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Mandy Crest

Mandy Crest, Health Guide

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The "MS Hug" Demystified

Suddenly you feel an intense tightening around your chest, along with pain and a burning sensation. You clutch your chest, awash in fear.   If you have never had this experience before, you wonder... is this a heart attack... a panic attack... an asthma attack... and you will definitely want to contact your physician.   But if you... Read moreChevron
posted 04/15/2009, comments (29)|
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Kevin Knopf, MD

Kevin Knopf, MD, Health Guide

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Medical Oncologist
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The Advantages and Disadvantages of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer

Data presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium show that basically all women with HER2+ breast cancers benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy/Herceptin due to their worse prognosis. In my mind, however, there is no more controversial area in breast cancer than in which patients truly benefit from receiving adjuvant chemotherapy, among women... Read moreChevron
posted 03/18/2009, comments (4)|
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Fran Visco

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President, National Breast Cancer Coalition
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When Breast Cancer Goes Away on Its Own

What if you found out from a mammogram that you had breast cancer - but a few months later were told it had gone away? Sounds pretty unbelievable - but a study published recently by the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests that this might be true.   Scientists from Norway and the U.S. compared how many new breast cancers were found among... Read moreChevron
posted 01/30/2009, comments (6)|
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Marc Heyison

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President, Men Against Breast Cancer
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Breast Cancer Model, Learning from Adelphi New York Statewide Program

It has been a long while since I have written, but I wanted to share some thoughts I have regarding the potential closing of the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program. This program has been in place for 28 years. Without a doubt, it has impacted and saved countless lives-more than we will ever know-with care, concern,... Read moreChevron
posted 01/15/2009, comments (0)|
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Laurie Kingston

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Living with Metastasitic Breast Cancer

This year, I made it one of my personal missions to reach more women through my writing. I wanted to get the message out that more of us are living longer and living well with metastatic breast cancer.   Before 2006, I didn’t even know what the word “metastatic” meant. By the end of that year, it was a word that terrified... Read moreChevron
posted 09/30/2008, comments (3)|
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