By Robin Erb From: freep.com Kate Paul spends her days among swirls and textures, fairies and dinosaurs, stone towers, a crooked treehouse and a cityscape dangling in outer space. There are more than 800 square feet to paint here at Gilda’s Club Metro Detroit — walls and doorjambs and molding that wrap around corner after corner and stretch from floor …
Cancer patient’s compassionate use conundrum incites a social media ambush on BioMarin
by Deanna Pogorelc Posted in MedCity News For the past seven years, Andrea Sloan has been battling ovarian cancer. Now, she’s waging a second battle – this one against BioMarin Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:BMRN) – after being denied access to an experimental drug she thinks is her last hope. And in the process, she’s raising some tough questions about the process of …
New research shows taking tamoxifen reduces risk of second breast cancer in BRCA carriers
From MedCity News Taking tamoxifen is tied to a sharply reduced risk of a second breast cancer among women who carry the BRCA1 or BRCA2 “breast cancer genes,” new research shows. Women with mutations of those genes are much more likely to develop breast and ovarian cancer than other women. Some – like Angelina Jolie – will opt to have …
Breast cancer striking women in their 20s and 30s
By Annie Goodman I hate cliches. This is the only one I find acceptable: knowledge is power. When I was diagnosed with breast cancer at 30 years old on February 29, 2012, I was completely in shock. I assumed the palpable lump I felt in my breast was a benign cyst and I had nothing to worry about. It literally …