October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. If you’re new to the West Virginia or Southwest Pennsylvania communities, now would be a great time to find a local doctor and have your regular mammogram.
In addition, you’ll find lots of opportunities to show your support. To learn more about Breast Cancer Awareness and locate resources or do donate to this worthy cause, check out the Susan B. Komen Foundation or follow this podcast.
- Healing your Mental and Emotional Healthby grant on December 8, 2023 at 6:55 pm
If you’ve heard the words, “You have breast cancer,” you aren’t alone. There are more than 4 million breast cancer survivors and those living […]
- How the Patient Care Center Addresses Breast Health Inequitiesby grant on November 27, 2023 at 2:05 pm
Multiple communities face unique barriers to breast health care, including lack of access to quality care, financial constraints and cultural […]
- Real Talk: Reconstruction or Not? Options After Breast Surgeryby clara@getaword.in on November 20, 2023 at 11:00 am
In today’s episode, we’ll hear from two women who both required surgery to treat their breast cancer but made different decisions about what […]
- Your First Conversation with a Friend Diagnosed with Breast Cancerby grant on November 13, 2023 at 11:00 am
What do you say to a friend when you find out they have been diagnosed with breast cancer? How do you address them? Stacey Lucas is a close friend, […]
- Knowing What to Say When Someone is Diagnosed with MBCby grant on November 6, 2023 at 3:17 pm
When someone has metastatic breast cancer, it is scary for them - and for you! What can you do to really help? What should you say? Is it better to […]
- Working It Out: Cancer and Employment Rightsby grant on October 30, 2023 at 11:00 am
Breast cancer affects patients, survivors, families and health care professionals in many ways, one of them being the law. When someone receives a […]
- Faith and Breast Healthby clara@getaword.in on October 23, 2023 at 11:00 am
Susan G. Komen’s Worship in Pink is a volunteer-driven breast health educational program powered by local faith-based communities. The program […]
- Living Boldly and Celebrating Being Beautiful After Cancerby grant on October 16, 2023 at 11:00 am
Women newly diagnosed with breast cancer are often desperately seeking connection from others who have been through the journey before, looking for […]
- SusieCakes & Komen – A Partnership Fueled by My Personal Storyby adamw on October 11, 2023 at 11:00 am
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, SusieCakes and Susan G. Komen are teaming up with limited edition desserts created to raise awareness and […]
- Real Talk: Young Women Get Breast Cancer by grant on October 9, 2023 at 11:00 am
Real Talk was created to talk about real issues and although the average age at the time of a breast cancer diagnosis is 62, young women are being […]
