How plastic surgery helps breast cancer survivors feel whole
Cancer patients deal with reconstructive surgeries differently
One Breast Cancer Advocate On Why She Hates Fundraising Walks
Karuna Jaggar, who runs a breast cancer organization, expresses her concerns about the impact of large-scale fundraising walks.
How Health & Wellness Helps Shape Plastic Surgery Results
Teaching has become a great passion of mine over the past 22 years I’ve had practicing as a double-board certified plastic surgeon.
Column: Pros and cons of mastectomy for breast cancer
The breast does not have to be the enemy. A less morbid treatment may be available.
5 Things I Learned From Breast Cancer
Share on<br>I recently received an email asking for any insights or words of wisdom I could share regarding my journey through being diagnosed with and undergoing treatment for breast cancer. The email was from someone who had read one of my articles published by MindBodyGreen late last year and had read in my biography that I was a breast cancer survivor. The sender’s words were plaintive, wrought with the emotion of a new diagnosis that had come seemingly out of the blue.…
Study Finds Doctors Quick To Change Practice For Breast Cancer Patients
Despite the usual view that physicians are slow to alter their routines based on new scientific evidence, researchers found that breast cancer surgeons quickly adopted advice to not remove lymph no…
Your Cancer Answers: What is a breast surgical oncologist?
Anxiety and sadness may increase on anniversary of a traumatic event
Anniversary dates of traumatic events can reactivate thoughts and feelings from the actual event, and survivors may experience peaks of anxiety and depression.
Breast Diseases and How to Manage
For many women, breast health includes concerns about breast lumps, breast pain or nipple discharge. Join Dr. Maria Rapciak, general surgeon, as she discusse...
A Doctor's Vision of What Breast Health Should Be
This is "A Doctor's Vision of What Breast Health Should Be" by Montclair Breast Center on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who…
Suicide rates soar and survivors left with only questions
Why did her funny, smart, athletic, likeable brother take his own life? Survivors haunted by questions.
The Myth of the Optimism Bias?
Are humans natural, irrational optimists? According to many psychologists, humans show a fundamental optimism bias, a tendency to underestimate our chances of suffering negative events. It’s said that when thinking about harmful events, such as contracting cancer, most people believe that their risk is lower than that of ‘the average person’. So, on average, people …
Learn More About Clinical Breast Exams
Find out more about clinical breast exams, a physical examination done by a trained health care provider.
Why are women STILL being denied breast reconstruction?
Having operated on thousands of women with breast cancer, few people are as familiar with its realities as RUTH WATERS.
Passionate About a Cause? Start a Nonprofit
This breast cancer survivor’s inspiring story and advice will show you how to start your own nonprofit if you’re passionate about a cause and want to make a difference.
Doctors Are Encouraging 'Breast Self-Awareness': What That Means
Many doctors who encouraged patients to do breast self-exams are now encouraging "breast self awareness"
Don’t be complacent when it comes to breast awareness
You can have a lot of people worrying who don’t need to worry and then you can have another group who have themselves convinced, ‘This can never happen me’, says BreastCheck consultant
'I put myself in standby mode': what makes a survivor?
A resilience research centre is investigating why some people recover from adversity, while others crumble
Uncomfortable with Compliments? Taming the Inner Critic in Therapy
Many people we work with as clinicians struggle to take a compliment. It doesn't matter if the compliment comes from a loved one, a stranger or a trusted source, like a therapist. The struggle goes much deeper than manners, modesty or cultural norms. I'm talking about the inability to accept what we therapists call, positive affect. The issue for some is about feeling, deep down, they don't deserve it. It appears they can't believe it, they can't allow or take in the experience…
