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Pfizer ordered to pay $45M in Prempro cases
By Jef Feeley, Bloomberg News on Jan. 04, 2012, at 4:04 p.m.
Pfizer Inc. must pay more than $45 million in damages to two women who blamed the company’s menopause drugs for their breast cancers, an appeals court has ruled. Connie Barton and Donna Kendall, two Illinois women who sued Pfizer units Wyeth and Pharmacia & Upjohn over their menopause medications, deserved ...
New breast cancer drugs hold promise
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer on Dec. 08, 2011, at 9:13 a.m.
SAN ANTONIO — Breast cancer experts are cheering what could be some of the biggest advances in more than a decade: two new medicines that significantly delay the time until women with very advanced cases get worse. In a large international study, an experimental drug from Genentech called pertuzumab held ...
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Why block a test that saves lives?
By Michael Milken, Prostate Cancer Foundation on Oct. 13, 2011, at 5:47 p.m.
Forty years ago, my mother-in-law learned from a mammogram at age 57 that she had breast cancer. We immediately sought the best available treatment. She lived for many happy years and enjoyed precious time with her grandchildren. Would she have died sooner without the mammogram? I don’t know. But here’s ...
Mammogram rates decline after women give up hormone therapy
By Michelle Fay Cortez, Bloomberg News on Aug. 23, 2011, at 12:42 p.m.
American women who gave up hormone therapy after a study linked the menopause treatment to breast cancer and heart disease also cut back on mammograms, perhaps as a result of fewer doctor visits, researchers said. Mammography rates fell in 2005 for the first time since at least 1987, stumping public ...
Penobscot Relay for Life tops fundraising hopes with $192,000
on May 23, 2011, at 10:15 p.m.
ORONO — The Relay For Life of Penobscot County surpassed fundraising expectations this year, with more than $192,000 in donations confirmed as of May 21. The annual event had set a net goal of $176,000, but with a record number of teams and participants, the 2011 Relay for Life of Penobscot ...
Cyclists put mettle to the pedal for cancer fund
BANGOR, Maine — There are three reasons that about 75 local residents got onto stationary bikes in the center of the Bangor Mall on Saturday: to raise awareness of cancer, to raise funds to fight the deadly disease, and to promote health and wellness, organizers said. Among the pack of ...
Pilots fly Mainers to the care they need
BAR HARBOR, Maine — When Evin Carson learned she needed a mastectomy, she knew right away she wanted to have it done in Boston, where her family had lived for many years. But, in addition to coping with her breast cancer and a harrowing regimen of surgeries, blood tests, chemotherapy ...
Pittsfield Breast Cancer Walk scheduled Saturday
PITTSFIELD — Sebasticook Valley Hospital will hold its 16th annual Breast Cancer Walk on Saturday, with the proceeds providing free mammograms to uninsured or underinsured people in the Pittsfield area. The walk, which begins at 8:45 a.m., usually attracts hundreds of people and raises more than $20,000. Last year, Sebasticook ...
Free mammograms offered at MCMH
Bangor Daily News on Oct. 05, 2010, at 9:00 p.m.
ELLSWORTH, Maine — Maine Coast Memorial Hospital is offering free mammograms 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28, to help mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Mainers who have no insurance, do not qualify for the Breast and Cervical Health Program or have a high deductible may call 664-5492 for ...
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