Wednesday, June 19, 2013

title pic Komen Foundation Under Fire for CEO’s Salary

Posted by admin on June 10, 2013

With donations down and some Races and Events being cancelled, the Susan G. Komen Foundation is under fire for the salary paid to the CEO Nancy Brinker. Receiving a 64% pay increase in November 2010 she is paid a staggering amount of $684,000 Yearly which is an average of a quarter million more than most [...]

title pic Longtime Breast Cancer Awareness Advocate Dies at 61

Posted by admin on May 31, 2013

Accredited with “making thing happen in the breast cancer world” Barbara Brenner spent most of life being a strong advocate for breast cancer awareness. On May 10th Barbara passed way at the age of 61 from complication related to her recent struggles with ALS.  Barbara lost her ability to speak during her struggle with ALS but those [...]

title pic Angelina Jolie’s Double Mastectomy

Posted by admin on May 20, 2013

We’ve all seen the news about Angelina having a double mastectomy due to a family history of cancer in female relatives, no doctors are detailing the procedure and exactly brought her to this decision. See the full story here and tell us….What do you think about Angelina’s choice?

title pic False Positive Findings Cause Long Term Fear.

Posted by admin on March 18, 2013

A new study is being performed in relation to the psychological harm that false findings on Mammograms can have on women. Being called back for second visit without reasoning is of course an issue that would rightfully so cause stress for an individual, in most of these cases everything turns out to be fine as [...]

title pic New Breast Cancer Detection Method Getting 1st Human Trials

Posted by admin on March 8, 2013

One key factor to fighting Breast Cancer or any other Cancer for that matter is catching it as early as possible. This purpose of the new method being studied in England is to have an immediate diagnosis of Breast Cancer at the actual time of a mammogram.
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