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  • Stefanie Spielman remembered for grace, compassion - Delaware News

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:47 pm
    MiamiHerald.comStefanie Spielman remembered for grace, compassionDelaware News* The Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer Research just reached the $6.5 million mark for funds raised. By DONAVON CAMPBELL Stefanie Spielman, Chris Spielman's wife succumbs to cancerConnectMidMichigan.comSpielman raised awareness of breast cancer in central OhioThe Newark AdvocateChris Spielman's wife succumbs to cancer battleDefiance Crescent NewsDetroit Free Press -Examiner.com -Waiting For Next Year (blog)all 322 news articles »

  • GOPers tie breast cancer change to healthcare reform - The Hill

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:28 pm
    GOPers tie breast cancer change to healthcare reformThe HillRepublican senators tried to make the case today that new recommendations on breast cancer screening foreshadow and more »

  • The buzz about new mammogram recommendations for breast cancer - Examiner.com

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:58 pm
    Voice of AmericaThe buzz about new mammogram recommendations for breast cancerExaminer.comThe new recommendations for breast cancer screening call for no mammograms until the age of 50. According to the Press Democrat, the new guidelines are Burden of proof: Breast cancer changes fall shortReutersBreast Cancer Screening: New Fuel for an Old War of Words and DataABC NewsWhat Happens When The Anger Subsides? -- The New Breast Cancer GuidelinesHuffington Post (blog)Washington Post -Annapolis Capital -Bloombergall 3,052 news articles »

  • Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day walk kicks off today - KFMB

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:23 pm
    Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung)Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day walk kicks off todayKFMBIt's the annual Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day, which kicked off Friday morning. CBS 8 and Barbara-Lee Edwards are proud to be hosts. Our View: New breast cancer study ignores human elementPeoria Journal StarSystemax Announces Third Annual Pink Friday® Charity FundraiserWELT ONLINESusan G. Komen for the Cure's Nancy Brinker to Grapple with New Guidelines for SYS-CON Media (press release)The NonProfit Times -OCRegister -Forwardall 38 news articles »

  • Debating Benefits, Risks Of Routine Mammograms - NPR

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:33 am
    NECNDebating Benefits, Risks Of Routine MammogramsNPR(Women with a family history of breast cancer or other risk factors are a different story.) The task force, after a stringent review of evidence it Sebelius's cave-in on mammograms is a setback for health-care reformWashington PostMammogram Recommendation Draws FireCentral Florida News 13Obama Administration ditches health rationing scamExaminer.comModernHealthcare.comall 78 news articles »
 
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  • Pink Ribbons Project’s opposing response to the revised screening guideline recommendations

    Pink Ribbons Project
    18 Nov 2009 | 6:21 pm
    At Pink Ribbons Project, we were extremely disappointed and discouraged by the recent announcement of the revised screening guideline recommendations set forth by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).  The revised guidelines represent an enormous setback in women’s healthcare.   The suggested changes will cause immeasurable negative consequences, the most tragic being loss of life.  Unfortunately the revisions were strongly based on statistics without adequately taking into account the intrinsic value of human life. Our organization’s mission is stalwartly dedicated to…

  • Run for a Reason!

    Pink Ribbons Project
    10 Nov 2009 | 7:40 am
    Didn’t get a chance to enter the sold-out the  Chevron Houston Marathon in January? Then join us for Runner’s Appreciation Day this Saturday, November 14 from 11am- 2pm at the Sports Authority, 2131 Post Oak Blvd. 30 Chevron Houston Marathon entries will be raffled.   Marathon staff, trainers and charity program representatives will also be on hand to answer any event related questions you may have. 11:00 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.: Raffle ticket registration period. No raffle tickets will be distributed after 12:20 p.m. 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.: 10 tickets will be drawn at…

  • 5th Annual Breast Health Summit

    Pink Ribbons Project
    27 Oct 2009 | 8:39 am
    This Thursday and Friday (October 29-30), the Breast Health Collaborative of Texas will present the 5th Annual Breast Health Summit–a gathering aimed at improving access to care across the state. Chaired by Pink Ribbons Project Associate Director Loubel Cruz and CanCare Director of Programs Kim Akel, the agenda for the summit is exciting, timely and jam-packed. Special guest Thomas Moore will speak about “illness is a right of passage and spirit and soul in the treatment of cancer”, a health care reform panel will feature representatives Ellen Cohen and Garnet Coleman, and…

  • A pink engagement!

    Pink Ribbons Project
    19 Oct 2009 | 9:16 am
    This blog centers around the goings-on at Pink Headquarters, which is breast cancer related 99% of the time, but we wanted to interrupt this Breast Cancer Awareness Month to bring you an exciting announcement! Associate Director Loubel Cruz is ENGAGED! We couldn’t be happier for our fearless leader and her soon-to-be husband. Congrats, Loubel!

