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	Double Mastectomies Won't Increase Life Expectancy After Cancer
	Double mastectomies (also known as contralateral prophylactic mastectomy) has more than doubled in the last 10 years among women with early-stage breast cancer. But the latest research shows that having the healthy breast tissue removed may be point...
	Moving: Woman Chronicles Breast Cancer Journey In This Photo A Day Project
	Emily Helck was diagnosed with breast cancer this year. She captured her journey battling the disease with daily photos chronicling her treatment. Here they are edited in the video below. She writes: It's odd to look at this. I normally don't like...
	Married People Have a Higher Chance of Surviving Cancer
	Having cancer can be scary, but patients with a solid support system may have a higher chance of survival. It's because they'll have people whom they can count on to nurse them through therapy, drive them to appointments, make sure they take their ...
	Ditch the Pink and Use the F Word to Fight Cancer [VIDEO]
	It's time to ditch the pink and embrace the F word when it comes to cancer. At least according to Yael Cohen, the 26-year old founder of F*ck Cancer, also known by its less-offensive moniker, "F Cancer." Cohen's mom was diagnosed with cancer in 200...
	Do Young Women Really Benefit From Regular Mammograms?
	A study conducted from Harvard Medical School reviewed over 7,000 cases of women diagnosed with breast cancer between 1990 and 1999. At least 65 per cent of the participants reported that they had never had a mammogram. During the study, 609 died fr...
	Drinking While You're Young Increases Breast Cancer Risk Study Says
	Young women who drink a lot before their first pregnancy may be increasing their chance of developing breast cancer according to a new research. Published in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute, researchers evaluated 150,000 women with no h...
	Dying Married Woman Seeking New Woman on Craigslist For Her Lover
	A lady from Hartford, Connecticut, posted to Craigslist on Tuesday, a " "Very unusual request - w4w - 55 (Gtr Htfd)". She's looking for a partner for a man whom she is having an affair with, because she's dying of pancreatic cancer. If her situation...
	Good Guys Finish Last. Assholes Finish First. But Assholes Are Genetically Predisposed to Cancer, Heart Disease
	According to a new study, our genes can tell the difference between the kind of happiness derived from giving back to the community and the kind where you're the most selfish mother-effer around. And this determines whether it will reward or punish ...
	Fun Nipple Tattoos Will Help Give Breast Cancer Survivors Hope
	For most women, one of the main reasons they fear undergoing a double mastectomy is the thought of giving up that part of themselves which makes them feel like a women. But according to San Francisco Appeal contributor Babe Scanlon, this difficulty ...