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Komen Reverses Decision on Planned Parenthood

Breast cancer foundation's leader apologizes for 'recent decisions'

(Newser) - The furious backlash hit home: The Susan G. Komen breast cancer foundation apologized today for its controversial move to pull funds from Planned Parenthood. "We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women's lives,...

Komen Changes Reason for Planned Parenthood Cuts

Says it prefers to fund groups offering direct breast health services

(Newser) - As the backlash against it continues to grow, the Susan G. Komen Foundation has changed its explanation for dropping its Planned Parenthood funding. Initially, the group said it had decided not to fund any organization currently under federal investigation . Now, leaders say the cuts have nothing to do a congressional...

Bloomberg Pledges $250K to Planned Parenthood

... to help make up for the Komen foundation cuts

(Newser) - Maybe that controversial decision by the Susan G. Komen foundation will end up helping Planned Parenthood: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg today pledged $250,000 of his own money to the group to pay for breast cancer screening after Komen yanked its funds, reports the New York Times . Planned...

Komen Website Gets Hacked
 Komen Website Gets Hacked 
Feb 2, 2012 9:51 AM CST

Komen Website Gets Hacked

Meanwhile, founder Nancy Brinker tries to 'set the record straight'

(Newser) - It looks like the Susan G. Komen Foundation isn't quite done taking flak for its decision to cut its funding of Planned Parenthood . Komen.org was hacked in the wee hours of the morning, reports the Atlantic Wire . A section of the homepage that read, "Help us get...

After Komen Cut, Donations to Planned Parenthood Rise

Backlash fierce as foundation cuts cancer screening funds

(Newser) - The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation's decision to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood has sparked a fierce backlash, with at least two petitions cropping up urging the cancer foundation to change its mind, and a slew of donations flooding into Planned Parenthood itself, the LA Times...

Komen Cancer Charity Cuts Planned Parenthood Funds

Abortion at the center of controversial move

(Newser) - Big news on the women's health front: AP reports that the breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure is cutting its ties with Planned Parenthood. The move, which centers on abortion, will mean the end of "hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants" for breast cancer...

Former Miss Venezuela Eva Ekvall Dies of Breast Cancer at 28


 Ex Miss Venezuela 
 Dead of Cancer at 28 
OBITUARY
Dec 20, 2011 6:00 AM CST

Ex Miss Venezuela Dead of Cancer at 28

Eva Ekvall fought to raise breast cancer awareness

(Newser) - Eva Ekvall was many things in her short life—a mother, an actress, a TV news anchor and, at the age of 17, Miss Venezuela. But she will be best remembered for her fight against breast cancer, which raised awareness of the disease among thousands of ordinary Venezuelans. Ekvall, who...

Giuliana Rancic: I&#39;m Getting a Double Mastectomy
Giuliana Rancic: I'm Getting
a Double Mastectomy
in case you missed it
Dec 10, 2011 7:00 AM CST

Giuliana Rancic: I'm Getting a Double Mastectomy

Breast cancer fight not over yet for the E! host

(Newser) - Less than two months after undergoing a double lumpectomy, breast cancer battler and E! host Giuliana Rancic announced she will go back under the knife for a double mastectomy. She went public in part because "I would like to take the stigma away," she says. "'Mastectomy'...

Her Cancer Diagnosis Came Amid Mammogram Tweets

Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin writes of what lies ahead

(Newser) - Xeni Jardin, a co-founder of the Boing Boing website, had her first mammogram on Dec. 1, and she live-tweeted the whole process, as noted by Jezebel at the time. Jardin stunned her fans, however, when the results came in later that day: "I have breast cancer. I am in...

Drug Combos Hailed as Big Breast Cancer Breakthrough

New drug combos delay tumor growth in advanced cases

(Newser) - Two new studies mark what could be the biggest breakthrough in treating breast cancer in more than a decade, researchers say. Both involve combining drug therapies that attack tumors in different ways, significantly delaying the time until women with advanced breast cancer became sicker, the AP reports. One treatment held...

