Posts Tagged: breast cancer
Israeli Researchers Halt Spread of Breast Cancer in Mice With Molecular Blocker
Researchers from Bar-Ilan University in Israel have identified an amino acid peptide that may be able to block the spread of breast cancer in mice,...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Hadassah Fights BRCA With Decorated Bras
JNS.org - BRCA. It’s the gene mutation that gives Ashkenazi Jews a higher risk of breast cancer than the general population. But the women’s Zionist organization...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Revisiting Program Employing Blind Women
JNS.org - During Breast Cancer Awareness Month in 2013, I reported on an innovative initiative launched by German gynecologist Dr. Frank Hoffmann. Discovering Hands gives blind...
Jewish Group Supports German Breast Cancer Detection Tool That Employs Blind Women
JNS.org - As of 2005, German gynecologist Dr. Frank Hoffmann was no longer allowed to send women under the age of 50 to get...
Supreme Court to Rule on Right to Patent Human Genes
The Hill - Do companies have the right to patent your genes? The Supreme Court will wrestle with that highly charged question on Monday, when...
Ellen’s Run Tops 1000 Participants
For 16 years, Ellen Hermanson has been remembered and her work combating breast cancer continued through the efforts of the Ellen Hemanson Foundation and its...
Israeli Creates Cancer Detection “Game Changer”
Very rare is any news concerning breast cancer positive. No, this report does not divulge a miraculous, newly discovered cure. Curing cancer requires medical miracles. Diagnosing...
Betty Ford: Advocate for Addicts, Women
To the dismay of President Ford's advisers, Former First Lady Betty Ford, was extremely vocal about many taboo issues. She spoke openly about matters other...
Castle Connolly Honors Evelyn Lauder at National Physician Awards
Evelyn Lauder received the 2011 The National Health Leadership Award at the National Physician of the Year Awards Ceremony March 28. The event, hosted by...
