Is this image offensive?
Checking out Pink Ribbons Project’s blog this week, I was completely stopped in my tracks by this image. What a powerful statement with very little words – and powerful on so many levels.… Continue reading
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Breast reconstruction – a woman’s right to choose
Today I am returning to a subject I have dealt with several times, that of a woman’s right to be informed of all breast reconstructive options available to her so that she can make an… Continue reading
Dorothy’s Story: Tai Chi gave me a purpose
I came across the story of Dorothy and her experience with Tai Chi on the Real Women, Real Advice blog. Dorothy says when she received her breast cancer diagnosis, it felt like a death sentence. At… Continue reading
More women with early-stage breast cancer choosing double mastectomies
A University of Minnesota cancer surgeon and researcher has found a dramatic increase in the number of women diagnosed with the earliest stage of breast cancer choosing to have both breasts surgically removed.… Continue reading
Meat Free Monday
Today’s Meat Free Monday recipe is a wonderful combination of colours and flavours, bursting with antioxidants. Salad of roasted squash, beetroot and feta cheese Ingredients 1 butternut squash, peeled and cut into small… Continue reading
How to stay safe during a hospital stay
I have just been watching a very interesting CNN report which hightlights the frightening fact that medical errors kill up to 98,000 U.S. hospital patients a year. Wow that is some figure. I… Continue reading
Do self-help books really help?
This year the world celebrates 150 years of self-help books but do these books really work? I myself am a sucker for many of these books, as my groaning book-shelves will attest to, but I… Continue reading
Why do you think breast cancer gets so much attention?
This was the question posed at Centerarticles recently, and more specifically why does it get more attention than prostate cancer. It is interesting because I have heard this levelled as an accusation many… Continue reading
Mammography and dense breasts
Dense breasts can make traditional mammograms more difficult to interpret. But this doesn’t mean a traditional mammogram is useless for detecting cancer or other breast abnormalities in women with dense breasts. Breast tissue… Continue reading
Fruit for free
The blackberries have come early this season along the Irish country lanes and the brambles are now heavy with fruit, just ripe for the picking. It is one of the great pleasures for me of… Continue reading
