Licking cancer: US postal stamp helped fund key breast study

Countless breast cancer patients in the future will be spared millions of dollars of chemotherapy thanks in part to something that millions of Americans did that cost them just pennies: bought a postage stamp. Proceeds from the U.S. Postal Service's breast cancer stamp put researchers over the top when they were trying to get enough money to do the landmark study published on Sunday that showed genetic testing can reveal which women with early-stage breast cancer need chemo and which do not.

New Roswell Park-Baylor Research Identifies Crucial Enzyme Driving Breast Cancer

New research published in Nature identified two key proteins involved in glucose metabolism that could be targeted to prevent breast cancer metastasis and recurrence. The development of strategies targeting the PFKFB4-SRC-3 pathway could be used to prevent the growth, recurrence and spread of many, if not all, types of breast cancer tumors.

New Anxieties As Trump Says Obamacare Will ‘Explode’

Americans who have benefited from the Affordable Care Act are feeling some relief at the failure of Republican efforts to repeal it, but they face new anxieties with President Donald Trump tweeting that "ObamaCare will explode." Premiums have risen and major insurers have backed out of the state markets where people can buy insurance online under Obama's signature health care law.

Scientists Identify Chain Reaction That Shields Breast Cancer Stem Cells From Chemotherapy

Working with human breast cancer cells and mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins say they have identified a biochemical pathway that triggers the regrowth of breast cancer stem cells after chemotherapy. The regrowth of cancer stem cells is responsible for the drug resistance that develops in many breast tumors and the reason that for many patients, the benefits of chemo are short-lived.

Woman battling cancer ‘humiliated,’ ‘violated’ during TSA search

The woman posted a video of the search to Facebook in hopes no one else would have to go through she went through. NEW YORK CITY A woman who has been battling breast cancer says an aggressive pre-flight screening, including a public body cavity search, left her feeling humiliated and violated.

Tigerlily Foundation President and Breast Cancer Advocate, Maimah…

Tigerlily Foundation's President and Founder, Maimah Karmo was featured on the September 17th episode of Oprah Winfrey Network's "Were are They Now." The feature highlighted Maimah's and Tigerlily Foundation's progress since her first appearance in 2008.

Clinton’s health matters bring out the quacks | Editorial

As Donald Trump surrogates peddle their " Hillary Clinton is dying " narrative, rarely a day passes without doctors offering opinions on Clinton's health despite lacking access to a single medical record. This parade of quackery is led by Dr. Jane Orient , who declares Clinton "medically unfit to serve," even though her judgment is based on photos .