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8 Holiday Diet Tips for Women Over 50
The season of giving can easily turn into the season of slip-ups. With all of the year end parties and holiday comfort foods, it’s easy to want to abandon good habits altogether. However, it only takes...
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Will 2015 Bring Us a Breast Cancer Vaccine?
Maybe we will have a breast cancer vaccine this year. Here’s why I think so: Results of a small study published in Clinical Cancer Research have shown that a new breast cancer vaccine is safe to give...
View ArticleA ‘Harmless’ Breast Condition That May Not Be So Harmless
If you’ve ever had a breast biopsy and were told that the results classified your mass as “benign” atypical hyperplasia, you might want to revisit the results with your doctor. According to new...
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A Tan Is Only the Beginning: Indoor Tanning and Skin Cancer Risk
During dreary winter months we often wish for warm, hazy summer days free of hazardous roads, power outages, and frozen pipes. But winter isn’t the only season with inherent hazards. When the days get...
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Are You Taking Responsibility for Preventing Cancer?
For many Americans, the fear of cancer looms large. However, our awareness of our modifiable risk factors remains alarmingly low. In 2001, the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) commissioned...
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Does Diet Soda Go Straight to the Belly?
Nearly everything you read, hear and watch will tell you that sugar is nothing but trouble. Not only will it lead to weight gain, but also to diabetes and a host of other health problems. We’re told...
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What Are the Radiation Risks of Your Imaging Test?
When your doctor sends you for an imaging test — such as a mammogram, chest x-ray, or computed tomography (CT) scan — does he or she tell you that there are risks? The goal of medical imaging tests is...
View Article$4 Billion a Year on Breast-Cancer False Alarms: Is It Worth It?
Just yesterday, one of my dear running buddies and closest friends told me a story that made me think. She had just had her yearly breast screening, which included both a mammogram and an ultrasound....
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Mothers, Give Your Kids a ‘Family Health Tree’
Having grown up just outside the nation’s capital, I am partial to the wonderful cherry trees that blossom around this time of year. For Mother’s Day last year, my children gave me a beautiful tree —...
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A New Way to Catch Hidden Ovarian Cancer Early
When my mother was in her late thirties, she saw her gynecologist after she had missed her period and developed a sudden, sharp pain in her side. He examined her and ran some blood tests. Initially,...
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