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Folic Acid and Breast Cancer: Behind the Medical Headlines
This article by Dr IH Kunkler, of the University of Edinburgh, in Scotland, explores the relationship between folic acid and breast cancer risk and puts a recent headline-making study that found a possible link between folic acid supplementation during pregnancy and subsequent breast cancer risk into proper perspective.
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Doctor, doctor: Susan Love
Read the interview with Dr. Susan Love that appeared in the Advocate.
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Know Your METS: Using Exercise to Reduce Your Risk of Developing Breast Cancer or Experiencing a Breast Cancer Recurrence
When it comes to reducing breast cancer risk, exercise is increasingly looking like a good bet. But to reap all the benefits that exercise can provide, you need to be sure that your fitness routine is providing you with the right number of metabolic equivalents, or METS. This article by Coach Marie Murphy tells you what you need to know to reduce your risk.
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The Cure for What We Don't Know
Read the recent op-ed by Dr. Susan Love that appeared in the Los Angeles Times.
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Life's a Stitch
Interview with Anne Dalin, editor of the anthology Life's a Stitch, a collection of humor that not only leaves readers laughing but is raising money for important causes.
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Health, Hope, and Hype: Why the Media Oversells Medical "Breakthroughs"
With all those breakthroughs, you'd think nobody would have to die of cancer any more and we should all be running marathons into our 80s…But very few of
us are running marathons in our 80s, and we are still dying of cancer and heart disease and you name it. Do you think maybe that's because a lot of what passes as medical journalism contains a bit of hype?
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So-Called "Bust Enhancing" Herbal Products Get Thumbs-Down
Advertising of herbal products claiming to increase bust size abound. But there
are neither published clinical trials nor scientific data that demonstrate whether
any of them actually work or are even safe. Read this commentary by Adriane Fugh-Berman,
MD, that appeared in the June issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
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Is It News or Is It Advertising?
How do you know whether what you are reading online or seeing on TV is actual news or a piece that was paid for by a pharmaceutical
company? Read the New York Times article that explores the sometimes
blurry line between news and advertising.
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National Colloquium on Black Women's Health
The National Black Women's Health Project, the Congressional Black Caucus Health Brain Trust, and the US Senate Black Legislative Staff Caucus hosted a colloquium on April 11, 2003, to address the unequal burdens in health, healthcare access, and quality of care borne by African American women, presented from the perspectives of black women. You can view archived webcasts of selected sessions from this event.
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"Medical
Breakthroughs": Evaluating Media Reports of Medical Progress
This excellent
article by Dr. Ellen Mahoney can help you to understand the research behind
the stories the media reports. Her article appears in the
current issue of the California Breast Cancer Research Program
Bulletin.
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Molly's Story
A few weeks after being diagnosed with breast cancer in December
1990, Molly Martin told her editor at the Seattle Times'
Pacific Northwest magazine that she wanted to write about her experience.
Now, on the 10-year anniversary of the publication of her story, the Seattle
Times has created a web page for her story, along with photos, audio captions,
and a new list of breast cancer resources.
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Cures Not Campaigns
Columnist Joan Ryan asks what Breast Cancer Awareness Month is really all about.
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Mammography Screening Controversy
In this Medscape Newsmaker Interview, breast cancer expert Michael Baum, MD, discusses the controversy over mammography screening. Dr. Susan Love calls Dr. Baum "one of my heroes who is not afraid to say it as it is." (You will need to register with Medscape to view this story. Registration is free.)
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