breast cancer, Tag

Scientists have linked the spread of the disease breast cancer in mice to a compound that's in asparagus and several other foods, The Guardian reported...

Watch out, because those anti-aging products that seem to do wonders for your skin may be doing serious damage to your body. The Breast Cancer Fund tested anti-aging products and found that many of them contain PFOA, which...

A new study has identified a list of over 100 chemicals that are linked to breast cancer, and even more concerning, most Americans come across some of them every single day...

Photo © Shutterstock A group of South Korean scientists have developed a microscopic robot that can both detect and treat cancer. The nanorobot is powered by a special, genetically-modified bacteria that can detect substances...

Note: before anyone pooh-poohs this article for being in a blog mostly about weather and climate, note the description on the masthead. Note also that I have recently experienced cancer in my family as I’m sure many readers...

If you want to raise awareness for breast cancer, there may be no better way to shine a little light on the subject than to build a 12 foot tall glowing nipple at the top of a 228 meter hill...

We’ve known for decades that exposure to certain hormone-disrupting chemicals are dangerous to humans and other creatures, and that they can cause cancer, infertility, obesity and other diseases...

The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation apologized yesterday for cutting of funding to Planned Parenthood, promising to continue funding the group. On Tuesday, Susan G. Komen cut of funding for about 19 Planned Parenthood...

Bisphenol A, a compound found in many hard plastic bottles and cans, is one of the most pervasive chemicals in the modern world. The chemical has been detected in the bodily fluids of more than 90 percent of the human population,...

Breast cancer affects one in eight women during their lives, and it is the most common cancer experienced by women in the United States. But with a recent discovery made by a team of scientists at the Penn State College of...