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A Battle Close To Home: Thirty Eight Years After Nixon's Declaration Of War

Diane Balma | Posted 12.14.2009 | Living

Read More: War on Cancer, Herceptin, Nixon War on Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Gleevec, Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Health Care, Living News
Diane Balma

Scientists know more than ever before about the mechanisms of cancer and how to stop its spread. Yet the new numbers we're seeing are victories in skirmishes, not battles.

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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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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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What Yoga Can Do For Breast Cancer Survivors

Lauren Cahn | Posted 10.08.2009 | Living

Read More: The Inner Life, Yoga, Living News, Herceptin, Lauren Cahn, Health, Chemotherapy, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Fitness, Yoga Chickie, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Yoga for Breast Cancer Survivors, Radiation, Happiness, Living News
Lauren Cahn

Yoga cannot guarantee breast cancer survival. But what I learned, and what I believe my students learned is that yoga can reacquaint and reconnect you with your body.

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Newsflash: Breast Cancer Sucks, and You Can Die From It

Lauren Cahn | Posted 10.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Her2neu Support, Young Survival Coaltion, Brca Gene, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, iVillage Breast Cancer Support Board, Chemo, Christina Applegate, Brca, Cancer Vixen, Breast Cancer, Herceptin, Health, Mastectomy, Chemotherapy, Brca2, Brca1, Genentech, Living News
Lauren Cahn

Maybe a reality check isn't something you want when you're being bombarded with "Breast Cancer Awareness" messages. After all, that would be kind of scary.

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Advice For Christina Applegate: Fight the Good Fight, then Take Savasana

Lauren Cahn | Posted 09.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Yoga, Breast Cancer, Chemotherapy, Hot Yoga, Chemo, Radiation, Happiness, Christina Applegate, Vinyasa, Herceptin, Living News
Lauren Cahn

In my own experience as a 36 year-old breast cancer patient and now six-year survivor, yoga was the means by which I began the process of re-connecting with my body.

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