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Dead Moms Everywhere -- That's What Postponing Mammograms Means

Jenny Block | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Susan G Komen, Mammography, Insurance, Breast Cancer, 3-Day, Mammograms, Breasts, Cancer, Mammogram Guidelines, Health, Living News
Jenny Block

My mother would be dead. There's nothing complicated about it. She would be dead if she had not gone in to have her routine mammogram at age 45.

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What Happens When The Anger Subsides? -- The New Breast Cancer Guidelines

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Breast Self-Examination, Breast Cancer, Health Communication, Medical Research, New-Task-Force-Guidelines-on-Breast-Cancer-Screening, Breast Cancer Awareness, Living News
Kathleen Reardon

Despite the additional explanations added and attempts at clarification of the new breast cancer guidelines, the women I meet with breast cancer and those who haven't had it are still angry.

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Doctors Answer Mammogram Concerns

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 11.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Memorial Sloan-Kettering, David Dershaw, NYU Langone Medical Center, Breast Cancer, CBS News, Mammograms, Freya Schnable, Cbs, Mammogram Guidelines, Living News
Dr. Jon LaPook

In light of the new breast cancer screening guidelines, I asked two experts on the front lines of patient care to join me in a live webcast to provide some perspective.

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Sebelius: Women should get mammograms by age 40

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 11.19.2009 | Living

Read More: American Cancer Society Mammograms, Mammograms Breast Cancer, Mammogram Age, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Breast Cancer, u.s. Preventive Services Task Force, Sebelius Mammograms, Kathleen Sebelius, Health and Human Services, Health, Living News

WASHINGTON — Women should continue getting regular mammograms starting at age 40, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wed...

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Hospital Gets Down In "Pink Glove Dance" For Breast Cancer Awareness

Posted 11.18.2009 | Impact

Read More: Breast Cancer, Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, Breast Cancer Awareness, Pink Glove Dance, Pink Glove Video, Providence Pink Glove Dance, Impact News

There are lots of ways people decide to promote awareness of breast cancer: by wearing little ribbon pins, buying sponsored pink products, doing a run...

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A Mammogram DIDN'T Save My Life

Lauren Cahn | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Self-Exam, Mammograms, Breast Cancer, Lauren Cahn, Mammogram Guidelines, Insurance Coverage, Health, Living News
Lauren Cahn

At 35, I had my first mammogram. It was clean as a whistle. At 36, I was diagnosed with three cancerous tumors in my right breast, two of which were larger than 2.5 centimeters.

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Cancer Wins The Powerball

Trish Kinney | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Mammograms, Breast Cancer, New Task Force Guidelines on Breast Cancer Screening, Powerball, Health, Living News
Trish Kinney

I was diagnosed with a malignant tumor in my right breast at age 42. Considering that the task force suggested that breast self-exam is worthless, I wonder, how are we supposed to achieve early detection?

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Beyond the Headlines and Under the Bra

Jennifer Manfrè | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Mammograms, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Prevention, Breast Cancer Treatment, Living News
Jennifer Manfrè

The new mammogram recommendation is what cost control looks like: It's not rationing, it's not socialized medicine, it's cost control. What are the real outcomes, and what are the real costs? Do the math.

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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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I'd Be Dead By Now -- The New Breast Cancer Guidelines

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Breast Cancer Research, Breast Self-Examination, Ymca, Research, Breast Cancer, Livestrong, Living News
Kathleen Reardon

I'd be dead by now if it weren't for breast self-examination. If breast self-exam gives you greater peace of mind, no set of guidelines should deter you from it.

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Mammogram Age Pushed Back To 50

AP | RONI CARYN RABIN | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, When Should You Get a Mammogram, Mammogram Age, At What Age Should I Get a Mammogram, Women's Health, Health, Mammograms, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Health Care, Breast Cancer Awareness, Mammogram Ages, Mammogram Guidelines, Living News

NEW YORK (AP)- Most women don't need a mammogram in their 40s and should get one every two years starting at 50, a government task force said Monday. ...

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Trista Joy Lathern, 24-year-old Texan, Accused Of Faking Breast Cancer For Implants

AP | Posted 11.13.2009 | Home

Read More: Breast Augmentation, Plastic Surgery, Faking Cancer, James Pack, Breast Cancer, Breast Implants, Trista Joy Lathern, McLennan County, Home News

WACO, Texas — Authorities say a Texas woman lied about having breast cancer and spent $10,000 raised at a benefit to have her breasts enlarged. ...

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Surviving Cancer: Today Is My Cancerversary

parenting.com | Erin Zammet Ruddy | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Leukemia, Inspiration, Health, Chemotherapy, Cancer Survivors, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Backetball, Wellness, Chemo, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Living News

I may never be cured, but eight years later, I am still here. And I am a wife, a mother, a pregnant lady and (pretty much) cancer free. I could never ...

