by Woody Weingarten | Jul 4, 2015 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
Studies differ on whether trendy ‘patient navigators’ are truly beneficial in cancer cases Are navigators — those nurses or lay aides who guide cancer patients through the bureaucratic mazes that must be negotiated again and again in the...
by Woody Weingarten | Jul 2, 2015 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
Task force retains old ideas — women under 50 must decide for selves about mammogramsSix years ago, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force kickstarted a debate on what precise age women should get mammograms.How?By making integral to its report the notion that those...
by Woody Weingarten | Jul 1, 2015 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
Famed TV chef recovering from double mastectomy after breast cancer diagnosis in New York Sandra Lee gets kiss from partner,N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, inhospital after double mastectomy.Sandra Lee, celebrated Food Network chef and longtime partner of N.Y. Gov....
by Woody Weingarten | Jun 20, 2015 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
Pregnant women’s exposure to DDT may have boosted breast cancer risk for their daughtersA new peril has been discovered for an old insecticide. And it’s intergenerational.Sort of a treacherous hand-me-down.A recent study shows “a startling link...
by Woody Weingarten | Jun 12, 2015 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
Nonprofit breast cancer agency gets new headquarters — and a new executive directorRose BarlowZero Breast Cancer, a nonprofit that focuses on identifying the role environmental factors play in breast cancer, has a new home. And a new leader.The Marin County...
