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Research: 4 Lifestyle Behaviors That May Cut the Risk of Cancer By 30 percent

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

In a new paper published in JAMA Oncology to assess how lifestyle factors are linked to a person’s cancer risk, researchers determined that about 30 percent of new cancer diagnoses and 50 percent of all cancer deaths in the US … Continue reading →

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Study: Why Preventing Cancer Is Not the Priority in Drug Development

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

Most people would agree that it would be better to prevent cancer, if we could, than to treat it once it developed. Yet economic incentives encourage researchers to focus on treatment rather than prevention. That’s one of the findings from … Continue reading →

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Report Identifies Gaps in Breast Cancer Research: Shifting the Focus to Environmental Factors and Prevention

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

Too little of the money the federal government spends on breast cancer research goes toward finding environmental causes of the disease and ways to prevent it, according to a new interagency study. According to a report in the New York … Continue reading →

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Breast Cancer Awareness in 3 Minutes

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

We recently discussed the topic of the growing awareness of breast cancer globally, due to an understanding in emerging economies the disease can strike anywhere in the world, rather than limited to more affluent populations of North America and Western … Continue reading →

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Someone You Know Has a Birthday Soon

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

Give that someone the gift of encouragement to schedule her mammogram. Whether her birthday is today, this week or beyond. Call us or any reputable breast clinic and help your friend schedule a mammogram. And please schedule yours too. Image … Continue reading →

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Exercise Moderation Moderately

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

Recently we discussed a report from The Guardian, quoting Dr. Tena Walters of The London Breast Clinic. Dr. Walters counsels patients to avoid living life in fear of contracting breast cancer by exercising moderation moderately: Many clinicians working in the … Continue reading →

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A British Insider’s Guide to Breast Cancer Prevention

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

Tena Walters, a consultant breast surgeon at The London Breast Clinic, is an expert who has spent her life fighting breast cancer. She has heard every tip for how to avoid it. In the London newspaper The Guardian, Dr. Walters … Continue reading →

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Study: Aspirin Doesn’t Just Cut Cancer Risk, It May Also Stop It From Spreading

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

It’s old news that aspirin can reduce cancer risk, but a new study conducted at the University of Oxford suggests a daily 75 mg dose of aspirin may also stop the spread of cancer in patients who already have the … Continue reading →

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