Health

Breast Cancer & Sexual Intimacy

Does the diagnosis of one lead to an end of the other?

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Lauren Kramer, Special Sections Feature

Sexual intimacy is one way couples bond and reaffirm their affection for and their attractiveness to one another. For patients living with a breast cancer diagnosis, those affirmations are more important than ever. But getting intimate can be complicated when your libido is compromised by the very drugs you hope will cure you. Women living with a breast cancer diagnosis...

Fighting Cancer

A Cure at Last?

One doctor looks for ‘an explosion’ in the next decade’s battle to bring breast cancer to its knees

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Rachel Vigoda, Special Sections Feature

President John F. Kennedy pledged in 1961 to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. It took less than nine years to accomplish. In 1971, President Richard Nixon promised there would be a cure for cancer in 10 years. It’s been 41 — and researchers are just starting to figure out what’s taking so long...

Health

Marriage: Fairy Tales Can Come True …

But what happens when Cinderella has to deal with Prince Not-So-Charming’s bad side?

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Lynne Blumberg

Even though women have more options these days, most still wish to marry a Prince Charming-type who will sweep them off their feet, says Susan Shapiro Barash, author of The Nine Phases of Marriage, her 13th book about women’s issues. During a recent interview, Barash said her research found that 85 percent of women want to be wives. She believes...

Fighting Cancer

That ‘Other’ Male Cancer

Testicular malignancies affect a younger demographic than prostate tumors

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Elyse Glickman, Special Sections Feature

Prostate cancer and PSA scores have gotten a lot of airtime and print for a variety of reasons, ranging from media exposure like pharmaceutical ads to celebrity survivors of the illness. Testicular cancer may not have as much media play at the moment or as many diagnoses (8,000 new diagnoses every year, compared to 200,000 for prostate cancer), but its...

Healthy Eating

Binge Eating at the Office: Try Working It Out

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Elyse Glickman

People who went away to college probably recall the “Freshman 15,” and not very fondly. This phenomenon, where college students gain weight during their first year, is not just traced to easier access to junk food, but also tied to their adjusting to the higher stress of the university environment. They may eventually recover in time for their sophomore year,...