Inflammatory Breast Cancer 101
Black women are more likely to be diagnosed with more aggressive forms of breast cancer, including ...
Can Addressing Obesity Help Black Women With Breast Cancer?
Data suggests that extra weight may have a negative impact on survival rates and may speed up the p...
Breast Cancer Studies Take Aim at Racial Disparities
Researchers want to better understand why Black women are more likely to die from this disease....
National Mammography Day Is Oct. 21
Learn where to go to receive a free screening....
Study: CT scans modestly cut lung cancer deaths
A special type of CT scan can detect lung cancer early enough to save some lives | the National Can...
Report: A bit more vitamin D is good, not too much
Long-awaited new dietary guidelines say there's no proof that megadoses prevent cancer or other ail...
This Day in Black History: Jan. 31, 1943
Broadway star Etta Moten Barnett became the first Black person to sing at the White House....
Saving Rwandan Women From Cervical Cancer
Merck and Qiagen have teamed up with the Republic of Rwanda for a national program that will provid...
For Many Black Women With Breast Cancer, Obamacare Offers Help
Melanie Nix is one of many breast cancer survivors and patients who say that Obamacare is a great h...
Mammograms before 40: Few cancers, many callbacks
Mammograms before 40: Few cancers | many callbacks...
Overtreating earliest cancers — but which ones?
Overtreating earliest cancers — but which ones?...
American Cancer Doctors Reach Out to Africa
American Cancer Doctors Reach Out to Africa...
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Risk Factors For Black Women | Breast Cancer Awareness Month | Body and Soul
(www.BlackDoctor.org) -- October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which means it’s time to educate...
Breast Cancer In Black Women: A Cautionary Tale | Body and Soul
(www.BlackDoctor.org) -- Whenever a stranger is lurking around us or our children, our instincts go...
William Raspberry, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Columnist, Is Dead
William Raspberry, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for "The Washington Post," who was one of the...
Blood Test to Spot Cancer Gets Big Boost From Johnson & Johnson
BOSTON – A blood test so sensitive that it can spot a single cancer cell lurking among a bill...
What Is Triple Negative Breast Cancer?
Updated Nov. 10, 2008 – Anyone who has read anything lately about breast cancer in African American...
Planned Parenthood: Blight or Blessing of the Black Community?
When a sensitive topic like abortion comes into play, the facts can get often get lost. So what’s t...
Question Looms on WTC Health Act: Who is Covered?
Many rescue and recovery workers find they don't qualify for coverage of ailments after 9/11....
