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In a virtual webinar hosted by Boston University’s School of Public Health, the founder and CEO of Day Health Strategies discussed inequities in health care. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Health care expert says US is in ‘embarrassing situation,’ needs better coverage

Kyla Denisevich October 22, 2020
The United States is one of the only developed countries without universal health care, and expert Rosemarie Day has some solutions for that growing issue.
Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Mass General is doing research about disparities in breast cancer research. PHOTO BY ELLEN CLOUSE/DFP FILE PHOTO

MGH breast cancer study highlights larger issue of disparity in health care research

Marissa Wu March 21, 2018

As the topic of disparity in health care accessibility has become prevalent nationally, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital hope to turn the conversation toward what they believe is the more...

Boston University School of Medicine researchers found a new regulatory pathway that is linked to basal-like breast cancer. PHOTO BY BRIGID KING/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU researchers take steps closer to breast cancer research cure

Ethan Cappello November 10, 2015

A research team at the Boston University School of Medicine found a pathway that may lead to advanced therapy that targets basal-like breast cancer, according to a Thursday public release from the Boston...

RENNER: No matter the reason for the pink, NFL breast cancer awareness is important

RENNER: No matter the reason for the pink, NFL breast cancer awareness is important

Elise Renner October 19, 2015

As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, no one is immune from Pinktober. Not even football fans. Those who tune in on Sundays, Mondays or Thursdays in October are well aware of the NFL’s campaign: "A...

RENNER: Let's embrace pink ribbons that bring awareness to breast cancer

RENNER: Let’s embrace pink ribbons that bring awareness to breast cancer

Elise Renner October 7, 2015

It’s breast cancer awareness month — a special 31 days of wearing pink and loving boobies for (mostly) all the right reasons. If the sole purpose of the pink ribbon is to create awareness, it has...

According to a recent study, breast cancer has been found to be the leading cancer in females in Sub-Saharan Africa. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Strikingly high proportions of breast cancer found in Sub-Saharan Africa

Blake Snelling September 22, 2015

American Cancer Society epidemiologist Farhad Islami Gomeshtapeh and his team of researchers found high proportions of advanced breast cancers among women in Côte d'Ivoire and the Republic of Congo,...

Models show off a line from Ministry of Supply at the Fashion and Retail Association's "Life in Pink" fashion show Saturday at the George Sherman Union Metcalf Ballroom. PHOTO BY HEATHER GOLDIN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Student fashion designers hold close, hold fast in casting out cancer

Dagny Crepeau April 30, 2015

The Boston University Fashion and Retail Association (FAB) painted the town pink Saturday night with a fashion show held in partnership with non-profit breast cancer foundation Susan G. Komen. The show,...

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that biopsies, which help researchers understand diseases such as breast cancer, are not as useful as previously thought. GRAPHIC BY SAMANTHA GROSS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Researchers piece together alternatives to flawed biopsy method

Blake Snelling March 26, 2015

By current projections from the American Cancer Society, one out of every eight women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. Caught early, most forms of the disease...

David Sherr, professor of environmental health at Boston University, studies environmental factors as they relate to breast cancer. PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVID SHERR

Basics of breast cancer: Q&A with BU environmental health professor David Sherr

Navraj Narula October 23, 2014

Aside from sipping cider and piecing together Halloween costumes, October is also National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Daily Free Press spoke with David Sherr, a professor of environmental health...

Miss USA 2014 Nia Sanchez visited Boston for the first time on Thursday as part of her campaign to advocate for breast cancer awareness and celebrate the Susan G. Komen Massachusetts Race for the Cure. PHOTO COURTESY OF REGAN COMMUNICATIONS GROUP

Miss USA visits Boston in campaign to raise awareness for breast, ovarian cancer

Michelle Marino October 1, 2014

It's become a comfortable and ubiquitous cliché: what pageant queens lack in substance, they make up for in looks. When the generalization finds itself tired and overworked, there is oftentimes a scandal...

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