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In Health News: DASH Diet Saves Lives, Healthcare Crisis Affecting The Insured, and Breast Cancer Screening.

Are you interested in lowering your blood pressure? Reducing your risk of heart disease? If so, you may want to consider the DASH Diet.

State of The Evidence Report: What All Women Need To Know About Environmental Causes of Breast Cancer.

Last week the Breast Cancer Fund released its State of the Evidence Report for 2008. The 2008 report, provides the most comprehensive listing to-date of chemicals linked to breast cancer. It also provides a much more complex picture of breast cancer causation than traditionally accepted, one in which timing, mixtures and dose of environmental exposures interact with genes and lifestyle factors.

In Health News: The Autism Debate, Drive-Thru Mastectomies, and the HPV Vaccine (Gardasil).

There was a lot of news coverage this week, about a court case of a family with a child who appeared to developed Autism after her childhood immunizations...I wondered how this might affect other families dealing with this devastating disease? Also in the blogs, is a petition that women can sign, supporting an end to drive-thru mastectomies. And end they should, this practice is a disgrace, as well as a travesty against women. And, my pet-peeve issue (Gardasil), is also in the news. Autism...

National Mammography Day

by Denise at 6:50am Sun, 14 Oct 2007 under Health & Wellness, breast cancer, mammography, mammogram
It probably comes as no surprise to you that there is a National Mammography Day, or that it is in October - on the 19th to be exact. Does it surprise you to hear that Senator Biden authored the National Mammography Day resolution 15 years ago?

Breast Cancer and the Health Care Crisis: What Is Your Life Worth?

Revolutionary new cancer drugs offer hope where there was none. But the price tag may be too high for some to bear.

The Environmental Risks of Breast Cancer: Do you know what they are?

by Catherine Morgan at 1:44pm Fri, 5 Oct 2007 under Health & Wellness, family, breast cancer, health, women, cancer
I was honored to be asked and participate in a phone conference this week on breast cancer, sponsored by LUNA and the Breast Cancer Fund, together they have established Pure Prevention. The call brought two nationally recognized environmental health experts, Dr.

Pink Ribbon Madness: Say No to Breast Cancer Exploitation for Corporate Profit

October is a great time of the year. Those of us who live in certain climates are treated to a beautiful show from nature as the leaves on trees turn vibrant reds, oranges, and yellows. Kids of all ages rejoice in Halloween festivities, dressing up in costumes and stuffing their faces with candy. It's a life-affirming month, assuming that you can avoid what has come to be the tyranny of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

New Study: Using MRI To Diagnose Breast Cancer & What Women Need To Know About The "Invisible" Cancer.

I started writing this post to cover a new study on the benefits of using MRI for the diagnosis of breast cancer (full report). It's an important study, especially for women in a high risk category.