American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is the non-profit, non-partisan sister advocacy organization of the American Cancer Society. ACS CAN is dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major public health problem... [more]

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is the non-profit, non-partisan sister advocacy organization of the American Cancer Society. ACS CAN is dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major public health problem through voter education and issue campaigns aimed at influencing candidates and lawmakers to support laws and policies that will help people fight cancer.

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According to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women in the United States. It is also the second leading cause of cancer death in women, after lung cance  
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By realvail.com July 12, 2008 — The Vail Breast Cancer Awareness Group (VBCAG) welcomes Dr. Susan M. Love, a pioneer of breast cancer advocacy, ...  
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This is just an example of one of the many requests that the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network supports. Designed as an advocacy partner group ...  
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Whether a painless, portable device that uses electrical current rather than X-ray to look for breast cancer could be an alternative to traditional mammograms is under study at the Medical College of Georgia. MCG is one of 20 centers internationally and the only place in Georgia studying new...  
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Despite a public advisory of potential health hazards to children using cellphones by Toronto Public Health, the local health office serving Dufferin County is staying neutral on the issue.  
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Under a subpoena threat from Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, the Environmental Protection Agency late Wednesday sent the panel a copy of its Dec. 5 proposal to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act -- as a brief loan.  
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The Rudd Government could be putting public health at risk if it moves ahead with a plan to allow pharmacists to prescribe some medications.  
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A round table on the role of the social communication (media) sector in the promotion of public health happens this Thursday at the Journalists Training Centre (Cefojor), in Luanda.  
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Title: Mammograms a Pain? Gel Helps Category: Health News Created: 7/23/2008 Last Editorial Review: 7/23/2008  
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Tasmania's public health director says the state's risky drinking behaviour should not be accepted as the norm.  
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