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Nice Breast Cancer Bracelet

Tim Haslam — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:00:08 +0000

Check out this really nice bracelet. It is very well done

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Research links over 100000 cancer cases yearly to obesity

Tim Haslam — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:00:07 +0000

“According to new research from the American Institute for Cancer Research, several types of cancer are linked to obesity. Weight management plays an important role in cancer prevention, yet public awareness of the link between obesity and cancer is low. Estimates show that that more than 100,000 cancer diagnoses each year are linked to obesity.”

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Breast Cancer May Change When It Spreads: Study

Tim Haslam — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:00:12 +0000

“About 40 percent of breast tumors change when they spread, which means that many patients with metastatic breast cancer may require treatment alterations, say Scottish researchers.

They examined 211 breast tumors that had traveled to the lymph nodes in the armpit. This is the location breast cancer usually spreads to first, BBC News reported. The researchers were surprised to find that the breast cancer had changed in so many patients and in so many ways.”

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Constantly search for a cure

Tim Haslam — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:00:12 +0000

Saw this article out of Wisconsin -

“Cancer Cure? UW Research Working on Breast Cancer Vaccine

Hundreds of thousands of women live in fear that someday, breast cancer will come back. Now, some doctors are developing a vaccine for breast cancer which would make those fears a thing of the past.”

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Vitamin-D lacking in Breast Cancer patients

Tim Haslam — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:00:11 +0000

Very interesting article on lookingfit.com

“Researchers from the University of Rochester revealed this week that many women with breast cancer have also tested low for levels of vitamin D. Of the 166 women studied, 70 percent were vitamin D-deficient when blood test results came back. Women who were in the late stages of the disease had the lowest levels of all.”

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Save your Yoplait lids!

Tim Haslam — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:00:27 +0000

This article came through the reader recently -

“Two Southern Illinois University Carbondale facilities are joining to raise funds to fight breast cancer. They’re collecting pink Yoplait yogurt lids in conjunction with Yoplait’s Save Lids to Save Lives campaign. You’ll find pink drop-off boxes at the Student Recreation Center and the Student Health Center through the end of November. Simply drop off your clean pink Yoplait lids at either location.”

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Second-hand smoke linked to breast cancer: International study

Tim Haslam — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:00:19 +0000

Very interesting article – every woman I know with breast cancer has been exposed to second-hand smoke at some time in their life:

“A panel of international medical experts has found a link between exposure to second-hand smoke and breast cancer in pre-menopausal women. Meanwhile, other research presented Wednesday suggests that women could “virtually eradicate” their risk of developing breast cancer by raising the levels of vitamin D they have in their blood.”

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Battling cancer with devastating humor

Tim Haslam — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:21:09 +0000

This one came through the Salt Lake Tribune – If you know this lady, tell her I will build her a website for her stuff. I am located in Salt Lake..

“ Most people feel lucky if they can survive one type of cancer, but Linda Hill is battling her way through her fourth diagnosis with a healthy dose of laughter. Hill, a 48-year-old single mother of seven from Bountiful, created a line of humorous T-shirts for cancer patients and their families that is gaining popularity in Utah, and at cancer centers around the country.”

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Breast cancer: Why do some women get it but not their sisters?

Tim Haslam — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:00:40 +0000

Saw this article on chicagotribune.com -

“The ties that bind sisters are the focus of a study by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. For the first time on such a massive scale, researchers are looking at the sisters of women with breast cancer, probing the environmental and genetic factors that trigger the disease.”

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Early Stage Breast Cancer Alert

Tim Haslam — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:00:02 +0000

Found this article on caring.com –

“If you or a woman you know has early stage breast cancer that’s HER2-positive, she needs to know about some new research published yesterday in the Journal of Clinical Oncology”

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