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I'd always protected my sister. But I was powerless when her breast cancer struck again, says Joan Bakewell
Published July 4, 2009, 3:02 pm, Daily Mail
In this deeply personal account, the broadcaster tells of the family tragedy that made her fight for the forgotten sufferers of secondary cancer.
AJC Peachtree still spry after 40 years
Published July 4, 2009, 1:48 pm, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Peachtree Road Race turned 40 on Saturday, entering middle age on just the right note.
Friends keep in touch through Facebook
Published July 4, 2009, 12:00 am, The Advertiser-News
Denise Baker Braun and a group of friends raised more than $5,000 to fight breast cancer as participants in the upcoming three-day walk in Tampa, Fla. Braun raised more than $2,500 herself; she teamed up with three other members of the Vernon High class of 1989 Stacey Bray, Dyan Huey Thompson and Karin McQueen, all in an effort to keep the pink ribbon the symbol of the fight to find a cure for ...
Queen's Breast Center receives national accreditation
Published July 3, 2009, 9:24 pm, KHNL News 8 Honolulu
Breast cancer is a terrifying diagnosis for any woman. But at the Queen's Medical Center, patients are finding comfort knowing they're not alone in the
My turn: American health care system can learn from the Brits
Published July 3, 2009, 1:03 pm, Juneau Empire
As an expatriate Brit and now resident here, I have watched the debate over impending health care reform with interest and sometimes incredulity. Having had almost 40 years experience of a "public option" health care system, I wanted to add my two cents to the debate and try and clear up some misconceptions that seem to abound.
Going It Alone When Buying a Health Policy
Published July 3, 2009, 9:18 am, WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance
The sour economy is prodding more Americans to buy their own health insurance, a daunting task for people not prepared to navigate the possible pitfalls.
Sarah Lovinger: Health Care Rationing? The US Has Been Rationing Care for Years
Published July 3, 2009, 9:07 am, The Huffington Post
I am not sure in which alternate reality these Conservative nay-sayers live, but as a primary care doctor working with uninsured patients, I can assure you that health care has been rationed in the US for years.
Calendar girls get out on the catwalk for breast cancer charity
Published July 3, 2009, 4:50 am, EDP24 - Eastern Daily Press
A spot of holiday sunbathing was the limit of her breasts' public exposure - until breast cancer struck. Now Anna Beckingham is something of an ambassador for breasts, and about to become a calendar girl and model.
NHS apologises to Workington family over cancelled operation
Published July 2, 2009, 2:02 pm, West Cumberland Times & Star
THE FAMILY of an elderly agoraphobic woman, who was turned away from surgery minutes before a mastectomy, have been given an apology, four months after it happened.
Palestinian directors launch country's first commercial animated film
Published July 2, 2009, 1:13 pm, The Daily Star Lebanon
Her back to the camera, a Gaza woman ashamedly unbuttons her dress before a female Israeli soldier, revealing that her breasts were removed in a failed attempt to halt cancer. In this climactic scene in "Fatenah" - whose creators term it the first serious Palestinian attempt at animation - the heroine flunks the security check.
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