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Light drinking linked to higher breast cancer risk
LOS ANGELES -- Drinking as few as three to six glasses of wine per week may increase a woman’s lifetime risk of breast cancer by 15 percent, according to an analysis by Harvard researchers.
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Exercise: A dose of good medicine?
On a recent Wednesday night, Cindy Gerstner, 42, strapped her feet into a rowing machine and began gliding back and forth with all the energy she could muster. This wasn’t just a workout for Gerstner, whose stage IV breast cancer has spread to her brain, lungs, bones and liver. It was a 40...
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Study: 1.6 million women got breast cancer in 2010
LONDON -- For years, it was assumed that young women in poor countries had a higher risk of dying in childbirth than from cancer. But a new study shows that’s changing -- experts say breast and cervical cancers are killing more women than labor in over 60 developing countries.
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Breast cancer awareness guide
Since the advent of the pink ribbon, health experts have been working hard to educate women about breast cancer. While we’ve come a long way, continuing to spread the right information is crucial. We asked top experts to dispel common myths and misinformation and clarify how women can protect...
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No easy skate through life for this gold medalist
Figure skater Dorothy Hamill captured Olympic gold and the hearts of a nation in 1976 with her signature Hamill camel spin, her modest skirted costumes and a haircut that went viral: the wedge. Hamill, 54, is a breast cancer survivor. She recently launched a jewelry line with Helzberg Diamonds that...
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Not all women choose reconstruction after mastectomy; the options are many
CHICAGO -- It had taken some years for Nicole McLean to embrace her God-given breasts, ample at size H cups. So when, at 39, she was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer and told, despite her adamant protests, that mastectomy was the best option, McLean never hesitated to pursue reconstruction.
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Makeover gives chemotherapy patients a boost
“I just got my first haircut in two years, which is great, but it’s coming in so thin,” says Jeri Brown, a 51-year-old Los Angeles resident who is undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer that has metastasized into her spine. She catches her self-critical tone and digresses...
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Knowing the risks leads to a game plan
After a woman is found to have breast cancer, her daughter begins to learn her own options.
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