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Nurse explaining breast cancer screening to older woman

6 Ways You Can Protect Yourself From Breast Cancer

If someone were to ask you about breast cancer, what would you be able to tell them? This is the most common cancer amongst women, but sometimes it can be hard to …

Clinical trial participants stay comfy at this Oklahoma facility

Dana-Farber: Massachusetts’ Leading Cancer Institute

The success of this year’s Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk has gotten us thinking about the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. If you don’t live in the Northeast, there’s a chance that you might …

Measuring the Impact of the Ice Bucket Challenge

What Was the Impact of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge?

Before this summer, the letters ALS probably didn’t mean a whole lot to those that saw them in a commercial or in book. This all changed when videos depicting people taking the Ice …

Doctor discusses new national guidelines for pneumonia vaccine

U.S. Advisory Panel Shares New Guidelines for Pneumonia Vaccines

For decades, health care guidelines have stipulated that people over the age of 65 should consider getting vaccinated for pneumonia once a year. Now there are new guidelines being released that recommend …

Woman getting a mammogram for breast cancer

MD Anderson Provides Improved Breast Cancer Screening in Houston

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Memorial Hermann Health System are going to be working together to help save more women from developing breast cancer. These two Texas health …