FDA Drops Approval of Avastin for Breast Cancer

Drug lacks benefits, but side effects are 'life-threatening': commissioner

(Newser) - The Food and Drug Administration has reversed its approval of Avastin as a treatment for breast cancer, long the subject of controversy. The agency’s commissioner said the drug didn't help patients but could hurt them, the New York Times reports. “This was a difficult decision,” says...

Evelyn Lauder, Creator of Pink Ribbon, Dead at 75

Cosmetics exec championed breast health before it was cool

(Newser) - Evelyn Lauder, the daughter-in-law of cosmetics tycoon Estée Lauder who made the pink ribbon ubiquitous with breast cancer awareness, died yesterday of complications of ovarian cancer, reports People . She was 75. Lauder was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1989, and three years later joined with a friend to design...

Another Study Says Sitting Too Long Ups Cancer Risk

Inactivity linked to greater risk of breast, colon cancer

(Newser) - And the "sitting is bad for you" drum beats on: Even people who get the recommended 30 minutes of exercise a day have a higher risk of developing cancer if they spend most of the rest of their waking hours sitting down, researchers say. An analysis presented at the...

Giuliana Rancic Returns to E!
 Giuliana Rancic Returns to E! 
Oct 25, 2011 9:37 AM CDT

Giuliana Rancic Returns to E!

'I feel great,' she tells co-host Ryan Seacrest

(Newser) - Just one week after announcing her breast cancer diagnosis , Giuliana Rancic was back to work at E! News last night. “I've got to say, I feel great. My surgery went very, very well,” she at the open of the show. “I still do have a bit...

20 Celebrity Breast Cancer Survivors

Many of them became advocates after diagnosis

(Newser) - Support has been pouring in for Giuliana Rancic ever since she announced she has breast cancer , and celebrity breast cancer survivor Christina Applegate says she will be there for the E! News host. “I know that journey so well,” Applegate tells E! . “I get what she’s...

Giuliana Rancic: I Have Breast Cancer

E! host announces diagnosis on 'Today'

(Newser) - Giuliana Rancic is just 36 years old, has no immediate family history of breast cancer, and does not have the breast cancer gene—yet she found herself diagnosed with the disease, she announced on Today this morning. The E! News host and red carpet constant was attempting to get pregnant...

Andrea Mitchell: I Have Breast Cancer

But MSNBC anchor says her prognosis is 'terrific'

(Newser) - MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell ended her show this afternoon with what she called a "personal note"—announcing that she has breast cancer but that she caught it early and has a "terrific prognosis," reports Mediaite . "I had planned to be hiking in Wyoming last week...

Researchers Fight Cancer With Bacteria Found in Soil

C. sporogenes can activate drugs in cancer, leave body unharmed

(Newser) - A bacterium found in soil could be a useful tool in fighting many types of cancer, reports the BBC . The Clostridium sporogenes bacterium, a relative to botulism and tetanus, produces spores that only grow when there is no oxygen. The human body is full of oxygen, but solid cancer tumors,...

Bacteria Molecule Blocks Breast Cancer

Breakthrough could lead to powerful new anti-cancer drugs

(Newser) - Scientists have discovered a natural bacteria molecule that could hold the key to fighting breast cancer, reports the Independent . Thiostrepton clamps onto the cancer-causing FOXM1 protein, blocking it and stopping it from spreading at an early stage. "It's fascinating to discover how a simple bacteria could hold the...

Breastfeeding Reduces Black Women&#39;s Cancer Risk
Breastfeeding Reduces
Black Women's Cancer Risk
study says
Aug 17, 2011 1:00 PM CDT

Breastfeeding Reduces Black Women's Cancer Risk

It might counteract susceptibility to specific form of breast cancer: Study

(Newser) - If you’re a black woman with plans to have a lot of kids, you might want to breastfeed them. Why? Because African-American women are especially susceptible to a specific form of breast cancer that isn’t linked to estrogen or progesterone levels—unless, a new study suggests, they breastfeed....

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