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...months ago, Liu Lichun didn't know her breast could contain cancer. No one had taught the 40-year-old Chinese woman from Inner Mongolia what the disease was. She'd never heard of a mammogram or mastectomy. It had thus never occurred to her that she would lose her left breast to the mysterious illness nor that such a loss would probably save her life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Changing Face of Breast Cancer | 10/4/2007 | See Source »

...Harvard University Health Services (UHS) said yesterday that it would offer the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for $25 per shot. Women under the age of 26 on Harvard’s insurance plan will be able to obtain the vaccine, which has been shown to decrease risk of cervical cancer, at the new price from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. today at a “Gardasil Clinic” in the Holyoke Center. The price drop comes after the Harvard College Women’s Center, the Seneca, and 13 other organizations led a campaign last year...

Author: By Sara M. Sollors, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: UHS To Offer Cheap Vaccine | 9/25/2007 | See Source »

Studies involving rat and human subjects have suggested that high exposures to certain kinds of phthalates can cause cancer, developmental and sex-hormone abnormalities (including decreased testosterone and sperm levels and malformed sex organs) in infants, and can affect fertility. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has no regulations on the use of phthalates, does not require the labeling of phthalate content on products and does not consider the quantities to which people are exposed to be harmful. But other countries think otherwise. In 2004, the European Union banned two types of phthalates in cosmetics and also bans the chemical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How "Fresh" Is Air Freshener? | 9/24/2007 | See Source »

...shirt troupe does not enjoy the benefits of Lance Armstrong-scale publicity, which brought the bracelets instant notice. But what really distinguishes the movements from each other is that Live Strong referred to a mantra—although it was a means of raising awareness and funds for cancer research, the bracelets stated “Live Strong” as opposed to something like “I have cancer.” From a fundraising angle, the yellow bracelets were a hit because they provided a slogan that was inspirational. I doubt that these T-shirts can garner...

Author: By Lucy M. Caldwell | Title: Positively Puzzling | 9/24/2007 | See Source »

...will investigate the function of enzymes associated with diseases including schizophrenia, diabetes, and cancer...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NIH Grants Offer Funding Relief | 9/21/2007 | See Source »

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