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Pink Ribbon Review | Raising Breast Cancer Awareness

July 23rd, 2008

Who Wouldn’t Want A Survivor’s Guide for the Breast Cancer Journey?

Update: Read through to the bottom of this post if you want to be entered in the drawing to win this journal!
Who here has a pocket folder full of information and notes that you put together when you were first diagnosed with breast cancer? A 3-ring binder? A manilla folder hanging in a Pendaflex file?
Well, […]

By Karen Lynch -- 4 comments

June 24th, 2008

Extreme Makeover: Website Edition

CHECK OUT THE NEW LOOK OF BREASTCANCER.ORG !!!

From the press release I received today:

Breastcancer.org, the world’s most-trafficked website for breast cancer news and information and one of the world’s leading online communities for breast cancer patients, announced today a major re-launch of its website and brand.
Isn’t the redesign out of this world? What a resource […]

By Karen Lynch -- 1 comment

June 24th, 2008

Women’s Health Newsflash at Lively Women

Kristen King is a fantastic blogger — and she’s rocked my world by posting this “newsflash” on her weblog, Livey Woman: Breast Cancer News and a Personal Story.
Check it out!

Tags: breast cancer, breast cancer blog, cancer, health, health and wellness, Kristen King, wellness, Woman, woman’s health, women, women’s health, women’s health and wellnessShare This

By Karen Lynch -- 1 comment

June 24th, 2008

Poorer Individuals Less Likely to Survive

US researchers have acknowledged that poorer women have a greater chance of dying from breast cancer than those who are financially better off.
A study was conducted with 14,000 breast, prostate and colorectal patients — and clearly indicated that socioeconomic status affects a person’s chances of survival. Here’s a quote from a Washington Post article on […]

By Karen Lynch -- 0 comments

June 22nd, 2008

Breast Cancer Public Service Announcement

I have no words … just a recommendation that you watch this video:

Tags: breast cancer, breast cancer blog, cancer, health, health and wellness, Karen Lynch, Karen M. Lynch, Male breast cancer, men’s health, wellness, You TubeShare This

By Karen Lynch -- 0 comments

June 1st, 2008

New study backs up HRT-breast cancer link

There’s serious karma going on with me and Australia right now. Yesterday I posted about the Autoglam bling.
Today, I learned about some research out of Cranberra that I have to share with you all today:
A study conducted at the Australian National University has found a fall in the incidence of breast cancer among women aged […]

By Karen Lynch -- 0 comments

May 29th, 2008

Gabrielle Union Joins the Circle of Promise

Did you know that African Americans have the highest death rate from breast cancer of any racial/ethnic group in the U.S.? So while 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, African American women are more likely to die from the disease. This seems to warrant some special attention.
Susan G. Komen is on […]

By Karen Lynch -- 0 comments

May 28th, 2008

Understanding the Breast Cancer Protection Act

You probably heard about the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act, maybe even skimmed a recent news story about it. But maybe, like me, you didn’t quite understand what it was all about?
I mean, here’s what crowded my brain: Hasn’t this been around for a while? Haven’t they implemented this yet? Hasn’t it been years since […]

By Karen Lynch -- 0 comments

May 21st, 2008

Can you use a pink DaysAgo Digital Day Counter? (Because I’m Giving One Away!)

Do you ever ask yourself any of these questions:

How many days ago did I open this can of tomato sauce?
How old is this milk?
How long has it been since I cleaned the fish tank?
Have I taken this antibiotic for ten days?
When was the last time I changed the filter on my cat’s litter box?
Am I […]

By Karen Lynch -- 72 comments

May 21st, 2008

Three Steps Towards a Healthier “Quality of Life”

Back in 2006, the American Cancer Society issued three recommendations on healthy lifestyle behaviors:

Get at least 150 minutes of moderate-to-strenuous exercise, or an hour of strenuous physical activity, every week
eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables daily
quit smoking.

But research done in the U.S. and Australia has shown that many cancer survivors do not […]

By Karen Lynch -- 2 comments

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