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Cancer: Big C To Little c (VIDEO)

Toan Lam | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Gig, Cancer Cure, Toanlam, Lee Ann Kim, Breast Cancer, Cure, San Diego Asian Film Foundation, Cancer, Sdaff, Cancer Awareness, Goinspirego, Mammogram, George Lin, Health, Living News
Toan Lam

While it's not a fun topic to talk about and in many cases and cultures -- taboo -- talking about cancer could save your life or the life of someone you care about. I've experienced that the hard way.

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The Faces of Health Care Reform (Video)

Rep. Debbie Halvorson | Posted 11.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Affordable Health Care for America Act, Health Care Reform, Breast Cancer, Uninsured, Health Care, Pre-Existing-Condition, House Health Care Bill, Chicago News
Rep. Debbie Halvorson

I'm so grateful my constituents shared their personal stories with me. They are the face of the health care crisis. We put together a video of these stories to show why reform is so necessary.

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Protecting a Woman's Right to Choose

Rep. Diana DeGette | Posted 11.10.2009 | Denver

Read More: Capps Amendment, Abortion, Women's Rights, Public Option, Women's Health, Abortion Rights, Stupak Amendment, Hyde Amendment, Breast Cancer, Pro-Choice, House Health Care Bill, Denver News
Rep. Diana DeGette

Our message is clear: we will not support any final bill that restricts women's access to reproductive health services beyond current law.

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AIDS Is The No. 1 Cause Of Death, Disease For Women 15-44, Says WHO

AP | BRADLEY S. KLAPPER | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Women, Maternity, Girlhood, Aids Rates, Developing Countries, Pregnancy, Hiv, Sex Education, Teenagers, Girls, Education, West, Breast Cancer, Health, Sex, Africa, Women's Health, Aids, Safe Sex, Contraception, Cancer, Adults, Unsafe Sex, Health Care, Medicine, World News

GENEVA — In its first study of women's health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cau...

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Before We Pass Health Insurance Reform, We Must Do More to Limit Big Pharma's Monopoly on Biologics

Marcy Winograd | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pharmaceutical Industry, Hiv, Jane Harman, Breast Cancer, Biologics, Anna Eshoo, Health Insrance Reform, Big Pharma, Marcy Winograd, Aids, Jane Hamsher, Biolsimilars, Health Care, Politics News
Marcy Winograd

In Congress, I will work to support affordable prices on biologics, so that victims of cancer, HIV, diabetes, Parkinsons, rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis can afford the medicine they need to stay alive.

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Anna Eshoo's PhRMA Boondoggle: The Devil Is In Her Details

Jane Hamsher | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: PhRMA Lobby, Anna Eshoo, Breast Cancer, Henry Waxman, Jay Inslee, Biologics, Boondoggle, Politics News
Jane Hamsher

Thank you, Rep. Eshoo, for your commitment to having a bill that does not allow for "evergreening." Now the question becomes -- how are we going to get one?

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Setting the Record Straight on Our Health Care Legislation

Rep. Anna Eshoo | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Affordable Health Care for America Act, Anna Eshoo, Breast Cancer, Health Care, Ted Kennedy, Jane Hamsher, Breast Cancer Awareness, Politics News
Rep. Anna Eshoo

Jane Hamsher attributes nefarious motives to our health care reform effort and the resulting legislation. I fiercely disagree. It was carefully shaped to save lives and reduce costs.

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House Health Care Bill: A Death Sentence For My Fellow Breast Cancer Survivors

Jane Hamsher | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Anna Eshoo, Medical Students, Breast Cancer, Kay Hagan, Biologics, Nancy Pelosi, Avastin, Herceptin, Fda, Biologic Drugs, Health Care Reform, Politics News
Jane Hamsher

Pelosi made a choice about the lifesaving biologic drugs I took when I was in chemotherapy that will cost many fellow breast cancer survivors everything they own, and quite possibly their lives.

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Estrogen Does NOT Cause Breast Cancer: Debunking Common Myths About The Hormone

Rebecca Booth, MD | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Estrogen, Women's Health, Menopause, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Metabolism, Breast Cancer, Hormones, Bioidentical Hormones, Verbal Memory, Goddess, Health, Living News
Rebecca Booth, MD

While the attempt to objectify the effects of hormone replacement therapy is admirable, inappropriate interpretations have resulted in unprecedented fear of "all things estrogen."

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Relief Comes To Family's Medical Debt Only After Mother's Death

Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 10.27.2009 | Impact

Read More: Health Insurance, Debt, Medical Bills, Poverty, Breast Cancer, Chemotherapy, Healthcare, Impact News

"We didn't have enough money to cremate her," Bob Wessenberg of Coppell, Texas, recalls, after being faced with his wife's catastrophic illness and th...

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Protecting Pharmaceutical Profits: The Cost Is Human Lives

Jane Hamsher | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anna Eshoo, Dr. Anthony So, Breast Cancer, Crohn's Disease, Herceptin, Kay Hagan, Biologics, Amsa, Politics News
Jane Hamsher

The public option has received the lion's share of attention in the health care debate, but there's an equally important issue relating to generic drugs that could mean lifesaving drugs remain too expensive for all but the wealthy.

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