As we recognize Breast Cancer Awareness Month, retailer H&M is making a statement of their own for breast cancer survivors. Women who have undergone a single or double mastectomy, bra shopping is difficult. H&M wants to make it easier. They have created a line of bras specifically for women who have experienced a single or […]
Seinfeld and Veep star, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, announced Thursday via twitter that she has breast cancer and used the announcement to advocate for universal health care. She started the statement off saying, “1 in 8 women get breast cancer. Today, I’m the one.” Earlier this month, Julia won her sixth straight best actress in a comedy […]
Avon Foundation for Women data found that nationally Black women were 43 percent more likely to die from this disease.
Can we talk? Like, really talk? About breasts! Breast cancer awareness isn’t just reserved for October. Practicing great breast health is a lifestyle and the…
Every family has a health story and in Jacqueline Sheppard’s family cancer is a running theme. For the 38-year-old Maryland mother it’s hard for her…
On October 20, I celebrated four years of survivorship/thrivership. I celebrated four years of being cancer-free. My cancer diagnosis story is not unlike many other women like me. I was a typical, multi-tasking miracle-working, taking-care-of-everyone superhero Black woman and went to the doctor for my annual checkup. It was there, in the most unexpected of surprises, […]
According to researchers, denser breasts make it harder to detect cancer in a mammogram because non-cancerous fatty cells could show up as white on a mammogram, the same as cancerous fatty cells.
There’s an old saying that states, “You never know how strong you are until you have to be.” That statement is so true for Shondia,…
The Fultz Quadruplets were the first identical Black quad babies born in the United States. The Fultz girls became baby celebrities, while Fred Klenner, the…
When people hear the name Pam Grier, several quotes and sayings from many of her Blaxploitation films may come to mind. Grier, now 66, was the…
