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Archive for the ‘Research’ Category

June 24th, 2008

Poorer Individuals Less Likely to Survive

US researchers have acknowledged that poorer women have a greater chance of dying from breast cancer than those who are financially better off.
A study was conducted with 14,000 breast, prostate and colorectal patients — and clearly indicated that socioeconomic status affects a person’s chances of survival. Here’s a quote from a Washington Post article on […]

By Karen Lynch -- 5 comments

June 2nd, 2008

Prince Charles Gets Involved with Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research

The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, or His Royal Highness The Prince Charles as he’s known in Scotland, is going to officially open a research unit on Thursday designed to improve and develop treatments for breast cancer.
Prince Charles will be given a guided tour of the newest facility for an organization called Breakthrough — the […]

By Karen Lynch -- 0 comments

June 1st, 2008

New study backs up HRT-breast cancer link

There’s serious karma going on with me and Australia right now. Yesterday I posted about the Autoglam bling.
Today, I learned about some research out of Cranberra that I have to share with you all today:
A study conducted at the Australian National University has found a fall in the incidence of breast cancer among women aged […]

By Karen Lynch -- 0 comments

May 31st, 2008

A Treatment Option for Premenopausal Women?

One of the problems a young woman with breast cancer faces is the fact that so many drugs are specifically indicated for post-menopausal women.
But today it was announced that zoledronic acid (or a drug called Zometa) which is used to treat bone metastases and recently approved to treat osteoporosis proved to significantly reduce the risk […]

By Karen Lynch -- 0 comments

May 23rd, 2008

Sheryl Crow testifies for specific use of research dollars

Here’s some news you need to ponder:
Sheryl Crow testified at a hearing Wednesday in support of a bill that would provide $40 million annually for five years for federal research into the environmental factors linked to breast cancer.
“We need to put more resources into figuring out what the environment has to do with breast cancer,” […]

By Karen Lynch -- 4 comments

May 21st, 2008

Three Steps Towards a Healthier “Quality of Life”

Back in 2006, the American Cancer Society issued three recommendations on healthy lifestyle behaviors:

Get at least 150 minutes of moderate-to-strenuous exercise, or an hour of strenuous physical activity, every week
eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables daily
quit smoking.

But research done in the U.S. and Australia has shown that many cancer survivors do not […]

By Karen Lynch -- 2 comments

May 14th, 2008

Exercise May Lower Breast Cancer Risk for Teenage Girls

Do we need another reason to get our children exercising early in their lifetimes? Seems that regular exercise in adolescence and young adulthood may help lower a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer before menopause.
“The women who were the most physically active were 23 percent less likely to develop premenopausal breast cancer than the women […]

By Karen Lynch -- 0 comments

May 14th, 2008

Breast Cancer Risk Lasts a Lifetime for Sisters

I read in a US News & World Report article today that women whose sisters were diagnosed with breast cancer face an increased risk of breast cancer throughout their lives regardless of their sister’s age at diagnosis.
I have two sisters, so I was particularly interested in this one. I did a quick look at the […]

By Karen Lynch -- 2 comments

May 14th, 2008

More on PTSD and breast cancer

As you might know if you read my post yesterday on PTSD and breast cancer, yesterday was theme day for b5media’s Health and Wellness channel — each of the bloggers on the channel wrote a post recognizing mental health month — here’s the round-up provided by Alicia at Mental Health Notes. I just wanted to […]

By Karen Lynch -- 2 comments

May 13th, 2008

Researchers Target Tumors With Tiny ‘Nanoworms’

Hard to believe this, but researchers are learning how to potentially target tumors with tiny, robotic ‘nanoworms’ that could administer a lethal dose of an anti-cancer drug without impacting other parts of the body.
Scientists at UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and MIT have developed these ‘nanoworms’ that cruise through the bloodstream and could act […]

By Karen Lynch -- 0 comments