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Byline: Susan Condon Love A list of things are beginning to align -- a name change; the start of hiring nearly 40 employees; and the naming of John Stropki, executive [...]

CORRECTION APPENDEDA decision by the nation's leading breast cancer advocacy group, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, to largely cut off financing for breast cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood set [...]

WITH the cancer recurrences of Elizabeth Edwards and Tony Snow the question arises: Why does this still happen? As is often the case, the answer isn't very satisfying: not all […]

WE have just undergone a seismic shift in our understanding of the second half of women's lives and the aftershocks will continue for some time. So if you are confused […]

Backpacks take toll on students I have a huge concern about the unbelievably heavy backpacks our school-age children tote around all day. Have you ever heard the expression 'carrying the [...]

Women with breast cancer or at high risk of developing it consider the drug tamoxifen to be a lifesaver. The drug is able to counter the cancer-promoting effects of the […]

The future of health care in this country is about to be decided yet again by advertising campaigns and sob stories. Some lobbyists and public relations firms, pushing for tougher […]

Just as the baby boomers hit middle age, the pharmaceutical industry and the medical profession have discovered a new disease: menopause, or as it is called clinically, estrogen deficiency disease. […]

Reports on the progress of research on women's health issues in the U.S. Hormone replacement therapy; Breast cancer; Heart disease; Need for women to take some self-responsibility for their own health instead of relying solely on medical professionals; Web sites that offer reliable health information for women.

The article comments on the problem of developing innovative approaches for conducting research on cancer. The author says that clinicians are more involved in refining existing techniques for cancer diagnosis and treatment instead of looking for effective alternate approaches. He says that about 20 years ago, medical research was primarily based on observation of patients and cases which led to important breakthroughs and we need to rediscover this approach in an original manner.