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• Children who attend daycare or playgroups are about 30 percent less likely to develop the most common type of childhood leukemia, according to University of California, Berkeley ...

  EmpowHer's Health Tip: Daycare May Reduce Children's Leukemia Risk

  on April 29, 2008 - 10:32am
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  I was reading the news link on Empowher, regarding the moral objections to the HPV vaccination. Many parents will not allow their girls to have the vaccination because they believe it ...

  Susan Cody: The Moral Dilemma of Unwedded and Teenage Sex: Some Think Cervical Cancer is Earned

  on April 29, 2008 - 7:27am
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  Dr. Jay Harness, President of The American Society of Breast Surgeon based at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Orange, CA explains why media cover in women’s cancer stories could and should be ...

  Dr. Jay Harness, Explains Why Media Cover in Women’s Cancer Stories Should Be Positive

  on April 22, 2008 - 4:32pm

• Great Britain has opened a government-run network of cancer clinics that will provide experimental treatments to dying cancer patients and may also speed up the drug testing process, the ...

  EmpowHer's Health Tip: Network Offers Experimental Treatments to Dying Cancer Patients

  on April 18, 2008 - 3:17pm
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  UCLA Medical Center has owned up to another case of celebrity privacy violation, this time involving Farrah Fawcett. The Los Angeles hospital, which fired several employees earlier this ...

  Farrah Fawcett's Medical Records Have Been Breached

  on April 3, 2008 - 2:21pm
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  By Vicki Hyman Star-Ledger Staff UCLA Medical Center has owned up to another case of celebrity privacy violation, this time involving Farrah Fawcett. The Los Angeles hospital, which ...

  Farrah Fawcett's Medical Records Have Been Breached

  on April 3, 2008 - 2:07pm
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  What would you do if you were told that your cancer is inoperable? I joke with my husband that, if anything ever happened to me, just shoot me. Of course, I know he wouldn't; but, I'm ...

  Alysia Korelc: Unique Surgery Saves Woman from Rare Cancerous Tumor

  on March 26, 2008 - 7:58am
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  Mark Twain said, “Quitting smoking is easy. I’ve done it a thousand times.” Does this sound familiar?

  Lara and Jill Price: Exercise Can Assist You to Quit Smoking

  on March 24, 2008 - 3:15pm
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  The Washington Post has a story on how anti-anemia drugs, prescribed for many patients undergoing chemotherapy, can actually shorten a patient’s life. Have you seen the ads about the ...

  Francine Hardaway: Overprescribed Anemia Drugs

  on March 21, 2008 - 2:38pm
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  There wasn’t a woman in America who was surprised by the recent medical report from the Australian Cancer Council.

  Nancy Franklin: From The Annals of Medical Journals -- Frequent Ejaculation Could Help Protect Against Prostate Cancer

  By nfranklin on March 20, 2008 - 12:30pm