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Massage Envy Employee Raises Breast Cancer Awareness
With two survivors of breast cancer in her family, Copperfield Massage Envy’s Clinic Administrator Stacy Jones is all too familiar with the disease.
So the fact that her employer is giving free massages to benefit a cure on Sept 15 is more than just a labor of love.
After Jones’ mother, Mary Moran of West Virginia, underwent […]
High-risk Women Act Fast on Breast Cancer
Christina Applegate’s choice to undergo a double mastectomy puts her in the company of a growing number of women taking aggressive steps to avoid dying of breast cancer.
Studies show more patients are choosing mastectomies, even though women are just as likely to survive if they have smaller, breast-conserving surgeries.
Osteo Drug Stops Bone Loss From Breast Cancer Chemo
The osteoporosis drug Zometa (zoledronic acid) prevented bone loss at 12 months in premenopausal women undergoing chemotherapy after they had surgery for early stage breast cancer, a new study found.
The multicenter, phase III study is the first to evaluate the use of zoledronic acid in premenopausal breast cancer patients. The 101 women (85 completed the […]
Cancer Survival Rates Increase
Australians are far more likely to survive cancer in the short-term than they were two decades ago, according to new figures which celebrate the success of improved detection and treatments.
But while there were vast improvements in major cancers like breast and prostate, there was no change in survival for notoriously hard to treat cancers of […]
Low Vitamin D Levels Pose Large Threat To Health; Overall 26 Percent Increased Risk Of Death
Researchers at Johns Hopkins are reporting what is believed to be the most conclusive evidence to date that inadequate levels of vitamin D, obtained from milk, fortified cereals and exposure to sunlight, lead to substantially increased risk of death.
In a study set to appear in the Archives of Internal Medicine online Aug. 11, the Johns […]
County Supervisor Pedrozo Says He Has Prostate Cancer
Supervisor John Pedrozo has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, he announced Wednesday. Pedrozo, who turns 51 today, learned he had early-stage prostate cancer in June.
Pedrozo, who represents District 1, said the cancer hasn’t spread and he expects to recover fully. He has no plans to step down or take a leave of absence from his […]
African-American women tested earlier for breast cancer
In Queens and throughout the country, African-American women, who are more likely to die of breast cancer than white women, are being diagnosed with the disease early on, a trend that has reduced the number of diagnoses at the most advanced stage, according to a newly-released study.
The results could be due to growing outreach in […]
Could a Blood Transfusion be a Cure for Cancer ?
Could common white blood cells fight some of the most aggressive cancers? Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center plan a human trial to find out.
They will take white blood cells called granulocytes from people whose granulocytes have shown a strong ability to fight cancer and transfuse those cells into cancer patients.
Such transfusions have […]
Breast Cancer Vaccine Test at Wake Forest University Hospital
Center are testing a new breast cancer vaccine.
The trials are being held at the hospital at Wake Forest University.
Carolann Adcock said she’s always been adamant about getting her yearly checkups.
“On my 60th birthday, I did what I do every year on my birthday: some regular preventative care,” she said. “I got my teeth cleaned, and […]