Tag: cancer
Study finds birth control increases cancer risk
A study published in the PLOS Medicine journal last month found that women on hormonal birth control have a 0.2% higher risk of breast cancer.
BSU celebrates cancer survivors
To honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Black Student Union took over the Citrus Courtyard Wednesday to support a cause that has affected many, including some of their members.
Student triumphs following cancer
After taking a year off to receive 18 rounds of chemotherapy with three different chemotherapy drugs, three surgeries and plenty of physical therapy sessions to learn how to walk again, Andrew Tompkins, sophomore business administration major, has returned to the University of La Verne.
Diver’s plight inspires project
The University community gathered in the Campus Center ballroom Tuesday to make fleece tie blankets for the Linus Project, a nonprofit organization that donates blankets to families in need and ill children.
Rojo remains positive in face of Lymphoma
Sophomore psychology major Mireya Rojo was recruited as a Leopard before she had even received her acceptance letter to the University of La Verne.
Students opt in as bone marrow donors
Senior business administration major Adrian Gonzalez and sophomore studio art major Molly Garry register as bone marrow donors Wednesday in front of Founders Hall.