Articles tagged: breast cancer
U-M study: Fear may be driving women to over-treat breast cancer
Posted: Nov 28, 2012A new study conducted by the University of Michigan’s Comprehensive Cancer Center has shown that many women chose to over-treat their breast cancer because of unsubstantiated fears that it may return. Read more »
$4 million in Susan G. Komen grants to fund breast cancer research at U-M
Posted: Aug 03, 2012A new wave of grant funding from Susan G. Komen for the Cure will bring $4 million to researchers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Read more »
health: Real firefighters wear pink: Local women walk for the cure
Posted: May 21, 2012I cycled into the village of Clinton Sunday morning, and it didn’t appear that there was much going on downtown…until I glimpsed two men down the street in a Clinton Fire Department truck wearing pink ... Read more »
health: The commercialization of breast cancer: do your research before contributing to the cause
Posted: Oct 21, 2011It's Pinktober. Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Oh, I'm aware. I watched breast cancer steal the life of one of my best friends. Another is battling a frightening recurrence after several years in remission. But I'm ... Read more »
health: Discuss family history and self-exams with your physician to empower yourself in the fight against breast cancer
Posted: Oct 19, 2011Jennifer Kulick, MD, FACS October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and an opportunity for us to consider ways in which women can empower themselves when facing the possibility of this disease. A woman can make ... Read more »
The Saner Living Guru: Breast cancer and domestic violence are October's stepsisters for awareness
Posted: Oct 04, 2010October is a big month for women. It is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Domestic Abuse Awareness Month, both deadly killers of women in epidemic proportions. Two of my dear friends have had breast cancer, one many ... Read more »
Daily dose of Health News with poll: Man, it's hot out. Do you know the signs of a heat stroke?
Posted: Jul 07, 2010Here's a look at some of the top health news being talked about around the U.S. and the world today: • It's been positively baking outside in Michigan this week with bright sunny skies and ... Read more »
Monday health briefs: Doctors with financial stake in surgery center more likely to recommend operations
Posted: Apr 19, 2010Doctors who have financial investments in surgery centers are more likely to perform surgeries than those who don't, according to a University of Michigan medical school study. According to the study, which looked at patients ... Read more »
New University of Michigan study could lead to improvements in treatment of breast cancer
Posted: Jan 04, 2010A new University of Michigan study suggests a drug used by transplant recipients could also help prevent cancer from returning in breast cancer patients. Scientists at the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center identified CXCR1, a receptor ... Read more »
Health Q & A: University of Michigan researcher says women with high breast cancer risk decline prevention drug when weighing side effects
Posted: Dec 07, 2009A majority of high-risk women in a University of Michigan study declined to take a drug found to be successful in reducing a woman’s chance of developing breast cancer, a new study shows. The study examined ... Read more »
Ann Arbor area mammogram practices unlikely to change based on federal recommendations
Posted: Nov 19, 2009On Alesia Hermosillo’s 49th birthday earlier this year, she was diagnosed with an invasive form of stage 1 breast cancer. The Belleville woman was outraged this week when she heard a government panel suggested women ... Read more »
With poll: Mammograms should begin when women turn 50 — not 40, U.S. panel recommends
Posted: Nov 17, 2009A federal panel recommended women only begin getting regular breast cancer screening with mammograms after they turn 50, overturning previous recommendations that women begin screenings at age 40, it was announced late Monday. The U.S. ... Read more »
Health in brief: U-M's Health & Retirement study awarded more than $19 million in grants
Posted: Oct 29, 2009A University of Michigan Health & Retirement Study was awarded more than $19 million in stimulus funding over the next two years by the National Institute on Aging, it was announced today. Conducted by the ... Read more »
Walkers raise funds for breast cancer research
Posted: Oct 19, 2009Walkers gathered early Saturday morning at Gallup Park for the annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk.Each year, teams of family, friends, fans and breast cancer survivors walk and celebrate survivorship. The walk, sponsored by ... Read more »
Spend your green on pink to support Breast Cancer Research
Posted: Oct 19, 2009Pink. A color so wound up in girly-ness that my tomboy preteen daughters are ready to shun it. But during October, you can find it on everyone from the NFL to a bus driver in ... Read more »
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