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Dying Mom's Wish List Becomes Best-Seller

John Johnson — Sat, 12 May 2012 13:50:05 CDT

The last wishes of a dying mother have inspired a British best-seller that's soon coming to the US, reports ABC News . The story began when Kate Greene and her husband, St. John Greene—sweethearts since high school—had a son diagnosed with cancer and another born prematurely. Both turned out...

Breast Cancer: Not One but 10 Diseases

Rob Quinn — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:12:06 CDT

Breast cancer isn't a single disease but an umbrella term for 10 genetically distinct diseases, according to the biggest-ever study of the genetics of breast tumors. The researchers, who split the disease into 10 categories after examining samples from 2,000 tumors, say the study offers a "completely new way...

Time to Forgive Susan G. Komen for the Cure

John Johnson — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:56:16 CDT

The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation is by all accounts still reeling from the backlash over its bid to cut Planned Parenthood funding. And while the breast cancer charity deserved all the scorn it got, writes Amy Tennery at the JaneDough blog , it might just be time for...

Cadmium Increases Breast Cancer Risk

Kevin Spak — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:35:31 CDT

Women whose diets are higher in cadmium are more likely to develop breast cancer, according to a new study released today by the American Association for Cancer Research. Cadmium is a heavy metal that seeps into crops through fertilizer, rainfall, and sewage, and is most often found in whole grains,...

Planned Parenthood Aside, Komen Is Just Ineffective

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:43:16 CST

The furor that pushed the Komen foundation to reverse its controversial Planned Parenthood decision must now be turned to other aspects of the breast cancer fundraising organization, writes Peggy Orenstein in the Los Angeles Times . Despite the name "Susan G. Komen for the Cure," last year the organization spent just...

Former Komen VP Blasts 'Bully' Planned Parenthood

Kevin Spak — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:02:28 CST

Former Susan G. Komen VP Karen Handel says the foundation had a "gentle ladies' agreement" with Planned Parenthood that neither would alert the press when Komen cut off funding , and that Planned Parenthood broke it. "What happened is nothing short of a disgrace," she tells the Daily Beast . "Planned Parenthood...

Komen's Brinker: I Made Mistakes

Polly Davis Doig — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:49:25 CST

The embattled Komen breast cancer charity has restored Planned Parenthood's funding , seen the exit of a top executive , and now CEO Nancy Brinker is publicly eating a little crow: Responding to an open letter from longtime friend Sally Quinn, Brinker apologizes in the Washington Post, admitting, "I made some mistakes....

Pro-Life Komen VP Quits

Kate Schwartz — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:56:09 CST

Karen Handel, the Susan G. Komen VP for public policy who reportedly fueled the decision to cut Planned Parenthood funding, has resigned, according to a letter obtained by the AP . In the letter, Handel confirmed that she had supported the defunding, but said that the discussion started before she joined...

Komen 'Overreach' Is Wake-Up Call for Women

John Johnson — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:39:33 CST

The Susan G. Komen for the Cure controversy is a very big deal for women's reproductive rights, maybe the biggest in decades, write Salon columnists Rebecca Traister and Joan Walsh. "The overreach by the Komen foundation, while surely intended to strike yet another blow on the side of antiabortion activism,...