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Pink Ribbon Review | Raising Breast Cancer Awareness

May 18th, 2008

When to get psychological assistance

All that talk about PTSD last week had me thinking … when does one cross the line from being down to being depressed and needing professional help? Well, I received some answers to that question from Dr. Rausch at Massachusetts General Hospital:
“It may be hard to know exactly when some down mood becomes depression or […]

By Karen Lynch -- 0 comments

May 16th, 2008

Blast from the Past: Five of my Favorite Posts from The Breast Blog

I started blogging about breast cancer on Wednesday, November 1, 2006. I know that for a fact, because I recently revisited The Breast Blog, my first breast cancer blog, and that was the date on my very first post, my introduction to the world.
Ah, The Breast Blog. Were any of you here readers of mine […]

By Karen Lynch -- 4 comments

May 15th, 2008

Bumble Bee Foods in the midst of their BeeWell Miles Campaign

Yes, another pink product sighting at the grocery store! Seems Bumble Bee Foods has launched an Interactive Health and Wellness Program to benefit the Y-Me National Breast Cancer Foundation.
The program runs from May 1 to June 30, 2008.
“During the two-month campaign, grocery store shelves will get a makeover with 10 million pink Bumble Bee® Solid […]

By Karen Lynch -- 0 comments

May 14th, 2008

Exercise May Lower Breast Cancer Risk for Teenage Girls

Do we need another reason to get our children exercising early in their lifetimes? Seems that regular exercise in adolescence and young adulthood may help lower a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer before menopause.
“The women who were the most physically active were 23 percent less likely to develop premenopausal breast cancer than the women […]

By Karen Lynch -- 0 comments