Topic: cancer

PH marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month

PH marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 04 11:33 AM

In the Philippines, breast cancer accounts for 16% of all cancer diagnosis, and doctors estimate that 3 out of 100 Filipino women will develop the disease in their lifetime. Read more »

Red meat unhealthy? Maybe not, researchers say

Red meat unhealthy? Maybe not, researchers say

Ivan Couronne, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 01 08:29 AM

WASHINGTON - Cutting back on red meat is standard medical advice to prevent cancer and heart disease -- but a review of dozens of studies has concluded that the potential risk is low and evidence uncertain. Read more »

Summit set to gather PH breast cancer survivors together

Summit set to gather PH breast cancer survivors together

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 11:25 AM

In this interview with #ANCHeadstart, the ICanServe Foundation, a non-government organization that promotes early breast cancer detection, will be holding the fourth installment of its Silver Linings event, a summit that brings together the Philippine breast cancer community, later this month.  Read more »

Years later, cancer cases linger over 9/11 anniversary

Years later, cancer cases linger over 9/11 anniversary

Catherine Triomphe, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 09 04:22 PM

NEW YORK - Jacquelin Febrillet was 26 years old on September 11, 2001 when jihadist hijackers flew two passenger jets into the World Trade Center just two blocks from where she worked. Fifteen years after the attacks that day, Febrillet, by then a mother of three, was diagnosed with metastatic cancer. The likely cause: a cloud of toxic ash that engulfed her. Read more »

Remembering Pamsy

Remembering Pamsy

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Sep 06 03:35 PM

Pamsy Teosico has gone ahead, but I bet, she will be in Silver Linings. Read more »

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