Womens Health - Mastectomy
A Woman Has Her Breasts Remade After a Doube Mastectomy
A woman has a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer, then had a new treatment to reconstruct her breasts.
A Woman Has Her Breasts Remade After a Doube Mastectomy
A woman has a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer, then had a new treatment to reconstruct her breasts.
Counseling Can Help Women Avoid Double Mastectomies
Women diagnosed with breast cancer overestimate their risk for the disease recurring in their other breast, and often undergo a double mastectomy .
Matectomies: Is There a Choice?
A new report from the Journal of Medical Association (JAMA) speaks of concerns that women are not being offered choices of treatment for breast cancer.
A new vaccine is being tested in the DC area that could help prevent breast cancer from recurring in some women.
Women Use Yoga To Recover From Chemo Therapy
Cancer survivors use yoga to calm anxiety and recover from chemo therapy.
Many Men Don't Go for a Check Up After a Vasectomy
Nearly half of men who have a vasectomy don't go back to the doctor for follow-up tests to make sure the procedure worked.
An experimental breast cancer vaccine has been shown to prevent tumors in mice.
Walgreens to Sell Over-the Counter DNA Tests
Robert Bazell (NBC Nightly News) reports that Walgreen's stores are planning to begin selling an over the counter genetic testing kit that will tell you if you are at risk for various diseases.
Friends Can Impact Breast Cancer Treatment Choices
Friends and family memebers of breast cancer patients can have a major impact on what kind of treatment they'll choose.
The story of a mother diagnosed with cancer and her heroic fight to save not only her own life, but the lives of the twins she was pregnant with.
