[ August 22, 2009; 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Raleigh, North Carolina–August 12, 2009-  NC SistaGirls (North Carolina Women of Color) are hosting a Chocolate and Wine Tasting Event to benefit the NC SistaGirls Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Team.

The event will be held Saturday August 22nd 2009 4pm to 10pm at Peche Chocolate 16 Glenwood Avenue Raleigh, North Carolina 27603.

Chocolate and Wine Tasting: [...]

Nevada Cancer Institute Celebrates Cancer Survivors
Expansion of Survivorship Clinic services and free community lecture mark the month
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jennifer McDonnell, (702) 821-0082 or jmcdonnell@nvcancer.org
Alison Monaghan, (702) 737-3100 or amonaghan@kirvindoak.com
Las Vegas, June 8, 2009 – To honor cancer survivors during the month of June, Nevada Cancer Institute (NVCI) is pleased to announce expansion of its survivorship services as well [...]

2009 Susan G. Komen Southern Nevada Race for the Cure
The 14th Annual Southern Nevada Race for the Cure will be held in historic Downtown Las Vegas on Saturday, May 2, 2009.  Come down to the Fremont Street Experience and join the Fight Pink team! Register here for the 2009 Susan G. Komen Southern Nevada Race for [...]

LAS VEGAS- April 21, 2009–Yesterday, Fight Pink participated in the Living Beyond Breast Cancers teleconference on Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Treatment Update and Tools for Healthy Living.  Living Beyond Breast Cancer is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to empower all women affected by breast cancer to live as long as possible with the best quality of [...]

Miss USA's Bottle of Hope (pink flower) pictured with Fight Pink's BOH to the right
Las Vegas, Nevada- April 4, 2009-  Fight Pink, Nevada Cancer Institute and the Miss USA organization came together at NVCI to create “Bottles of Hope”.  WIth the kind help from the Las Vegas Polymer Clay Guild, Fight Pink joined A Special Bottles [...]

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 [...]

[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. [...]

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 [...]

Did You Know?  Below is a short video which gives you an idea of how big our planet is, but how easy it is to share information. How fast does technology change?  Well….we know we have to keep up with the changing climate, in order to keep saving lives.  Breast Cancer research and the technologies [...]

Tina Koral, Author and Breast Cancer Survivor develops a booklet to help reduce risk of misdiagnosis in young women
Misdiagnosis booklet
Tina Koral, author and five-year breast cancer survivor has developed a booklet intended to reduce the risk of breast cancer misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis in young women. “Reducing the Risk of Misdiagnosis and Delayed Diagnosis of [...]