My Cousin Approached Breast Cancer with a Skier’s Mentality
For some women, the diagnosis of breast cancer is a [...]
Healthy in 2013, Cancer Patient in 2014
As women of 2014, we have grown up shrugging off [...]
Menopause Mondays: Your Breast Cancer and Menopause Questions Answered
No matter how much we complain about our breasts—“they bounce when I run, they are six inches lower that they used to be, the left one is bigger than the right”—we don’t want anything worse than “natural sag” to ever happen to them. They have fed our children, filled our shirts, and, let’s face it, are quite sexy. So if you want keep your breast cancer risk from mounting into menopause (show of hands, please?), you first need to understand the connection between your age, reproductive health, menopause, and breast cancer. Here are some detailed answers to women’s most common questions about menopause and breast cancer:
Menopause News Flash: Chemo-Induced Menopause
Breast cancer patients who have chemotherapy-induced menopause have menopause symptoms at rates similar to those of women who go through spontaneous menopause before their breast cancer diagnosis, a new study shows.
Menopause Mondays: Fashions that Fight Breast Cancer
"When my surgeon told me two years ago that I had cancer in my left breast, I started to feel like I was on borrowed time,” says Laurel Kamen. But her diagnosis ended up becoming a blessing not only for her, but for thousands of breast cancer warriors. Learn how she founded the Alloro Collection, a fashion brand for women who are suffering or have survived breast cancer.