The Empty Cup Runneth Over is a book written by Author and Breast Cancer Survivor Cindy Papale.  Cindy wrote The Empty Cup Runneth Over, published by Dorrance Publishing Company, to better help educate high school and college women and men about breast cancer.  The book is written in a dialogue that is easy and even humorous [...]

Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Treatment Update and Tools for Healthy Living
Living Beyond  Breast Cancer is presenting a Teleconference on Triple Negative Breast Cancer.  Please click on the link below to register for the conference.  Living Beyond Breast Cancer is a non-profit organization. Whether you need information on breast cancer treatment, breast cancer recurrence, testing or side effects, they are [...]

Push is on to tailor cancer care to tumor’s genes.  What does that mean to you?  There is genetic testing that can identify specific markers for specific types of Cancer.  So why are there so many protocols for cancer treatment that don’t take in account what is written in your tumor’s genes?
 Scientists are furiously testing genetically [...]

 
Need an MRI scan? Tell the doctor if you use a medicated patch including one for nicotine, chemotherapy or birth control— or you’ll risk a burn during the MRI.
Patches that ooze medication slowly through the skin are becoming more popular, from over-the-counter nicotine patches to prescription patches that deliver, pain medication, Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s drugs, even an anti-nausea drug [...]

Cindy Papale -My Story
After being diagnosed in July, 2000 with a stage I, left, multi-focal, invasive breast cancer, rather than have a pity party I would turn something so negative and life threatening as breast cancer into a positive. October is breast cancer month, which is the month not only everyone is made aware about [...]

Sheri Strickland-  ”Trust me it’s Nothing
In October of this past year my husband, who works for the federal government, finds out he’s going to be working in Kansas City, MO. We’ve been living in Topeka for 6 years and pretty much have developed a strong dislike for the entire city. Yay! We’re leaving Topeka! I [...]

[Audio clip: view full post to listen]   Click on the arrow to begin the podcast as Women’s Health and the  Environment interviews author Stacy Malkan.
Stacy Malkan is the author of the book Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly side of the Beauty Industry.  Her book, exposes the toxic truth about everyday personal care products. [...]

We are all living on this planet.  Living our day to day existence, as stead fast gardener’s of our lives.  Tackling our weed-covered lawn with a vengeance, yanking and pulling and slashing crabgrass and clover until the grass is pristine and perfect  But, what lies beneath?  What lies beneath our pristine and perfect garden?  Within [...]

Requests!  We love them, and today Fight Pink is answering your request to give some more insight into Breast Cancer, Fertility & Pregancay.  In the attached publication, Elizabeth Ginsburg, MD, discusses how breast cancer treatments can affect your fertility and family planning. Learn how to coordinate treatment with your oncologist, including methods of preserving fertility and [...]

Earth Hour 2009
What is it all about?  It’s a simple flick of a switch, to make a difference.
It all began with Earth Hour 2007.  In Sydney Australia, on the last Saturday in March 2007 2.2 million people turned off their lights.  Why?  To show their support for a global mandate for action on Climate [...]