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By LocalHealthGuide on March 11th, 2010
Health stories in the news
Hip implant recalled. Local health plan executives score big bonuses. Institute for Systems Biology screens genomes to pinpoint disease genes.
Category: Breast Cancer
By Erica Rex on February 01st, 2010
First Person: Escaping To England to find a doctor who listens
Diagnosed with breast cancer and no longer covered by her health insurance, Erica Rex married and moved to England to get care.
By KaiserHealthNews on December 07th, 2009
For black women, breast cancer strikes younger
Putting off the first mammogram until age 50 could endanger the lives of black women.
By KaiserHealthNews on November 22nd, 2009
Evidence-Based Medicine: Hard For Some To Swallow
People don’t always want to do what the data say to do.
By KaiserHealthNews on November 20th, 2009
Mammogram Controversy: ‘Politics Is Always Intruding Into The World Of Breast Cancer’
This is not the first time that breast cancer has become a big political issue.
By LocalHealthGuide Staff on August 31st, 2009
Evergreen launches digital mammography coach
The coach will provide same-day mammography services at the Evergreen clinics in Bothell, Sammamish and Duvall every week on a regular rotation.
By Dr. Carolyn Clancy on August 24th, 2009
Personalized Medicine’s Frontier Is Coming Into View
By Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D.
August 18, 2009
Our parents and grandparents share family values, traditions, and heirlooms with us to help define who we are. They also pass along genes that determine our eye color, height, and risk for developing certain medical conditions.
Decades of experience have shown us that inherited risks play a large role in [...]
By admin on February 12th, 2009
Virginia Mason News
Virginia Mason Medical Center reports that 99% of its staff members have been immunized against influenza, the highest rate Virginia Mason has achieved since implementing its patient safety policy in 2005.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that all health-care personnel be vaccinated each year to protect themselves and to prevent transmission [...]
By admin on February 07th, 2009
After stopping hormone therapy, a woman’s risk of breast cancer drops
A woman’s risk of breast cancer drops “markedly” after she stops taking hormone therapy commonly used to treat menopause, according to a study in this week’s issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.
Three of the study authors are from Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: Ross L. Prentice, Garnet Anderson, and Aaron K. Aragaki.
In [...]
By admin on December 31st, 2008
New Year’s resolution: Get your recommended cancer screening tests
Some cancer screening tests can actually help prevent cancers from occurring, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention says, while others help find cancers at an early stage, when treatment can be most effective.
Screening for breast, cervical and colon cancer can save your life – a message from the CDC
Getting screened for some [...]
By admin on December 23rd, 2008
Morning Report: health stories in the news
Health-care reform should help individuals live healthier lives
U.S. health-care reform should support social-marketing campaigns to combat obesity and promote preventive care, writes Greg Vigdor, president and CEO of the Washington Health Foundation, in an op-ed article in the Seattle Times.
Vigdor cites a recent report by the United Health Foundation finding that while Washington has moved [...]
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