American Cancer Society

Reckless Indifference Of The American Cancer Society To Cancer Prevention

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 12.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Cancer Prevention Coalition, Medical Funding, Charles Grassley, Cancer Prevention, American Cancer Society, Acs, Health, Living News
Samuel S. Epstein

Early this month, top Republican Senator Charles E. Grassley sent letters to the American Cancer Society (ACS), besides the American Medical Associati...

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Poor Women Turned Away From Free Cancer Screenings

AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 12.12.2009 | Impact

Read More: Free Cancer Screenings, Cancer Action Network, Mammograms, Breast Cancer, American Cancer Society, Erin LaBarge, Free Mammorgrams, Free Mammogram, Impact News

ALBANY, N.Y. — As the economy falters and more people go without health insurance, low-income women in at least 20 states are being turned away ...

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How "Nana, What's Cancer?" Was Born

Beverlye Hyman Fead | Posted 11.21.2009 | Books

Read More: Authors, Living With Cancer, Nana What's Cancer, American Cancer Society, Writing, Books, I Can Do This, Cancer, Grandparents, Families, Books News
Beverlye Hyman Fead

My granddaughter who was eight kept my book by her bedside and was fascinated with everything concerning it. One day she told her mother she wanted to do a book report on "I Can Do This."

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Take Two Studies And Call Them In The Morning

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Annals of Internal Medicine, American Cancer Society, Cancer Screening, Breast Cancer, Breast Exams, Diagnostic Tests, Mammograms, Health Guidelines, Health and Human Services, Medicine, Health Care, Preventive Services Task Force, Health, Living News
Rick Horowitz

If you've been eating plenty of this and that because we kept proclaiming that this and that are good for you, you might want to scale back a bit.

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Women Should Not Examine Their Breasts For Lumps

Stanton Peele | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Breast Self-Examination, American Cancer Society, Women's Health, Childhood Vaccinations, Addiction, Legalizing Drugs, Breast Cancer, Disease of Addiction, United-States-Preventive-Services-Task, Living News
Stanton Peele

All of this reverses years of well-intended advice and public health information, proving once again that health information and advice is a matter of competing social and political forces.

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Rethink Pink NOW! Sane Solutions To Breast Cancer

Helen Cordes | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Mammograms, Breast Cancer, Pink Ribbons, Breast Cancer Prevention, American Cancer Society, Pinkwashing, Health, Living News
Helen Cordes

Yesterday, the American Cancer Society admitted that many women are diagnosed and treated for breast cancer needlessly--that the "cancer" they have wouldn't spread or even be noticed without mammograms.

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Breast Cancer, Integrative Medicine, and Vitamin D

Dr. Soram Khalsa | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Breast Cancer, American Cancer Society, Breast Cancer Treatment, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Health, Breast Cancer Awareness, Living News
Dr. Soram Khalsa

The data supporting vitamin D is so strong and every year getting stronger. Why don't we take action now? How many more women need to get breast cancer or die from it before we make a move?

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The Women We Know

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Consciousness, Oprah Winfrey, Breast Cancer, American Cancer Society, Happiness, Women and Happiness, Breast Cancer Awareness, Online Community, Morebirthdays, Living News
Morra Aarons-Mele

Something positive is happening among American women, and it's largely happening online in "micro communities," and then in large gatherings. Micro communities of powerful women are working together.

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Disease-Driven Earnings: Is It Time for a New Prescription for "Generation Rx"?

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Laura Bush, Money-Driven-Medicine, American Cancer Society, World Health Organization, Economics, Swine Flu, New York Times, Barack Obama, Business News
Robyn O'Brien

In our country, sickness sells. With money-driven medicine, there is little incentive to prevent illness.

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My Healthier Take on Birthday Cake

Alexandra Mudry | Posted 08.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Alexandra Mudry, Culinary Institute of America, American Cancer Society, Cake, Health, Living News
Alexandra Mudry

I am honored to have the privilege of introducing the official birthday cake of the American Cancer Society today.

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More Birthdays: A Reason to Celebrate!

Lissa Coffey | Posted 07.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Cancer, Lifestyle, Celebration, Cancer Prevention, Parties, Birthday, Health, American Cancer Society, Living News
Lissa Coffey

Recent survey results released by the American Cancer Society reinforce, once again, the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, and the findings are definitely cause for celebration.

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Summer Is Here! How You Can Avoid the Sun, But Still Have Fun

Yuna Shin | Posted 07.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Sunscreen, Sunburn, Sun Safety, Melanoma, American Cancer Society, Skin Cancer Foundation, Skin Cancer, Summer Fun, Swimming, Palm Beach, Sun Safety Guidelines, Living News
Yuna Shin

My dislike of the sun is actually the result of a combination of both the Korean cultural upbringing and the photosensitivity I suffered as a child.

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Today is my Birthday: Here's to Many More

Joe Trippi | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Cancer, Birthday, American Cancer Society, Joe Trippi American Cancer Society, Living News
Joe Trippi

Rather than groaning about aging another year, I've decided to do something meaningful to mark this birthday -- I'm declaring the American Cancer Society the official sponsor of my birthday.

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Lobbyists Are Good People, Too

Lanny Davis | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Freddie Mac, Good Lobbyists, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Transparent Lobbyists, Financial Crisis, Girl Scouts of America, Fannie Mae, American Cancer Society, Business News
Lanny Davis

Without lobbyists, government could not function efficiently and perhaps not at all, going all the way back to George Washington.

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