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This mother-daughter team understands why more research funding today is critical for improving access to care tomorrow. Read the story here.

I was so excited and honored to be included in the event yesterday at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C. to highlight the aspects of the Affordable Care Act that will improve access to prevention services.

Every day researchers across the country are working to find the next breakthrough in cancer screening, treatment and care. In California, researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (funded by the National Cancer Institute) are developing ways of using saliva as a cancer

On July 1 and July 5, Kansas and Wisconsin became the 21st and 22nd states to implement comprehensive smoke-free legislation that requires 100 percent smoke-free non-hospitality workplaces, bars and restaurants. With these additions, there are now 35 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, that require some combination

Yesterday, my 12-year-old daughter, Taylor, and I had an amazing experience. We were able to meet and speak directly to President Obama. We were able to thank him for his relentless efforts to pass health care reform for families like ours who faced holes in the broken health care system.

At a White House event in June, Amy Wilhite, an American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) volunteer from Marblehead, Ohio, introduced the President and shared her familyŠ—Ès story about how a ban on lifetime benefit limits in the Affordable Care Act will directly benefit her 12-year-old daughter, Taylor,

On June 10, the President issued an executive order for the establishment of the National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health Council. The Council was created under the Affordable Care Act, and is intended to integrate the prevention efforts of many federal government agencies for more effective policies and reach.

Michigan's new smoke-free law, which makes nearly all workplaces including bars and restaurants in the state smoke-free, goes into effect today.

Michigan will be the latest state to follow a growing national trend to go smoke-free when a new law goes into effect Saturday, May 1, restricting smoking in almost all workplaces in the state, including all restaurants and bars. The strong smoke-free law, which was signed by Governor Jennifer Granholm