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Ovarian Cancer

Exercise does not lower ovarian cancer risks

Exercise and physical activity should benefit all areas of health, including cancer prevention, but in the case of ovarian cancer, researchers are stating that it doesn’t seem to make a difference in the number of women who go on to be diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Karolinska Institute in Stockholm researchers tracked 96,000 women from Norway and Sweden for over [...]

Ovarian cancer survivor shares lessons learned from cancer

Lance Armstrong has a commercial airing in which he stares into the camera and says, “Remember me cancer? You made me who I am today.” Jane Younce, who writes a community column for The Noblesville Ledger, has shared some of the lessons she has learned as an ovarian cancer survivor. As she reflects on the last year, and looks forward [...]

Author chronicles mom’s ovarian cancer battle

Author Leah Hager Cohen says her blog is inspired by her mother, for at least two reasons. One: it is because of her mom that she’s a writer. “She has seen me for a writer my whole life, ever since I could make up stories and dictate them to her,” says Cohen. Two: her mom is fighting [...]