Ann Romney Says Breast Cancer and MS Diagnoses Made Her "More Understanding of Others"

Male breast cancer

Male breast cancer Published May 8, 2013 01:01AM MDT Next weekend is Mother’s Day. One focus of the weekend will be the annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in the fight against breast cancer. This is a worthy cause, and we all need to be aware of an aspect of breast cancer that has been overlooked - men having breast cancer. My father, Maurice E. Langford, died this...

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Quoted: Ann Romney on “Dancing with the Stars”

“I thought — oh, my gosh, am I glad I didn’t do that! I wouldn’t want to compete against Dorothy!” Ann Romney, on turning down an offer to appear on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars.” The wife of Mitt Romney told Fox News Sunday that she loves the show, but knew she made the right decision after learning that Olympic figure skater Dorothy Hamill joined the cast. One other...

washingtonpost.com (2 months and 17 days ago)

1 in 4 Breast Cancer Diagnoses May Spur PTSD

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More Younger Women Diagnosed With Advanced Breast Cancer: Study

TUESDAY, Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) -- The number of younger women who have been diagnosed with advanced breast cancer has increased slowly, but steadily, since the 1970s, a new study indicates.Over the past 30 years, the number of cases of metastatic breast cancer in women under the age of 40 has tripled, said Dr. Rebecca Johnson, medical director of the adolescent and young...

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Why Ann Romney is wrong

Ann Romney insisted in an interview with Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace over the weekend that the media was to blame for her husband's loss in the presidential race last fall. While the media is a convenient (and common) scapegoat, Ann Romney is simply wrong when she says: "I believe it was the media's fault as well, is that he was not giving -- being given a fair shake,...

washingtonpost.com (2 months and 17 days ago)

Angelina Jolie: Brad Pitt hails 'heroic' fiancée after double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer

The actress was healthy but made the decision after learning that she is a carrier of the BRCA1 cancer gene and had an 87 percent chance of contracting breast cancer.

dailymail.co.uk (5 days ago)

Wallace: Ann Romney feels the loss

He describes the interview with Mitt and Ann Romney as being emotional at times.

politico.com (2 months and 20 days ago)

Breast cancer: Family history has clues

Breast cancer: Family history has clues Researchers have discovered two genes that regulate breast and ovarian cells from becoming cancerous. Ovarian cancer risk in women carrying the BRCA1 gene is approximately 40 percent. They often include women who currently have or have had ovarian cancer, and other women who currently have or have had breast cancer. Or somewhere among...

sfgate.com (1 month and 15 days ago)

Angelina Jolie reveals that she has had a double mastectomy after learning she had an 87% risk of breast cancer

The actress was healthy but made the decision after learning that she is a carrier of the BRCA1 cancer gene and had an 87 percent chance of contracting breast cancer.

dailymail.co.uk (5 days ago)

Brad says Angelina ¿is absolutely heroic¿ and hails ¿happy day for our family¿ after she undergoes double mastectomy...

The actress was healthy but made the decision after learning that she is a carrier of the BRCA1 cancer gene and had an 87 percent chance of contracting breast cancer.

dailymail.co.uk (5 days ago)