It's easy for any woman to reduce her risk of breast cancer. All she has to do is never gain weight, not that I'm implying that it's ever easy to keep weight down. What evidence do we have that carrying extra weight also carries a heavy breast health price? more >>

• Breast self exam
• Genetic testing
• Breast cancer facts & risk factors
• Making the diagnosis

Ever heard the saying "prevention is the best medicine"? While there are a number of factors that contribute to the risk of developing cancer and affect its prognosis, a study published in the medical journal The Lancet found that nine risk factors contributed to more than a third of cancer deaths around the world annually. more >>

• More things you can do to cut your cancer risk
• Take control of your cancer risk
• Three strikes: smoking, drinking and obesity
• What do SERMs do?

The relief of pain depends on good communication between the individual with pain and the doctor and other health care professionals treating them. The person with the pain is the one who knows the pain best. The doctor or nurse should not be the one who decides whether the pain exists or how bad it is. more >>

• Pain and cancer
• Cancer pain treatment: bone metastases
• Managing nausea and vomiting
• Coping with fatigue