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Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced that the American Cancer Society has awarded the Medal of Honor to Edward E. Harlow, Jr., Ph.D., the company’s Chief Scientific Officer, and Arnold J. Levine, Ph.D., a member of the company’s Scientific Advisory Board. This award from the American Cancer Society, the nation’s leading voluntary...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
NEW YORK, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian), one of the largest mutual life insurers and a leading provider of employee benefits for small and mid-sized companies, today announced that the company will continue to follow its current insurance coverage guidelines for mammography screenings. These guidelines are consistent with the American Cancer Society...
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USA Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
The vast majority of women in the USA say they will get a mammogram before age 50, in keeping with American Cancer Society recommendations.
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Physorg (Free subscription) | yesterday
A new study by University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers shows that body-mass index (BMI) and co-existing medical conditions (co-morbidity) do not explain the decreased survival observed among African-Americans compared to Caucasians who also have colon cancer. The study is published online Nov. 23 in Cancer, a journal of the American Cancer Society.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
A new study by University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers shows that body-mass index (BMI) and co-existing medical conditions (co-morbidity) do not explain the decreased survival observed among African-Americans compared to Caucasians who also have colon cancer. The study is published online Nov. 23 in Cancer, a journal of the American Cancer Society.
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- Are You Riled Up? - (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
In an effort to prevent tobacco-related deaths, the American Cancer Society is holding its 34th annual Great American Smokeout challenge Thursday. Tobacco is the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the … Samantha Crane, a math and statistics major, said that she may quit for the day on Thursday, but she [...]
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- Are You Riled Up? - (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Based on 2002 data from the American Cancer Society, cancers linked to obesity comprise approximately 51 percent of all new cancers among women and 14 percent among men.[4] Further research from the American Cancer Society suggests that, ….. However, a challenge for patients is access to procedures at facilities able to accommodate the larger, heavier [...]
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Personal Insurance (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
The American Cancer Society estimates doctors will diagnose over 1.4 million new cases of cancer in the U.S. in 2007, with more than 559,650 cancer-related deaths. If you are among the majority of cancer patients and survive for at least five years following your diagnosis, you may face another fight: buying life insurance. Buying life insurance [...]
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Out on a Lim (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Last week, the United States Preventive Services Task Force, a government-appointed group of 16 outside experts recommended that women should undergo routine mammograms only after the age of 50 and not 40, against the advice of the American Cancer Society and consistent with the recommendations of the American College of Physicians. Medicine is not a precise science, so the task force could be right...
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Dothan Eagle (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
The American Cancer Society will hold training in December and January for those interested in being volunteers.
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WEBLOG DO FRAGA (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
New guidelines push back age for Pap smears CHICAGO,22 nov 2009– Women in the United States should start cervical cancer screening at age 21 and most do not need an annual Pap smear, according to new guidelines issued on Friday that aim to reduce the risk of unnecessary treatment. The guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists or ACOG now say women younger than 30...
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LAist (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Photo by cursedthing via Flickr The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists (ACOG) has changed it's recommendation for the onset and frequency of Pap smears for women. Until this week, medical guidelines have called for women to get annual Pap smears, which check for cervical cancer and other cervical and reproductive abnormalities, beginning no later than three years after becoming sexually...
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retired doc's thoughts (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Very newsworthy in recent days has been the publication of the latest recommendations from the USPSTF regarding mammograms. Surprising to many and shocking to some were the changes from earlier recommendations and the degree to which they differ from the widely disseminated and adhered to recommendations of the American Cancer Society. Seemingly to allay some of the shock and likely backlash from those...
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Connecting.the.Dots (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
As Harry Reid pressures holiday-homebound Democrats to vote for a start of the Senate health care debate, Republican resisters have found a new weapon to use against the bill--a sudden deep concern about how it might threaten women's bodies. Seizing on a quasi-government task force's report this week recommending that annual mammograms start at 50 rather than 40, the GOP has gone into full outrage...
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tbirdnow.mee.nu (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Timothy Birdnow Recently a controversy has erupted over recommendations by a panel of "experts" - U.S. Preventive Services Task Force - to delay mammograms and do away with self-breast examinations by women. Current recommendations are yearly mammograms for women over 40 and regular self-exams; the new guidelines suggest waiting until after age 50 and then getting them every other year. Self...
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sonupt5@gmail.com | 08/07/2009
Colorectal Cancer Statistics | Colorectal Cancer Prognosis & Coalition According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in the United States. (However, early diagnosis often leads to a complete cure.) There is no single cause for colon cancer. Nearly all colon cancers begin as non-cancerous (benign) polyps, which slowly develop into cancer.
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obi jo | 07/27/2009
http://benkazie.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/scientists-to-study-lung-cancer-incidence-among-nonsmokers/ A $2 million study on lung cancer in people who have never smoked will be conducted. If you consider lung cancer in never-smokers as a separate category, it ranks as the seventh-most-common cause of cancer deaths worldwide, but lung cancer among never-smokers is really an ignored disease. Lung cancer
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kgolliher | 01/21/2009
Fort Collins . COLO. – Breaking a sweat can help prevent more than just extra inches around your waist. According to medical studies done by the American Cancer Society , women who engage in physical exercise daily have a significantly lower chance of developing breast cancer. Keep your New Year’s resolution to exercise more and keep it upbeat by protecting your favorite tunes in pink OtterBox iPod®
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