  • Guest post: Pink Alive – KIDS!

    Pink Ribbons Project
    7 Oct 2009 | 10:35 am
    Pink Ribbons Project is presenting a brand new program for the young ones touched by breast cancer. It is called Pink Alive- KIDS! and the first workshop begins on October 24. For more information, http://www.pinkribbons.org/pinkalivekids/. The idea was brought to Pink Ribbons Project by a couple of fabulous women- including breast cancer survivors–who saw a need in our community, and wanted to do something about it! Michelle was one of these women. And also turns out to be quite a writer, so we asked her to write a guest post! Enjoy. Michelle I have been given the task of writing a…
 
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  • New cervical cancer screening guidelines: report (AFP)

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:28 am
    AFP - Days after controversy erupted over new breast cancer screening guidelines, a US health group has said women should wait longer to get their first cervical cancer test.

  • Task Force Member Defends Mammography Guidelines (HealthDay)

    19 Nov 2009 | 4:25 pm
    HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Responding to the uproar over revised mammogram recommendations unveiled earlier this week, a member of the independent task force that crafted the recommendations defended them Thursday, saying they were based on the most current, accurate information available.

  • Mammography: What to Do Now? (HealthDay)

    18 Nov 2009 | 8:48 pm
    HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- When a U.S. government task force recommended that women wait until they're 50 to get their first mammogram to check for breast cancer, reaction was swift.

  • U.S. official says mammograms policy unchanged (Reuters)

    18 Nov 2009 | 8:41 pm
    Reuters - U.S. health officials distanced themselves Wednesday from controversial new breast cancer screening guidelines that recommend against routine mammograms for healthy women in their 40s and said federal policy on screening mammograms had not changed.

  • Ex-Kiss drummer: Breast cancer not just for women (AP)

    18 Nov 2009 | 7:32 am
    AP - Lying in bed one night in 2007, Peter Criss felt something strange: a small lump on his left breast.
 
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  • Risks and Benefits: Understanding the Statistics that Affect You

    Phyllis Johnson
    17 Nov 2009 | 4:59 pm
      One of the first things I did once the shock of my breast cancer diagnosis wore off was start to worry about what my diagnosis meant for my two sisters and my daughter.   My doctor told me that their risk had increased by 50%.   How could I tell them that they had a 50% chance of getting cancer?  With three first degree relatives to worry about and a fifty-fifty chance for breast cancer, it seemed inevitable that we...

  • Two Years Out: How's Your Emotional Health

    Phyllis Johnson
    8 Nov 2009 | 5:32 am
      Once upon a time no one studied breast cancer survivors' emotional health.  Not enough survived; both doctors and patients assumed survivors should be grateful and move on with their lives.    Now that 89% of breast cancer patients live at least five years, researchers are starting to look at survival issues.  In an Australian study researchers looked at the emotional health of women two years after their...

  • Grief Stages and Cancer: Part Two

    Phyllis Johnson
    1 Nov 2009 | 5:15 pm
      Once the shock wears off, cancer patients may experience a huge range of emotions:  denial, anger, bargaining, guilt, and depression.  Most people eventually reach acceptance of the changes cancer has brought to their life, but it may take a while to get there.  What makes this emotional stew even more complicated is dealing with family members and friends who are working through these emotions as well, and often in a...

  • Thank a Caregiver: Richard Smith

    Phyllis Johnson
    28 Oct 2009 | 3:28 am
    It wouldn't be right to let Breast Cancer Awareness Month slip away without a tribute to our caregivers. I know how important my husband's constant support was to me. I still count on him to get me through my bad moments with scares about recurrence and to listen to me whine about my side effects.   Richard Smith deserves special kudos because he is an important support for the hundreds of women in the Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC)...

  • IBC Research Foundation: Kitchen Table Activists

    Phyllis Johnson
    22 Oct 2009 | 1:52 pm
    October 16, 2009 the IBC Research Foundation in cooperation with the Milburn Foundation awarded a grant to Diane Palmieri, Ph.D. to study how inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) can metastasize to the brain.  Dr. Palmieri, who is a National Cancer Institute staff scientist, is working with mouse models to understand how IBC progresses.  Her work is part of a Department of Defense Center for Excellence project devoted...
 
