May 2015 On Saturday, April 25th, Sherina Garner walked her own 5K fundraiser in memory of her mother, Valerie Veney, who died from lung cancer. Fourteen people donated $453 to her cause, which Sherina then matched, raising a total of $906 for the National Center for Health Research and its main program, Cancer Prevention and […]
USA Today, June 7, 2015. Advocates for children with rare diseases are watching closely a congressional effort to streamline the nation’s drug approval process because the bill includes a provision that would extend a federal program that rewards companies making remedies for these young patients.
The Wall Street Journal, May 30, 2015. Would a congressional bill designed to jump-start medical innovation end up lowering standards for approving new uses of existing medicines?
If you are someone you know is thinking about getting a mastectomy, read this article to learn important information that should be discussed with your doctor before choosing your breast cancer treatment.
Hormone therapy has been used to treat the symptoms of menopause since the 1940s. There has been evidence that these hormones can cause a variety of illnesses, including breast cancer, but some new studies are questioning these findings. But, can they be trusted?