Cancer Group Backs Down on Cutting Off Planned Parenthood
By PAM BELLUCK
Published: February 3, 2012
The nation’s pre-eminent breast cancer advocacy group, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation, apologized on Friday for its decision to cut most of its financing to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screening and said it would again make Planned Parenthood [...]

Medical News Today–January 12, 2012–An investigation published online inCANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society has discovered that many parents share their breast cancer test results with their children, even if they are very young. Furthermore, the researchers discovered that the majority of parents believe that their children are not distressed when they find [...]

A breast cancer survivor’s breast implant was swallowed up by her own body during a Pilates session, resulting in surgical intervention to retrieve it and place it back into the breast, according to an article by doctors at Johns Hopkins’ University and published in NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine). The 59-year-old female had undergone [...]

December 1, 2011
Sound Healing
Good Vibrations
When the vibrations of our physical and spiritual bodies are out of harmony it can cause disease.
Everything in the universe is in a constant state of vibration, including our bodies. Sound is vibration that can be translated by the delicate structures of our inner ear, but it moves more than just [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new study suggests some women needing a lumpectomy or mastectomy to treat their breast cancer have another potential option that is safe and effective, say researchers at Georgetown. They say the procedure known as a nipple sparing mastectomy is also a viable surgical option for women who choose to have their [...]

SEATTLE, WASH. – October 25, 2011 – Medify, a leading provider of data-driven consumer health solutions, today announced their rankings for the top breast cancer research centers in the United States  based on a series of criteria including number of patients treated and number of studies conducted.  Together, the institutions below represent more than 5 [...]

A cutting-edge breast reconstruction surgery that uses tissue from a woman’s own abdomen to build a new breast after a mastectomy could have a previously unrealized damaging side effect: muscle weakness.
The findings come from a new Canadian study published online Monday in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.
“Regardless of whether a patient [...]

October 15, 2011
Honoring Life Changes
The Wisdom of Fear
Anything really worth doing in our lives will always have some fear attached to it.
Anything worth doing will always have some fear attached to it. For example, having a baby, getting married, changing careers—all of these life changes can bring up deep fears. It helps to remember that [...]

October 6, 2011–Tampa, Fla.– HARD ROCK GETS INTO BED FOR THE CAUSE™ Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Launches “PINKTOBER™,” 12th Annual Breast Cancer Research & Awareness Campaign    Exclusive “Pink Sheets” Hotel Rooms, Sales from Limited-Edition Collectible Hard Rock Items Will Be Donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation; Resort Recognizes Breast Cancer Survivors [...]

Researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a specific molecule that alters how breast cancer cells move. This affects the cells’ ability to spread or metastasize to distant parts of the body, the hallmark of deadly, aggressive cancer.
By looking at cells in the lab, in mice and in human tissue, as [...]