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The Supremes Rock

This week the US Supreme Court, in a rare unanimous decision, said that human genes may not be patented. The case was a loss for Myriad Genetics, the company that charges several thousand dollars for the tests for BRCA1 and … Continue reading

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Angelina Jolie and Business of Breast Cancer…

Yes, I said, the business of breast cancer. In the press swirl after Angelina Jolie’s announcement last month that she’d had a prophylactic mastectomies because she has an 87% chance of getting breast cancer, much of the attention was—along with … Continue reading

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Angelina Jolie…and family

Big news two weeks ago when Angelina Jolie announced she had had prophylactic mastectomies to avert the 87% chance of breast cancer she has due to genetic factors including BRCA1. Less in the news is that Debbie Martin, her maternal … Continue reading

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Angelina’s Breasts….what does it mean?

The power of celebrity revealed once again. In today’s top news story Angelina Jolie, 37, announced in an op-ed article in the New York Times that she had a double-mastectomy last month.  Doctors told her that she had an 87 … Continue reading

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Pink is in the Air. In the ozone. In the subatomic particles…

You probably know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Pink is everywhere. At my nephew’s college football game Saturday, the he-men dudes were doing tackles and forward passes wearing pink shoelaces and pink undershirts, pink cleats even. At the … Continue reading

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