Breast cancer

U.S. 11/05/19, 04:17

A 32-year-old Oklahoma woman was rushed into an emergency C-section after doctors diagnosed with breast cancer hours earlier.  Brooke Taylor, of Gore, and her husband, Damon, rushed to the hospital, where she underwent an emergency C-section at her 38-week pregnancy. Their ...

U.S. 10/10/19, 05:04

Former NFL Pittsburgh Steelers running back DeAngelo Williams’s foundation has sponsored over 500 mammograms since 2015 and have no plans of stopping. The football star, who played college football at the University of Memphis, began covering the cost of the mammogram ...

U.S. 05/15/19, 16:06

For the first time, a large experiment suggests that trimming dietary fat and eating more fruits and vegetables may lower a woman's risk of dying of breast cancer.The results are notable because they come from a rigorous test involving 49,000 ...

Health 03/22/19, 10:20

Before she could start breast cancer treatment, Nancy Simpson had to walk in a straight line, count backward from 20 and repeat a silly phrase.It was all part of a special kind of medical fitness test for older patients that's ...

Business 03/08/19, 18:27

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first immunotherapy drug for breast cancer.Swiss drugmaker Roche's Tecentriq was OK'd Friday for treating advanced triple-negative breast cancer, which accounts for about 15 percent of cases. It's to be given with ...

Health 01/26/19, 06:50

Photographs of breast cancer survivors reveal strength, beauty

Entertainment 10/29/18, 15:52

Singer Candi Staton says she's been diagnosed with breast cancer.The 78-year-old said she received the news over the summer on the first day of rehearsals for her tour. She writes in a statement, "I decided to keep it to myself ...

Health 10/20/18, 12:05

For the first time, one of the new immunotherapy drugs has shown promise against breast cancer in a large study that combined it with chemotherapy to treat an aggressive form of the disease. But the benefit for most women was ...

Health 10/17/18, 22:12

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Michael Murray, Yale University (THE CONVERSATION) There are diseases and health conditions that are essentially invisible to us until it is too late. When those problems are ...

Tennis 10/01/18, 09:43

Tennis great Serena Williams goes topless and sings "I Touch Myself" in a video to promote breast cancer awareness month.With her hands covering her breasts, Williams writes in the Instagram post that the video took her out of her "comfort ...