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Teresa Heinz, Wife Of John Kerry, Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

Teresa Heinz, the 71-year-old wife of Senator and 2004 Democratic Presidential nominee John Kerry, has announced she was diagnosed with breast cancer in late September and is undergoing treatment for it. In...

Defective DNA Repair Function Behind Some Breast Cancers

Researchers at  the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have released information which sheds new light on the processes behind the formation of breast cancers.  The genetic makeup of cancers were studied and found to have widely varying patterns.  This seems to...

Suzie Grogan's Lavish Spending Spree, Didn't Have Breast Cancer

Suzie Grogan was diagnosed with breast cancer in August 2006 and went through so many cancer treatments, from chemotherapy to radiation, that she decided she didn't want to spend what little she had left of her life not enjoying herself to the maximum.So she spent her 50,000...

Breast Cancer Research Leads to New Hope

Breast cancer research done at the Institute of Cancer Institute working with mouse models have pinpointed an enzyme that made be manipulated to give new hope in the prevention or slowing of the disease.The action of enzyme lysl oxidase(LOX) was blocked by the researchers...

Peter Criss From KISS Speaks About Men's Breast Cancer Awareness

Peter Criss, the ex-drummer frm KISS was diagnosed with male breast cancer in 2007; he is now cancer free, but is using what happened to him as an example of what all men should be aware of, and that men should...

Breakthrough In Breast Cancer Research

A major breakthrough in breast cancer research was made today based on DNA sequencing. The 3 billion letters in the DNA sequence of a metastatic lobular breast cancer tumor have all been decoded by scientists at...

Breast Cancer Foundation Receives Donation From Caribou Coffee

The National Breast Cancer Foundation received a check for $28,000.00 today presented by The Caribou Coffee Company. $14,051.00 was raised by Caribou which Coca-Cola matched. An anonymous donor also contributed...

NFL Pink For Breast Cancer Awareness: NFL's Pink Shoes & Gloves

Pink is a color not normally associated with the NFL, but Week 4 of the NFL will see a wave of pink to honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month. All 30 NFL teams will be hosting several pregame and in-stadium initiatives to raise awareness about breast cancer. Many NFL players...

More Women Opting For Double Breast Removal

According to a ten year study, with the results published in the journal Cancer, there is a trend for more women opting for double mastectomies when faced with cancer in one breast. "There is no evidence that having a preventive mastectomy improves survival, according to lead...

“Share Your Heart” in the Fight Against Breast Cancer

Entertainment Industry Foundation announced today the launch of a heart-wrenching video to raise awareness of Lee National Denim Day, one of the largest single-day fundraisers benefiting the Women’s Cancer...

Maura Tierney Cancer Treatment Forces Star Out of 'Parenthood'

Maura Tierney is under going cancer treatments which has forced her to withdraw from NBC's new drama "Parenthood." Tierney is receiving treatment for breast cancer. Former NewsRadio and ER actress, who is suffering from breast cancer, had been lined up to play a central...

Jim Cramer & Wall Street Try To Bury Cutting-Edge Treatment

I am very angry again today. It makes me SICK SICK SICK every time I think about the men who could have been on Provenge for over two years, yet still can't get it. I have friends who are literally dying for...

National Pink Day, Not to be Confused With Pink T-shirt Day

June 23, 2009 is many things... two days after the longest day of the year (aka the summer solstice), two days after Father's Day in North America... it is also National Pink Day.  Not to be confused with the anti-bullying initiative Pink T-shirt Day, which was marked on...

Canadian Scientists Boost Cancer Immune Response

Scientists at the Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research in Toronto have combined a naturally occuring component of the immune system with a viral vaccine.  The result boosted the body's immunity...

Breast Cancer Care's Ribbon Walk - Walkers needed!

The charity Breast Cancer Care is looking for more walkers for its Ribbon Walk which takes place during May and June. There are four walks this year: Blenheim Palace and Cotswold Ribbon Walk - May 30 Scone...

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