Posts tagged breast cancer

• Weight Lifting Provides Relief in Breast Cancer Survivors with Lymphedema

  David Mittleman | August 14, 2009 10:00 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Doctors once warned breast cancer patients with lymphedema to avoid weight lifting. Lymphedema is fluid buildup that causes swelling and is a common symptom in breast cancer patients who had their...

• Microsurgery after breast cancer treatment may reduce lymphedema effects

  David Mittleman | April 22, 2009 3:46 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As people all across the country prepare for various forms of breast cancer awareness activities, including Lansing’s Race for the Cure, a recent study indicates that microsurgery may reduce...

• Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Greet “A New Dawn for Justice” at MAJ Convention

  David Mittleman | April 16, 2009 9:15 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Michigan Association for Justice has announced that Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz will be the keynote speaker at its annual Convention, held on May 9 in Dearborn. The theme for the 64th...

• Gammagrams - Most Recent Tool To Help Diagnose Breast Cancer

  David Mittleman | February 18, 2009 9:13 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Breast - specific gamma imaging - the gammagram - uses a radioactive injection that lights up tumor cells, which have high metabolic activity. Not enough studies have been performed to prove it...

• Tailored Cancer Treatments Are On The Horizon

  David Mittleman | February 17, 2009 9:45 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  New research is pointing the way towards developing chemotherapy and other cancer treatments that are custom tailored to your tumor’s genes. The days of general cancer treatments are coming to...

• Drug Manufacturers Sued for Deceptive Trade Practices

  David Mittleman | November 24, 2008 10:01 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Wyeth and Pfizer, the 2 leading manufactures of hormone drugs, were sued earlier this week by Nevada’s attorney general for alleged deceptive trade practices. The attorney general alleges that...

• Clean Water

  David Mittleman | November 01, 2008 9:45 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Diverting Michigan’s water supply has been a hot topic in the state for a long time. Michigan residents have long feared the threat from western states and foreign countries seeking a water...

• Breast Cancer Malpractice Statistics | Michigan Medical Malpractice Lawyers

  Daniel Buckfire | October 29, 2008 4:47 PM | 1 CommentDetroit, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Breast cancer is an increasingly common problem that affects hundreds of thousands of women and their families each year. In 2004, for example, over 186,000 women were diagnosed with breast cancer....