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Cancer Excess breast cancer risk among women employed in automobile plastics facilities
December 12, 2012 Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH 3Comment

Two recently published papers funded by the federal agency Health Canada report on excess risk of breast cancer among auto plastics workers and the chemical compounds and processes used that are the likely culprits.

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Public Health Practice Texas family planning cuts dismantling the safety net for women’s preventive care; researchers chronicle early impacts
October 5, 2012 The Pump Handle 1Comment

In the west Texas city of San Angelo, Planned Parenthood has been serving local women since 1938. It was one of the very first places in Texas to have a family planning clinic. Now, due to state policy and funding changes, the clinic’s ability to serve all those in need is on shaky ground.

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Cancer Dense breasts are not just an interesting attribute, wish I’d known the cancer risk
August 7, 2012 Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH 19Comment

Here’s an important public health fact: women with dense breast tissue are at least four times more likely to develop breast cancer. I wish I’d known about that risk factor before learning last month that I have Stage IIIB breast cancer.

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