Religion & Law

Coaches for Breast Cancer Patients
Recently, the American Cancer Society and National Breast Cancer Coalition began training individuals to coach women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. These coaches assist with navigating the difficult process of making life changing decisions once a patient has learned of the cancer...

Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer Leads to Malpractice in Chicago
Two lawsuits have been filed against Stroger Hospital in Chicago, Illinois claiming the hospital failed to timely diagnose breast cancer. One woman, Bobbie Jean Melton, died from breast cancer earlier this year...

Support a MILS: Breast Cancer 3-Day
Kim, the original Law School Mom blogger and recent breast cancer survivor, has formed a group, The Chest Nuts, to walk the 60-mile Chicago Susan G. Koman Breast Cancer 3-day walk August 8-10, 2008...

Glaxo tests Tykerb versus Herceptin for early Breast Cancer Treatment
GlaxoSmithKline has begun a phase III clinical study that will compare comparing its drug Tykerb with Herceptin in the treatment of early breast cancer. The trial will measure which cancer cells disappear in the breast following treatment with Tykerb and/or Herceptin before surgery in women with early-stage breast cancer whose tumours overexpress the HER2 protein...

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: WEI ZEN-WEI - CANCER RESEARCHER
While the world's attention was focused on the scary news yesterday on Wall Street, there was some hopeful news on another front. Researchers made an exciting announcement about breast cancer research...

After
I have been writing more about my walking/race training and school recently than I have about breast cancer. To read this blog, you might think breast cancer is a distant memory for me now...

Breast Cancer Patient Awarded $8.1 Million in Discrimination Case
Breast Cancer Patient Awarded $8.1 Million in Discrimination Case

$5.4 Million Quebec Breast Cancer Wait List Class Action Settlement Approved
$5.4 Million Quebec Breast Cancer Class Action Settlement Approved

Canceled Insurance
Judge orders Health Net Inc. to pay $9 million settlement after terminating a policyholder's policy after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

Fosamax
Possible Link with Esophageal Cancer

Pittsburgh Cancer Center
Wanrs of Cell Phone and Cancer Risk

FDA Review of Prostate Cancer Treatment Prompts Warning of Risk for Diabetes
Prostate Cancer Treatment FDA Review Prompts Warning of Risk for Diabetes