5 Fertility-Saving Options for Women Facing Cancer Treatment
By Jennifer Litton, MD | everydayHEALTH Dealing with a new cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming. During all of the doctor visits, diagnostic testing, and treatment planning, discussions about fertility preservation and options for parenthood after cancer may be overlooked. Women who want to start or expand their families are faced with the additional problem of […]
3 Traits That Can Help You Beat Breast Cancer
By Kathy-Ellen Kups, RN ｜everydayHEALTH I often contemplate the traits that help people overcome adversity. I especially love to talk to people who have beat breast cancer and tell their stories like triumphant warriors. For a while I attributed their power to optimism, now I know better. Years before I was diagnosed with breast cancer, my […]
10 Essential Facts About Breast Cancer
By Cathy Cassata; Reviewed by Kalyan Banda, MD | everydayHEALTH As scary as breast cancer is, learning about the disease can be empowering. Chances are you have a friend or family member who’s faced breast cancer. After all, 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with the disease at some point during their lives [in […]
Young Breast Cancer Patients May Preserve Fertility With New Drug
Jennifer Litton, MD｜ everyday HEALTH The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has been convening this week in Chicago. Cancer researchers, health care providers, and advocates from all over the world are meeting to review the latest research. So far, this year’s sessions on breast cancer have covered some potentially practice-changing research, with still more to […]
Avoiding Weight Gain After Breast Cancer
Excess weight can be an unwanted side effect of chemotherapy, but it doesn’t have to be. By Beth W. Orenstein Reviewed by Judy Mouchawar, MD, MSPH | everydayHEALTH Breast cancer survivors with a family history of breast or ovarian cancer gained more weight within five years of treatment than women who didn’t have the disease, […]
How Tattoos Helped A Breast Cancer Survivor Take Back her Body
“When you have breast cancer, you lose control of your body in so many ways.” Nina BahadurWomen Deputy Editor | The Huffington Post When writer and comedian Nikki Black got breast cancer, she felt like she was losing control of her body. A pair of tattoos helped her get it back. (Some images below may be […]
Two Double-Mastectomy Survivors Walked Topless Down A Runway For A Powerful Reason
By Dominique Mosbergen | The Huffington Post It was a powerful moment: the event was a fashion show that sought to challenge normative ideas of gender and beauty, and there, walking the runway were two double mastectomy survivors, both topless and wearing nothing but underwear. The two women are cancer survivors Emily Jensen and Melanie […]
New drug for one in five breast cancers
By: Michelle Roberts（Health editor）| BBC News online ・Many more women could be helped by a new type of breast cancer drug, say experts・Biological therapies are currently only available as part of clinical trials, but hold great promise・Experts estimate as many as one in five patients might benefit Around 10,000 women a year in the UK […]
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Event Report: Cuisine for the Cure 2016 at the Australian Embassy Tokyo
The third Cuisine for the Cure event was held at the Australian Embassy Tokyo on Thursday evening, October 13th. The 73 guests enjoyed a delicious Australian sit-down three course dinner prepared by Salt by Luke Mangan. The duet, FluetOboe, provided live musical entertainment, as did WA-GO.jp that performed with a Didgeridoo, an Australian aboriginal musical […]