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“Routine Physicals Don’t Save Lives.” By Charles Bankhead, MedPage Today A systematic review and meta-analysis of 16 clinical trials involving 183,000 patients found that general health checkups, long recommended as a component of routine healthcare, had no benefit in terms of decreasing overall morbidity and mortality. There was also no demonstrated benefit to checkups for . . . → Read More: Routine Physicals Don’t Save Lives 
ANNOUNCEMENT Cancer Cultures Conference November 6-7, 2012 University College London United Kingdom This two day event at the University College London in the UK will bring together academics and postgraduate research students from across the social sciences to examine the diverse experiences and cultural or social engagement with the illness and disease of cancer. It . . . → Read More: International Conference on Cancer Cultures
“A yellow flag for the NFL.” By Maura Kelly, New York Daily News The NFL has turned pink again this October, for the fourth year in a row. In nominal support of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, players, coaches and referees have been wearing pink apparel; giant pink-ribbon stencils adorn the fields and special pink-ribbon . . . → Read More: A yellow flag for the NFL 
“After the Cure” by medical historian Emily Abel and medical sociologist Saskia Subramanian is an important contribution to the understanding of survivorship, not as an identity so much but as a lived experience. it is about life after cancer treatment ends (if it ends) and the lingering or latent side effects. While some cancer . . . → Read More: Book Review — “After the Cure: The Untold Stories of Breast Cancer Survivors”
“A real cancer hero.” By Christie Aschwanden, The Last Word On Nothing This month marks six years since Karen Hornbostel died. I’ve been thinking of her this week as the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency released 1,000 pages of evidence showing a vast doping conspiracy by Lance Armstrong and his entourage. The affidavits, emails, bank records and . . . → Read More: “A real cancer hero”
“Ins and Outs of Cause-Related Marketing.” By Charity Navigator Charity Navigator interviews Sheila Brown, Director of Development and Special Projects of Breast Cancer Fund, Robbie Finke Franklin, Director of Marketing for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and Jean A. Sachs, CEO of Living Beyond Breast Cancer about how corporations and breast cancer charities partner to . . . → Read More: “Ins and Outs of Cause-Related Marketing”
“7 things no one tells you about breast cancer.” By Shaun Dreisbach, Glamour Each October the ribbons return, the fund-raisers reboot, and newspaper headlines everywhere become overwhelmingly breast-centric. So you couldn’t be blamed for thinking you know everything there is to know about breast cancer, end of story, turn the page. Except you don’t—and neither . . . → Read More: 7 things no one tells you about breast cancer 
Photo Credit: http://www.thewhig.com/2011/09/07/pink-ribbon-untied Samantha King is an associate professor and graduate coordinator and associate director of the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. Her research focuses on breast cancer, corporate philanthropy, neoliberalism and the politics of health, sport and the body. Her book, “Pink Ribbons, Inc., Breast Cancer . . . → Read More: Interview with Samantha King, Author of Pink Ribbons, Inc.
“When Prolonging Death Seems Worse Than Death.” By Terry Gross, Fresh Air from WHYY “We’re going to discuss a subject that’s difficult to talk about: end-of-life decisions for the terminally ill. My guest, Judith Schwarz, works with the group Compassion & Choices, serving as the regional clinical coordinator for the East Coast. Compassion & Choices . . . → Read More: When Prolonging Death Seems Worse Than Death
“New 3-D mammograms have benefits, risks.” By Liz Szabo, USA Today USA TODAY’s Liz Szabo asked screening experts to talk about the risks, limitations and potential benefits of a new screening method, the new 3-D mammogram. The technology, called tomosynthesis, provides three-dimensional images of the breast by using a technology similar to CT scans, or . . . → Read More: New 3-D mammograms have benefits, risks |
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