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  • Panel Recommendations on Breast Cancer Not Popular

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    20 Nov 2009 | 8:26 am
    There is a lot of discussion about the newly released guidelines for mammogram screening for breast cancer. We got hundreds of comments on the last blog I wrote about these guidelines just after they were released Monday. They recommend that the age of women receiving annual mammograms should be moved to 50 from 40 and only done bi-annually. It seems we may not see these guidelines enacted. This turnabout from federal agencies came after a huge outcry. If you read through even a few of the comments posted to my blog on the issue, you can see why. These comments are about peoples’ lives. It…

  • Limiting Breast Cancer Screening Is an Assault Against Women

    admin
    17 Nov 2009 | 6:04 am
    There is no question more women than ever before are surviving breast cancer. This is happening because of early screening and better and more aggressive treatment. So I was absolutely shocked today to hear that the United States Preventive Services Task Force (a committee appointed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) is now recommending that women do not get regular mammograms until their fifties and even then limit screening to every other year. In addition they are suggesting that breast self exams not be taught. ARE THEY CRAZY? There is no way to completely express my…

  • Breast Cancer and Hot Flashes

    admin
    16 Nov 2009 | 12:57 pm
    I have been on Tamoxifen going on five years now, after you account for the breaks I took. At first I experienced hot flashes as a side effect. For the past several months I have to say that the hot flashes have really tapered off. This past week though I noticed that the hot flashes have returned with a vengeance. It seems odd, but I think I know why. I even wrote about this before. My husband is your typical football fan. He loves to spend the weekend clicking from college football games on Saturday to pro football games on Sunday and every game in between. In order to accommodate sitting…

  • We Interrupt This Life to Bring You Breast Cancer

    admin
    9 Nov 2009 | 1:46 pm
    Do you ever feel like that? It’s like someone just put a stop to your life and stuck you with breast cancer. I have to wonder every now and then how things would be different if I had never been diagnosed with breast cancer. I found a picture of myself recently that was taken a year after breast cancer when my hair was a dark brunette after growing back. If I had never had breast cancer I never would have known what I looked like with dark hair. Isn’t that silly? But those are the shallow thoughts I have sometimes. Another one is thinking about how I might have gone for a breast lift…

  • A Tattoo To Cover Up My Chemo Port Scar

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    6 Nov 2009 | 12:28 pm
    A real growing trend is tattoos. Remember when you only saw them on sailors? Well if you are my age you do. Anyway, I have been researching tattoos for a paper I am writing for one of the classes I have been taking at the university this fall. It seems they could be dangerous, certainly hard to get rid of, and even a hindrance to success in the work place. Still, more and more people are getting them. As one young person told me; “By the time I make it to management, the CEO will have a tattoo, so my tattoo will be a usual thing.” He is probably right. For anyone that has had breast…
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  • Don't Tell Me Mammograms Don't Save Lives

    13 Nov 2009 | 11:27 pm
    The New York Times recently ran an article by an author who was questioning whether breast-cancer screenings save lives (and breasts). When I heard about this article, I felt quite distressed, fearing that a statement such as this would set us back rather than move us forward in getting more women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer.

  • Replace Your Breast Prostheses

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:56 am
    Our bodies change shape over time, and some prostheses (which are usually made of silicone) aren't designed to last forever. They can, and do, wear out from being worn every day.

  • Lifestyle Habits Can Increase Risk of Recurrence

    30 Oct 2009 | 11:34 pm
    We've known for a long time that breast-cancer survivors have a much higher risk of developing a second breast cancer than do women in the general population who have never developed a first breast cancer.

  • Worried About Missing Work for Your Mammogram?

    28 Oct 2009 | 1:34 am
    Remember, screening mammography remains our best course of action for achieving an early diagnosis. So schedule an appointment and go.

  • Bone Health Linked to Breast Cancer

    27 Oct 2009 | 1:13 am
    A recent study has been published confirming that women taking a bisphosphonate drug (bone-building agent) to prevent osteoporosis and osteopenia may actually be receiving an added benefit: A reduced risk of breast-cancer recurrence.
 
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  • Cooking with class

    Darryle Pollack
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:30 am
    “Maybe you should ask someone who would really appreciate it,”"  I tell Jane.  She’s inviting me to her cooking class, taught by the chef at L’Auberge Carmel, one of Carmel’s most elegant and renowned restaurants. Jane’s cooking skills are so far out of my league;  I’m  not even playing the same sport.    I did take a cooking class soon after I married H.   We were both pretty useless in the kitchen, so we asked a foodie friend to recommend a basic course.   The first lesson for our “basic course”?   Making puff pastry.  It was…

  • When blogging hurts

    Darryle Pollack
    18 Nov 2009 | 5:01 pm
    The other day, I described the fun side of the blogosphere. Well, this is the other side. Because when you meet people online you don’t just share their thoughts and their lives; you also share their battles. This past summer,  the American Cancer Society formed a Blogger council—made up of women with experience or interest in cancer—to help spread the word of the campaign for more birthdays. On the first conference call, we found out a little about the other bloggers.  One of them, Anissa Mayhew,  began her very popular blog when her youngest child was diagnosed with…

  • One boob or two??

