MetaFilter posts tagged with breastcancer

Eponysterical? You betcha.

ThePinkSuperhero — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:46:26 -0800

Employees of Providence St. Vincent Medical Center presents the Pink Glove Dance for Breast Cancer Awareness. via Lots of beautiful personalities in this video.

Untying the Pink Ribbon

batmonkey — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:29:26 -0800

October's focus on breast cancer is a curvy pink double-edged sword and those in the fight agree. The public edge is mostly about raising money, too, which is generally committed to research. Many find the other edge of the pink storm to be a cynical marketing blitz. Some products may be a contributing factor. Plastic is a chief concern. Soy products - particularly popular with the health-conscious - may also be part of the problem. Donated profit is often a small percentage of the various costs associated with the items - consumer, production, and ecological . Direct donation and effort contributes far more and goes further. Educating yourself and others can accomplish even more. Know the risk factors and various causes.

The Artfull Bras Project.

gman — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:17:31 -0800

"Members of Quilters of South Carolina have created one-of-a-kind bras for Breast Cancer Awareness. The exhibit consists of fifty original works of art which are unique, entertaining, humorous, and beautiful to make the public aware of breast cancer, to memorialize those lost to the disease, and to honor survivors." via

Replacing things lost.

shadytrees — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:04:37 -0800

Amy DePaul writes about the unlikely intersection of breast cancer and breast augmentation. A piece from The Morning News. Warning: article photographic illustration is most likely NSFW.

Race and breast cancer

The Straightener — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:48:31 -0800

A link between race and breast cancer. The findings of this study by a Philadelphia research team dovetail other recent findings, including those of Chicago researcher Funmi Olopade, a MacArthur winning doctor from Nigeria who is studying the genetic implications of the discovery. A Q & A with Dr. Olopade on her research. Dr. Olopade discussing her work on the Tavis Smiley show in 2003.

Cancer

homunculus — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:52:19 -0800

Cheap, safe drug kills most cancers. That's the good news. The bad news is that because there's no patent and it's so cheap to make, researchers may not be able to get funding from the private sector for further research since the treatment wouldn't make a profit. [Via Hullabaloo.]

Breast Cancer

alms — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:02:48 -0800

The incidence of breast cancer in the U.S. fell by 15% between August 2002 and December 2003. Why? Because starting in the summer of 2002 millions of menopausal women stopped taking hormone replacement therapy. How many women would be alive if they'd never started?

Check Out My Breasts

jonson — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:04:55 -0800

Hey Metafilter, check out my breasts! (NSFW)

Jo Spence and the Half Moon Photography workshop

PeterMcDermott — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 08:08:48 -0800

Community photography projects abounded during the 1970's, but the most influential was the Half Moon Community Workshop. Besides the workshop, this group also ran a gallery and a journal, Camerawork that introduced many British photographers to a theoretical and politically engaged aesthetic practice. Much of the theory espoused in Camerawork might seem naive or overly polemical for today's jaded post-Marxist intellect, but one thing that came out of the collective that does stand the test of time is the work of Jo Spence.

RIP Wendie Jo Sperber

mr_crash_davis — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 06:20:19 -0800

RIP Wendie Jo Sperber: actress, mother, and breast cancer warrior.

Recent Breast Cancer Studies

dfowler — Mon, 02 May 2005 06:31:23 -0800

British Asian Women Have Lower Risk Of Breast Cancer Than All Other Women
Japanese Women Found To Have Much Lower Recurrence Of Breast Cancer
Exposure to carcinogens in traffic emissions at particular lifetime points may increase the risk of developing breast cancer.

Breast Cancer

Secret Life of Gravy — Thu, 04 Nov 2004 10:33:06 -0800

Talk about having a bad day: On the same day that she found out her husband was out of a job, Elizabeth Edwards found out she had breast cancer.

Boobiethon for Charity

plep — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 02:01:58 -0800

The Boobiethon for Breast Cancer is coming round again (more here).

Stan Chin — Fri, 08 Nov 2002 12:34:32 -0800

Breast Cast Art. (NSFW? I don't know, your call.) Modart's Keep a Breast 2002 is currently auctioning off these artistic busts to benefit The Breast Cancer Fund.

homunculus — Mon, 21 Oct 2002 10:02:42 -0800

An important breast cancer test is now unavailable in British Columbia because of the American company which holds the relevant patent. The B.C. Cancer Agency has been forced to stop the tests after legal threats by Utah-based Myriad Genetics Inc., which has a patent on two genes that can signal whether a woman may develop hereditary breast cancer. I think this is a perfect example of why patenting genes is a terrible idea. Via Slashdot.

bingo — Wed, 02 Oct 2002 11:34:09 -0800

Breast self-exams may be a waste of time. But what about exams given by others?

lucien — Fri, 08 Feb 2002 05:45:35 -0800

Scientists in Australia have discovered a new gene. Called BRCA3, this genetic mutation causes up to 10% of the breast cancer cases which run within families. This breakthrough completes the search for the trilogy of gene mutations. The first two gene mutation markers were discovered in 1994 and 1995 respectively.

sierray — Wed, 03 Oct 2001 20:21:32 -0800

Race For the Cure In the midst of our mass grief and generosity are we forgetting the daily victims of this disease that also robs children of a parent? Are normal charities being short changed?

ZachsMind — Sat, 06 Jan 2001 09:21:00 -0800

Donate a Mammogram! My aunt sent me this URL so be nice. =) If you go there and click on the button, a woman gets a free mammogram at no cost to you. Corporate sponsors pay for it. Only one free mammogram donation per person. Sure it's corny but it's for a good cause. Besides, it is every man's sacred duty to do what he can to insure all the world's breasts are in top form. =)

kristin — Sat, 21 Oct 2000 16:00:55 -0800

Donate a dollar to fight breast cancer. October is breast cancer awareness month. Click on the little pink ribbon in the left hand column of this link, and Yahoo will donate $1 to the Susan Komen Foundation. Tell your friends!