New technology available locally may be more effective at screening for breast cancer in younger women.
Since September, Laughlin Memorial Hospital has been offering digital mammography at its Center for Women’s Health.
Dr. Art Adams, one of three radiologists affiliated with the Laughlin Center for Women’s Health, said he is pleased that the hospital has invested in this state-of-the-art technology for its patients.
Dr. Adams and his colleagues Read the rest of this entry »

Siemens Healthcare recently presented its first MRI breast scanner, Magnetom Espree-Pink.
This 1.5-Tesla system is the latest innovation in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) from
Siemens, featuring a dedicated solution for breast examinations. Particularly for obese and
claustrophobic patients, the large, 70-centimeter magnet bore makes examinations more
comfortable than with previous systems, or, in some cases, it makes them possible for the Read the rest of this entry »

LONDON, England (CNN)
— A nurse in Jordan who was diagnosed for breast cancer last year is dying because she didn’t seek treatment. The family of a woman in Tanzania didn’t know she was ill until her tumor started eating through her skin.
These are just a few of the stories that highlight the challenges faced in raising awareness of breast cancer, a disease that once largely affected the West, but is now on the rise around the world.
But Read the rest of this entry »

Diana Gore is 44 years old and minutes away from surgery to remove the cancer in her breast. The mother of three daughters from Clinton, N.C., is trying to control a flood of emotions.
“Fear. Will this be it?” she says in the pre-op room. “Will it be gone when we’re finished here, or will we come back later on and say, ‘Oh, you know, there’s a little more left there, we’ve got to go back,’” Gore says.
Inside the operating room, Gore’s surgeon, Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on: Monday, 15 December 2008, 08:41 CST
Menopause hormones can increase the danger of breast cancer, says a new study that discloses impressive evidence of the concerns of these popular pills.
The study also says that women who took estrogen and progestin pills for a little while also had a better chance of contracting cancer.
It is obvious that breast cancer numbers decreased in recent years largely because women stopped hormone therapy Read the rest of this entry »

ScienceDaily (Dec. 15, 2008)
— A secondary analysis of a large, multicenter clinical trial has shown that a diet loaded with fruits, vegetables and fiber and somewhat lower in fat compared to standard federal dietary recommendations cuts the risk of recurrence in a subgroup of early-stage breast cancer survivors – women who didn’t have hot flashes – by approximately 31 percent. These patients typically have higher recurrence and Read the rest of this entry »

Researchers are once again pointing to strong evidence that the use of hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, to treat the symptoms of menopause
. At the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium on Saturday, study authors presented their analysis of data from 15,387 women who participated in the
study of combination hormone therapy (estrogen plus progestin).
They reported that risk of breast cancer increased upon beginning use of the therapy and fell Read the rest of this entry »

Six years after landmark research uncovered breast cancer risk in the nation’s most popular menopause treatment, two new Stanford University analyses show that using hormone replacement therapy long-term poses a far greater risk of cancer than previously thought.
The research concludes that a woman who stays on the therapy for at least five years doubles her risk of breast cancer every year. This 200 percent elevated risk is much greater than the Read the rest of this entry »

Failed breast cancer diagnosis and treatment causes more medical malpractice claims in the United States. Florida medical malpractice lawyers urge women to screen annually with their doctors.
October 29, 2008, West Palm Beach, FL: In 2004, breast cancer deaths in women totaled 40,954 out of the 186,000 women diagnosed. Current statistics estimate more than one in ten women will contract breast cancer in the United States at some time in their lives. Read the rest of this entry »

- Leisure Sports Inc. Christina Dort, 925-353-4858
In an ongoing effort to raise awareness and help the fight against breast cancer all ClubSport and Renaissance ClubSport locations held a series of fitness and social events to raise funds for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
ClubSport and Renaissance ClubSport fitness resorts hosted, for
the second year, Pilates for Pink a national Breast Cancer Research Foundation fundraiser sponsored Read the rest of this entry »