Each year, an estimated 330,500 women (and 2,670 men) in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer. But many more women are living with the knowledge that they are a carrier for what is commonly known as the “breast cancer gene.” Technically “breast cancer gene” refers to a mutation in one of two…
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As a nurse, Jessica Moore knew her injury should be healing more quickly. A varsity girls’ basketball coach, she’d gotten elbowed in the breast while playing the game one day, and the resulting pain kept lingering. After she visited doctors to get checked out, she found out she had metastatic breast cancer (MBC)—meaning the disease…
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While most of us get a breast checkup at our yearly ob-gyn appointment (and might even do those monthly breast checks at home), the truth remains that we may not always know what breast cancer can look and feel like. Breast cancer is incredibly common—it affects one in eight women—so it’s vital to know the…
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The 3DHD Perfect Complexion Set ($39) can help you conceal or highlight. And beginning on October 1, 20% of the proceeds from sales of the new limited-edition set will be donated in support of Bright Pink’s mission. La Mer Courtesy of brand. La Mer will donate 20% from the purchase price of a limited-edition travel-size…
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Like most of the women in my family, I carry the BRCA2 gene mutation, which means that if I did nothing, my risk of developing breast cancer at some point in my life would be around 85 percent. I’d seen firsthand what that looks like; my great-grandmother, grandmother, mother, and two aunts have all battled…
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I will never forget where I was when I received the results of my first breast MRI screening. It was June 2016, and my dad and I were in his car in a restaurant parking lot after having dinner in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia, where I had recently relocated in an effort to be…
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