If you’re a Scottish man with cancer, you have a 17% higher chance of dying than men in other parts of the United Kingdom, say researchers. Scottish men also have a higher risk of developing cancer in the first place.
Many things contribute to the development of certain cancers and not taking care of your health is one of the major contributors. We know that smoking causes lung cancer and increases the risk of mouth and throat cancers. We know that high-fat diets contribute to colorectal cancers. Too much sun causes skin cancer, and so on.
We also know that many cancers …read more

Do you know someone affected by breast cancer in some way? Maybe a relative battled and lost their fight with breast cancer? Or a friend, acquaintance, colleague, someone you know has been affected by breast cancer at sometime in their life? Maybe you know someone whose mother, sister, grandmother, father, brother or son among the 2.5 million survivors of breast cancer who walk and work in America everyday. All of us have a connection to the battle to find a cure for breast cancer through someone we know, have met or whose life has been permanently extinguished or scarred by …read more

Phil Mickelson, easily one of the most popular players in golf, is returning to the PGA tour, just a little less than a month after his wife Amy was discovered to have breast cancer.  Mickelson’s return was buoyed by the news that the cancer was caught early enough so that Amy would not have to rush into surgery, or have to make any quick decisions regarding treatment.
According to Mickelson, his wife will undergo surgery sometime in the first week of July.  Then they will have a better understanding of the cancer and what they will have to deal with afterwards.
It’s …read more