Know your risks

“What’s my risk of breast cancer?” is a question many women ask their doctors. Doctors have tools to help estimate a woman’s personal risk, but women who get breast cancer sometimes have no known ris…

Prevent, detect, treat

American ProfileThe headline: You can lower your risk for breast cancer, even if you have a family history. The details: A study found that 20 minutes of moderate exercise at least five days a week, …

Breakthroughs

Spry MagazineIn 1980, at 34 years old, Janelle Hail was facing breast cancer — a disease most women only whispered about. So when she beat it, she wanted to help change the status quo. In 1991, she f…

Blogging for a cure

In their own words, breast cancer survivors offer insight on challenges they faced, how they overcame them, and what advice they offer for those who are newly diagnosed.

It’s in the bag

American ProfileAs a radiation oncologist at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mt Kisco, N.Y., Dr. Elizabeth Chabner Thompson sees cancer patients day in and day out. But Thompson’s knowledge of breas…

Act-tober

Whether you are doing good for the cause or doing good for you and your loved ones, there are tons of ways to raise breast cancer awareness this month. Here are 31 ideas, one for each day of October:…

Morning Minutes: Oct. 2

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Survey suggests little economic growth in Midwest

Little or no economic growth is likely this year in most of the nine Midwest and Plains states covered by a survey of business leaders, but the booming oil business will continue to drive growth in N…

Calculation error found in state assessments

Kansas education officials blamed a calculation error Monday for overreporting the amount the achievement gap between poor and more affluent students and minority and nonminority students grew on thi…