Mammograms: Just Do It. Here’s Why.

Despite the American Cancer Society’s chief medical officer’s contention in the New York Times that the benefits of cancer screenings were exaggerated by the medical profession (!!), do yourself a favor:
Get one anyway.
Here’s why:
According to the Cancer Society’s own guidelines, women over 40 should keep having mammograms every year, because seven studies have shown that [...]

Up in Smoke: The Great American Smoke-Out

Like many good ideas, The Great American Smokeout started small in a small town in Massachusetts in 1971. A high school guidance counselor asked students, teachers, and staff to give up cigarettes for one day and donate the money they would have spent on smokes to a college scholarship fund. In 1976, the California Division [...]

Cancer: When It’s Skin Deep, and Deadly

Sally Cahill tells a story that thousands of women share. “I had a rash that developed on my upper chest, just a couple of inches below my shoulder. I thought it was an irritation from a new sports bra I had been wearing. But I thought it was strange that on my other shoulder there [...]