Thursday, October 25, 2012
Breast cancer isn't age specific. Here's how to cope with treatments and augmentations if you are diagnosed earlier in life.
- BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Generally speaking, a woman in New Jersey has a one in 77 chance of getting breast cancer, according to this breast cancer statistics chart from komen.org. An American woman in her 30s has a one in 232 chance of getting the disease, and a woman 20 years her senior has a one in 42 probability, according to the website. “Although we aren’t certain, the cause of breast cancer in younger women is likely caused by a genetic predisposition,” says Ann H. Partridge, M.D., M.P.H., the medical oncologist director of the Adult Survivorship Program at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. While breast cancer treatment in young women is often effective, the chance of recovery tends to be worse in women under 40. Breast tissue …
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Early detection of breast cancer through routine exams saves thousands of lives every year.
- BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
- Rashmi Raman
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Studies have shown that early detection of breast cancer improves the chances of a cure. That in itself is the most important reason to make an appointment today for a breast exam or mammogram. Locally, you can obtain a referral from your doctor to get mammograms and breast exams in Parsippany. Alternately, the township has a medical institution that provides these potentially lifesaving tests: St Clares Imaging Center at 3219 Route 46. For more information, give the center a call at 973-334-1006. Going for an exam can be nerve-wracking. To better understand the importance of exams, here's helpful information that explains the process, when you should go and why: Breast self-exams There has been a lot of heated debate in the research and …
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Elaine Britcher, diagnosed in 2006, said she strives to live with optimism and hope.
Elaine Britcher has breast cancer, but it doesn't have her. "I have a life, I have kids, I have things to do," she said. "I'm not ready for this to end." The mother of two, who talked with Patch recently over bagels and coffee, was very matter of fact in discussing the disease likely will take her life. She said she knows that cancer plays a huge part in her day to day reality, but is determined that it will not kill her spirit. The Parsippany resident, 53, received the diagnosis in November, six years ago. At the time, all Britcher knew was that something did not feel quite right. "I was working at the Interfaith Food Pantry in Morristown, and we were getting into our busy season," she recalled. "It was a Friday, and I decided to take a …
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards spoke at Princeton University on Wednesday.
Sex is everywhere, from music to movies to television, yet when it comes to sex education and reproductive health, there is a lack of credible information, says Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood. “I don’t have to talk about sex for young people to think about it,” Richards told the crowd at Princeton University on Wednesday. “I think of my own kids who grew up watching Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, let’s just go down the list…and yet somehow we don’t want to teach sex education or provide access to good information." Richards spoke at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs to discuss “Keeping Politics out of Women’s Health.” As the head of Planned Parenthood since 2005, Richards oversees the …
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