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Slash cancer by 40%

We can do it. So says the British Journal of Cancer. Read all about it in this week’s Augusta Medical Examiner. In the meantime, here’s a link to a BBC News article about the research.   http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16031149  

2012 is already here

If the Mayan calendar is right, there’s no need for a list of 2012 Medical Examiner issue dates and deadlines. But just in case it isn’t, all the relevant info for next year’s issues is now officially posted. As you know, everything on the Internet is 100% true, so now we HAVE to publish on those dates. The direct link …

For the cure?

It’s amazing that this topic didn’t get more play than it did during breast cancer month – it got barely any at all. Researchers have discovered a virus – adeno-associated virus type 2 (AAV2) – that feasts on cancer cells and will kill any grade of breast cancer “within seven days.” At least, that’s the preliminary verdict. As is usually …

Buddy Check

October may be over – and with it another wildly successful year for Breast Cancer Awareness – but unfortunately that doesn’t mean breast cancer goes away until next fall. It’s still here in November and in the daily lives of millions of women (and quite a few men). One of the strategies used to combat this disease is early detection, …

Ribbons, ribbons, more ribbons

There are dozens of various ribbons of remembrance. What do they all mean? Face it: after pink ribbons, most of us are pretty clueless. And you hate to ask. What if you ask someone what their little lapel ribbon denotes and they reply, “It’s a protest against nosy people who ask stupid questions,” and the next thing you know your …

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Is Breast Cancer Awareness Month getting too racy?

In this week’s Medical Examiner we note that not long ago — think Betty Ford — it was considered courageous to discuss the subject of breast cancer in public. It was instead a deep, dark secret. Today we have organizations who support breast cancer research with such slogans as “Save the Ta-Tas,” “Fightin’ for Fun Bags,” and “I [Heart] Boobies.” …