Breast Cancer

Misdiagnosis Alert: Breast Biopsies
Breast Cancer

Misdiagnosis Alert: Breast Biopsies

May 6, 2015

It’s disturbing enough when a mammogram prompts a biopsy. Now there’s increased concern that the interpretation of your biopsy may…

Is It Breast Cancer or Not?
Breast Cancer

Is It Breast Cancer or Not?

Melissa A. Lazar, MD | April 15, 2015

What Those “Suspicious” Findings Really Mean It’s scary to know that something suspicious appeared on what you thought was a…

Conversation with Hollye Jacobs
Breast Cancer

Conversation with Hollye Jacobs

Hollye Jacobs, RN, MS, MSW | December 17, 2014

Video Chat with Hollye Jacobs   Hollye Jacobs, RN Hollye Jacobs is a speaker, nurse, social worker, child-development specialist and…

The Truth about Bras and Breast Cancer Risk
Breast Cancer

The Truth about Bras and Breast Cancer Risk

Lu Chen | November 14, 2014

Women, you may have heard news that wearing a bra is bad for you. Not because the straps dig into…

Processing Breast Cancer Insurance Claims
Breast Cancer

Processing Breast Cancer Insurance Claims

Hollye Jacobs, RN, MS, MSW | July 25, 2014

Bottom Line/HEALTH: What lessons did you learn about insurance coverage and breast cancer? Hollye Jacobs: This is something I actually…

Earwax, Body Odor and Cancer — Is There a Connection?
Breast Cancer

Earwax, Body Odor and Cancer — Is There a Connection?

Toshihisa Ishikawa, PhD | July 22, 2014

Gene Variant Links Three Disparate Conditions In the department of strange but true... a recent Japanese study concerning breast cancer…

Do You Really Need a Mammogram?
Breast Cancer

Do You Really Need a Mammogram?

Russell Harris, MD, MPH | July 15, 2014

Women, you’ve been trained to be on the ball about keeping up with mammograms for breast cancer detection—and, while there’s…

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Increased Breast Cancer Death Risk
Breast Cancer

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Increased Breast Cancer Death Risk

May 21, 2014

Vitamin D is often in the news because most Americans get too little of it...and because deficiencies are associated with…

Breast Cancer Guide: Prevent, Detect, Treat, Recover
Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer Guide: Prevent, Detect, Treat, Recover

May 21, 2014

Advances in Breast Cancer Treatment Women who have breast cancer are now living longer than they did only five years…

Breast Cancer Rehab: Vital Therapies Survivors Need But Don’t Get
Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer Rehab: Vital Therapies Survivors Need But Don’t Get

Julie Silver, MD | May 20, 2014

For many breast cancer patients, the challenges don’t end on the last day of treatment. They continue to suffer from…

Vitamin D Eases Breast Cancer Drug Pain
Breast Cancer

Vitamin D Eases Breast Cancer Drug Pain

Antonella Luisa Rastelli, MD | May 20, 2014

Drugs called aromatase inhibitors, which are used to treat breast cancer, can make muscles and joints so painful and stiff…

Help for Lymphedema: Preventing Arm Swelling After Breast Cancer Surgery
Breast Cancer

Help for Lymphedema: Preventing Arm Swelling After Breast Cancer Surgery

Gwen White, PT | May 20, 2014

When a friend of mine went to her first breast cancer support group meeting, she was surprised that the conversation…

Lack of Sleep Increases Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk
Breast Cancer

Lack of Sleep Increases Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk

Cheryl L. Thompson, PhD | April 10, 2014

We all have occasions when we stay up late because we're too busy for bed…or when we toss and turn,…

Migraine Headache Linked to Lower Breast Cancer Risk
Breast Cancer

Migraine Headache Linked to Lower Breast Cancer Risk

Christopher I. Li, MD, PhD | February 12, 2014

Silver Lining for Sufferers... Migraineurs May Have Less Cancer Could there be an upside to the misery of migraines? Yes,…

New Clarity on Breast Cancer Screening
Breast Cancer

New Clarity on Breast Cancer Screening

Blake Cady, MD | November 18, 2013

“I might be dead by now if I had done what those guidelines are now telling women to do. In…