    Darryle Pollack
    17 Nov 2009 | 4:38 pm
    I needed some reason to use this picture from the Women’s Conference. And the title could describe me, at various times— when I had two, one— and now, none. But that’s not what I meant. I’m stuck—-on a day with two major new stories both tugging at my heart and my brain.   Do I write about one boob or two? Sarah Palin….or the mammogram controversy? LOL.  Even if no one thinks it’s funny except me,  I couldn’t resist inserting a little humor.   I couldn’t find any humor in the mammogram story, though I did find lots of confusion. And as yet…

  • What to remember, what to forget

    Darryle Pollack
    16 Nov 2009 | 10:33 pm
    Enough procrastination.  Monday morning is the time for starting fresh.   I’m determined to get to the gym and work out. I rush out of the house with my arms full—balancing a cup of coffee without a lid.   Plus I’m slightly disoriented;  today I’m driving V’s car.  In my car,  no one would ever notice a coffee spill. In the car, usually I listen to books on tape or talk on the phone.   I’m vigilant about obeying the law and I have a little portable speaker —which actually made the switch into V’s car.    I turn it on, but the power is fading.  …

  • When the world is flat….and fun

    Darryle Pollack
    16 Nov 2009 | 1:50 am
    I live in my own little corner of the world like we all do.  And I’m not complaining.  But as the world grows flatter, somehow it seems to expand.   At least my world does.  Having another life online opens so many other possibilities and communities and people I would never have known if my world had remained round.  Here’s just a slice of the last week. I barely had time to take a bite when I met Jamie. After exchanging only 140 characters at a time, two breast cancer survivors had a lot of ground to cover when @Ibeatcncrtwice drove down to Carmel for lunch. Tonight I did the…
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  • Pink Ribbons Project’s opposing response to the revised screening guideline recommendations

    Pink Ribbons Project
    18 Nov 2009 | 6:21 pm
    At Pink Ribbons Project, we were extremely disappointed and discouraged by the recent announcement of the revised screening guideline recommendations set forth by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).  The revised guidelines represent an enormous setback in women’s healthcare.   The suggested changes will cause immeasurable negative consequences, the most tragic being loss of life.  Unfortunately the revisions were strongly based on statistics without adequately taking into account the intrinsic value of human life. Our organization’s mission is stalwartly dedicated to…

  • Run for a Reason!

    Pink Ribbons Project
    10 Nov 2009 | 7:40 am
    Didn’t get a chance to enter the sold-out the  Chevron Houston Marathon in January? Then join us for Runner’s Appreciation Day this Saturday, November 14 from 11am- 2pm at the Sports Authority, 2131 Post Oak Blvd. 30 Chevron Houston Marathon entries will be raffled.   Marathon staff, trainers and charity program representatives will also be on hand to answer any event related questions you may have. 11:00 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.: Raffle ticket registration period. No raffle tickets will be distributed after 12:20 p.m. 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.: 10 tickets will be drawn at…

  • 5th Annual Breast Health Summit

    Pink Ribbons Project
    27 Oct 2009 | 8:39 am
    This Thursday and Friday (October 29-30), the Breast Health Collaborative of Texas will present the 5th Annual Breast Health Summit–a gathering aimed at improving access to care across the state. Chaired by Pink Ribbons Project Associate Director Loubel Cruz and CanCare Director of Programs Kim Akel, the agenda for the summit is exciting, timely and jam-packed. Special guest Thomas Moore will speak about “illness is a right of passage and spirit and soul in the treatment of cancer”, a health care reform panel will feature representatives Ellen Cohen and Garnet Coleman, and…

  • A pink engagement!

    Pink Ribbons Project
    19 Oct 2009 | 9:16 am
    This blog centers around the goings-on at Pink Headquarters, which is breast cancer related 99% of the time, but we wanted to interrupt this Breast Cancer Awareness Month to bring you an exciting announcement! Associate Director Loubel Cruz is ENGAGED! We couldn’t be happier for our fearless leader and her soon-to-be husband. Congrats, Loubel!

  • Guest post: Pink Alive – KIDS!

    Pink Ribbons Project
    7 Oct 2009 | 10:35 am
    Pink Ribbons Project is presenting a brand new program for the young ones touched by breast cancer. It is called Pink Alive- KIDS! and the first workshop begins on October 24. For more information, http://www.pinkribbons.org/pinkalivekids/. The idea was brought to Pink Ribbons Project by a couple of fabulous women- including breast cancer survivors–who saw a need in our community, and wanted to do something about it! Michelle was one of these women. And also turns out to be quite a writer, so we asked her to write a guest post! Enjoy. Michelle I have been given the task of writing a…
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