Published: 12/6/2009 2:25 AM Last Modified: 12/6/2009 5:16 AM PEACE IN THE VALLEY: The University of Oklahoma and the University of Tulsa want to get together to create a joint medical school. Full Article at Tulsa World

Despite the availability of a preventive vaccine, cervical cancer has emerged the biggest killer of Indian women as every seven minute a woman dies of it. Full Article at Webindia123

They found each other on a pancreatic cancer discussion board on the Johns Hopkins University Web site, but both women live in the town of Greece. Mary Pettinaro lost her brother and Judy Rockafellow lost her husband to cancer of the pancreas this year. Full Article at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

WESTBOROUGH Shaw, 73, passed away peacefully Friday, December 4, 2009 at the Rose Monahan Hospice Home on Coes Pond in Worcester with her family surrounding her after a long battle with Breast Cancer. Full Article at Worcester Telegram & Gazette

A Costa Rican woman who was on an international most wanted list after a murder 12 years ago until her arrest in the United States has filed a lawsuit over what she says was a lack of health services in a New Jersey jail, so severe that her... Full Article at Taiwan News

NEWARK, N.J. A Costa Rican woman who was on an international most wanted list after a murder 12 years ago until her arrest in the United States has filed a lawsuit over what she says was a lack of health services in a New Jersey jail, so severe that... Full Article at Worcester Telegram & Gazette

In June 1991, I found a lump in my left breast. I found it in the shower while performing a self-examination of my breasts, following the instructions on the little plastic card that hung from the shower rod. The lump was easy to find. It hurt. Full Article at Louisville Courier-Journal

NEWARK, N.J. - A Costa Rican woman who was on an international most-wanted list after a 1997 slaying until her U.S. arrest last year has sued over what she says is a lack of health services in New Jersey - so severe that her advanced stage of breast... Full Article at Philadelphia Inquirer

The debate about how often and at what age women should have mammograms or men PSA tests has become a national conversation. A major issue is being missed, however, in the back-and-forth argument about costs and individual medical freedom. Full Article at Houston Chronicle

CORPUS CHRISTI For the past six years, Glenda Kane, Gloria Hicks, Peggy Ahuja and Elinor Donnell have been hostessing an open house at Glenda’s featuring items from the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Children’s Art Project. Full Article at Corpus Christi Caller-Times

Citing increasing demand coupled with a decline in the tobacco tax revenue that pays for the program, Dr. Mark Horton, director of the California Department of Public Health, said in a written statement that beginning Jan. 1, the "Every Woman Counts" Full Article at San Francisco Chronicle

I wanted to lose 10 pounds before my first mammogram. Not that the technicians would notice an extra slab of flab amid all the flesh they work with. I guess it was an excuse, which we women are experts at when it comes to mammograms. Full Article at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

KIM LEDOUX/Standard-Times special The Rodrigues family faces extreme hardship during this holiday season, left to right, Deborah, Brian and Manuel. Full Article at SouthCoastToday.com

Did you ever think in your wildest dreams that shaving and applying underarm deodorant would have any link or relationship to breast cancer? Yet the 2003 study reported that breast cancer incidence suggests a lifestyle cause. Full Article at GroundReport

Sports Illustrated cover boys Billy Kidd and Jimmie Heuga get a gander at a great photo of Sarah Schleper on the podium at Nor-Ams earlier this week. Proud pappy Buzz Schleper was only too happy to share the images with these ski legends. Full Article at Vail Daily

Breast cancer survivor Carly Fiorina delivers the GOP weekly address, giving lie to the Democratic talking point that the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force is not going to be setting treatment standards under Obamacare. Full Article at PAWaterCooler.com

Visitors will have the opportunity to tour local inns, and participate in activities and tastings. Tickets for the event are $15 each and all proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the. Full Article at UpTake

When it comes to detecting breast cancer, the message in recent years has been: do self-exams, report any changes to your doctor and get regular mammograms after age 40. Full Article at The Star-Gazette

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Women who are exposed to secondhand cigarette smoke for a prolonged period of time may face greater risk of breast cancer, a new study suggests. Full Article at Xinhua