by Laura Wershler | Oct 19, 2011 | Activism, Books, Communication, Health Care, New Research, Ovulation
OPINION Every October it’s the same thing: Buy pink, think pink, drink the pink Kool-Aid. All in pursuit of (mostly) the cure for breast cancer. Forget the cure. I’m much more interested in preventing the disease. As such, I’ve refused for years to...
by Chris Hitchcock | Dec 7, 2010 | Menstruation, New Research
According to this article in the journal Radiology, menstrual timing affects how sensitive screening mammography is. The authors analysed the results of screening mammographies collected as part of the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium. They used menstrual timing...
by Laura Wershler | Oct 1, 2010 | Activism, Advertising, Communication, Health Care, magazines
It’s October again: breast cancer awareness month. Women’s magazines are featuring stories about breast cancer, charitable events all over North America are raising money for breast cancer research, and retailers are urging you to shop to cure breast...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 12, 2010 | Anatomy, Girls, Internet, Media, New Research, Newspapers
When the story that girls are reaching puberty earlier than ever began popping up everywhere this week, I did not doubt its veracity. It was no coincidence that I received an email from a friend yesterday, observing with mixed feelings that she had just purchased a...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 6, 2010 | Law/Legal, Philosophy
Guest Post by Barbara A. Brenner Executive Director, Breast Cancer Action One of the saddest aspects of capitalism is that companies think they can and should own anything they get their hands on. Some time ago, they started obtaining patents on human genes, including...