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“New Mexico doctors can help terminal patients die, judge says.” By Lateef Mungin, CNN. (CNN) — In a decision sure to cause debate, a New Mexico judge has ruled that terminally ill, mentally competent patients have the right to get a doctor to end their lives. The landmark decision Monday by New Mexico Second Judicial . . . → Read More: New Mexico doctors can help terminal patients die, judge says
“Cue the Kellers.” By Jody Schoger, Women With Cancer. Lisa Adams is a stunningly articulate blogger and mother of three from New England who has suddenly found herself as the Rorschsach test for two prominent journalists who should have known better. The husband and wife team, Emma and Bill Keller, writing for the Guardian and . . . → Read More: Cue the Kellers
“Komen Sees Significant Drop in 2013 Contributions.” Philanthropy News Digest. Contributions to Dallas-based Susan G. Komen for the Cure fell 22 percent in the twelve months following its decision in January 2012 to stop funding Planned Parenthood affiliates — a decision it subsequently reversed, the Associated Press reports. Citing audited financial statements (49 pages, PDF) . . . → Read More: Komen Sees Significant Drop in 2013 Contributions
“HOT TOPICS 2014: Breast Cancer.” MedPageToday. What do you anticipate will be the most important clinical development in breast cancer in 2014? We put that question to Larry Norton, MD, of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, Nancy Davidson, MD, of the University of Pittsburgh, and Lisa Carey, MD, of the University of . . . → Read More: HOT TOPICS 2014: Breast Cancer
“Komen sees big drop in contributions after dispute.” by Jamie Stengle, Associated Press, SFGate. DALLAS (AP) — Susan G. Komen for the Cure saw a 22 percent drop in contributions in the year following the controversy over its decision, quickly reversed, to stop giving grants to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings. Citing audited financial . . . → Read More: Komen sees big drop in contributions after dispute
“Breast Cancer Screenings: What We Still Don’t Know.” by Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, The New York Times. A COUPLE of months ago, JAMA Internal Medicine, a journal of the American Medical Association, published the findings of a brief online survey of middle-aged Americans. Most had previously been screened for either breast or prostate cancer. But . . . → Read More: Breast Cancer Screenings: What We Still Don’t Know
“I Had My DNA Picture Taken, With Varying Results.” by Kira Peikoff, The New York Times. In recent years, a handful of studies have found substantial variations in the risks for common diseases predicted by direct-to-consumer companies. I set out to test the tests: Could three of them agree on me? The answers were . . . → Read More: I Had My DNA Picture Taken, With Varying Results
“The Cancer Divide: India’s Efforts to Aid Poor Worry Drug Makers.” by Gardiner Harris, The New York Times. NEW DELHI — Alka Kudesia needs an expensive drug to treat her breast cancer, but refuses to tell her children for fear they will take out loans to buy the medicine and spend the rest of . . . → Read More: The Cancer Divide: India’s Efforts to Aid Poor Worry Drug Makers
“San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Highlights.” by Dr. Robert Miller, #BCSM. The San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium is the largest scientific meeting devoted to breast cancer, attracting national and international attention. It is attended by clinicians, researchers and advocates. “The Symposium aims to achieve a balance of clinical, translational, and basic research, providing a forum . . . → Read More: San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Highlights by Dr. Robert Miller
“The Cancer Divide: Tackling a Racial Gap in Breast Cancer Survival.” by Tara Parker-Pope, The New York Times. The cancer divide between black women and white women in the United States is as entrenched as it is startling. In the 1980s, breast cancer survival rates for the two were nearly identical. But since 1991, as . . . → Read More: The Cancer Divide: Tackling a Racial Gap in Breast Cancer Survival |
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