Ovarian cancer, which is one of the most deadly forms of cancer in a woman, due to it’s tendency to be detected late, is said to be reduced in likelihood by taking the birth control pill.  In studies done on thousands of woman over time spans of years, it was discovered that the Pill actually [...]

Mammograms are not the most comfortable thing in the world.  I’ve never had one, but I will be scheduling my first appointment for one in about seven years, when I am forty, since my female side of the family does have a history of breast cancer, and agressive, fatal breast cancer at that.  This dramatically [...]

Hmm, this sounds very interesting, and promising, and best of all SIMPLE for women who may not have access to mammograms or simply think they don’t have the time for them or money to pay for them if they have no insurance.  Plus, it may be cheaper than the much talked about genetic testing that [...]

I’d have to say, I’ve never seen the “reality” show The Hills, but I sure have seen enough of the show’s stars to kind of get the gist of the show and what it’s about.  And it seems to be a whole lot about nothin’.  Supposedly, it follows a bunch of young girls in their [...]

Well, I didn’t know this, but apparently you cannot have breast implants and be in the army.  Hmm, wonder if there are some ladies in the army that just didn’t disclose the fact they have implants and got through anyways?  I’m not sure of the events surround this, but a twenty three year old woman [...]

The new cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil, which protects against the HPV virus that evolves into cervical cancer in women, is given to young women in their teens as a vaccination against cervical cancer, and it is quickly gaining a bad reputation as being a painful shot that stings and even has some women passing out [...]

The now 51 year old Dorothy Hamill, whose beautiful, perky personality from the late seventies Olympics when she won over Americans with her great sense of humor and all American good looks, has been diagnosed with breast cancer.  She is currently undergoing treatment for the disease at a well trusted and established cancer treatment center, [...]

Few words produce such imminent fear in women as the words “breast cancer”.  However, one comforting fact remains in the fight against breast cancer and that is that the best protection against breast cancer is knowledge of the ways you can reduce the risk of acquiring the disease. Some of these promising treatments and detection [...]

This is not so shocking, but actually is somewhat of a surprise that they have already found out this information so early in the research stages of a new field : Genetic testing.  We had posted a couple posts ago about how genetic testing has huge implications for breast cancer research, and for women who [...]