritual outlook can lead to worse emotional and mental health, a recent study suggests. Read more...

• Osteoporosis Drug Seems to Shrink Breast Tumors

  Posted on Saturday December 13th, 2008 at 04:28 in breast cancer, drugs

  (HealthDay News) -- Researchers continue to test the mettle of breakthrough breast cancer cancer drugs, three decades after tamoxifen changed the medical landscape by drastically reducing the risk of recurrences in women with estrogen receptor-positi...

• Good News: My Migraines May Be Good for My Breasts

  Posted on Thursday November 13th, 2008 at 01:32 in breast cancer, migraine

  By Anne KruegerIstockphotoUnbelievably, recent research reveals that women who get migraines (even just once in their lives) may be less likely to get some kinds of breast cancer. This is huge, and such an unexpected gift—kind of like finding out t...

• A Welcome Message from Survivor PJ Hamel

  Posted on Thursday October 16th, 2008 at 02:13 in breast cancer

  PJ Hamel, an Expert Patient and breast cancer survivor, extends a warm welcome to the MyBreastCancerNetwork.com community. ...

• Younger Breast Cancer Survivors Risk Disease in Other Breast

  Posted on Thursday October 16th, 2008 at 01:59 in breast cancer, radiation therapy

  (HealthDay News) -- Young women receiving radiation after having surgery for breast cancer are at increased risk of developing a new tumor in the opposite -- or contralateral -- breast, a new Dutch study suggests.And the risk jumps even higher if the...

• New Screening Catches More Breast Cancers

  Posted on Friday September 5th, 2008 at 01:49 in breast cancer

  (HealthDay News) -- While tremendous progress in screening and treatment for breast cancer has been made in recent years, some 184,000 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in the United States in 2008, and about 41,000 women will die of the d...

• Don’t Tell Me to Stop Squeezing My Boobs!

  Posted on Thursday July 24th, 2008 at 02:32 in breast cancer, check, bses, breast self-exams

  By Anne KruegerNo doubt you’ve seen the headline: Breast self-exams (BSEs) to check for breast cancer don’t work.I was pretty annoyed to find out that not only was the occasional halfhearted boob mauling that I did a waste of medical and diagnost...