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Craig Stoltz

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Health Journalist

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posted 05/16/2008, comments (0)

Vitamin D, Breast Cancer Risk Illuminated Again

A new report casts some light on a link between Vitamin D levels and breast cancer progression. Low blood levels of D were linked to nearly the double the risk of breast cancer occurence and a 73 percent greater chance of death. It's not the first time the vitamin, produced in the body when the skin is exposed to sunlight, has been linked to a... Read more Chevron

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Marc Heyison

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President, Men Against Breast Cancer

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posted 02/27/2008, comments (0)

A Celebration of Life: The Young Survivors Conference in Jacksonville, FL

I have just returned from the 8th Annual Conference for Young Women Affected By Breast Cancer, which took place in Jacksonville, FL last weekend. It's a great event sponsored by Living Beyond Breast Cancer and the Young Survival Coalition, and for the first time, it was also sponsored by Komen For the Cure. I was duly in awe of the men and... Read more Chevron

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Andcropper

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posted 07/13/2007, comment (1)

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I was diagnosed with IDC in July 2006, hard to believe its been a year. I had a right mascetomy in August and a skin expander put in. I finally started cemo the end of November (after having problems with the port) and ended cemo the end of February. Needless to say the holidays were sort of a blur. I was scheduled for 6... Read more Chevron

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Beth Brophy

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Journalist, Survivor

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posted 07/09/2007, comment (1)

Breast Cancer and Yoga

Marcie Pruett, 39, of San Diego, California has been battling breast cancer for the past three years. After two surgeries, two cycles of chemotherapy and radiation, and a course of oral chemotherapy for the past six months, she feels thirty years older than her age. “My bones and my muscles ache, and it’s difficult to move... Read more Chevron

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