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...exact genomes. Why? First, it would allow physicians to screen patients’ entire genome for gene variants that predispose us for certain diseases—instead of ordering a volley of individual (read: expensive) tests for different disorders. Women who carry a gene variant known to increase breast cancer risk, for example, would be able to begin mammograms earlier in life. Second, it would allow physicians to personalize medical treatments. In a few cases, this is already possible. The breast cancer drug Tamoxifen is much more effective in individuals who produce a certain protein that digests drugs...

Author: By Matthew S. Meisel | Title: The Public Genome | 4/27/2007 | See Source »

...recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine states that there is no link between abortion and breast cancer—a connection that previous studies have said exists. Karin B. Michels, an associate professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, was the lead author of the study, which marks the latest word in an ongoing debate. Although the connection between abortion and breast cancer is a politically charged issue, Michels is confident in the results of her latest research. “There have been a number of studies previously conducted that did suggest there...

Author: By Charles R. Melvoin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Study: No Abortion-Cancer Link | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

...daughter Lucy (Kristen Stewart, “Panic Room”) and Brody’s heartbroken Carter, “Women” is primarily concerned with the dynamic between Lucy, her mother Sarah (Ryan), and the personal issues they each tackle.Sarah, a lonely suburban housewife, suffers from breast cancer and struggles to make a substantive connection with her eldest daughter. Lucy, your typical too-cool-for-school teenager, resents her mother’s apparent lack of power and emotional strength.While Carter is supposedly the figure who brings the two women together, he really doesn?...

Author: By Erin A. May, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In The Land of Women | 4/20/2007 | See Source »

...milk say it's good for babies and moms. Lorna Medina, 30, who stayed home in Tucson, Ariz., after the birth of her child, also nursed the infant of her working sister for a year. Medina says it created a unique bond with her niece, a preemie who needed breast milk to grow. Chang says cross-nursing brought her closer to her neighbor. "It takes female friendship to another level. You're trusting another person to nurture your child," she says. And she adds that since she and her husband don't live near family, "it's also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Outsourcing Breast Milk | 4/19/2007 | See Source »

...accept that cross-nursing is for the collective good, wet nurses magnify the discomfort that many people already feel about the wealthy employing less advantaged women to do domestic duties. That's why the few women who hire wet nurses--mostly because they have adopted, have had breast implants or reductions or have high-powered careers--keep it a secret, for fear of being judged bad mothers. Still, Robert Feinstock, who owns CertifiedHouseholdStaffing.com a Los Angeles--based agency that supplies wet nurses nationwide, says demand has steadily risen in the past four years, even though the standard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Outsourcing Breast Milk | 4/19/2007 | See Source »

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