Breast cancer prevention

Skipping your mammogram? Here’s why that’s a terrible idea

October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The significance of this month varies from person to person — for some, the pink ribbon is a memory of a disease that changed their lives, while for others, it is an opportunity to rally behind almost two million women who get cancer diagnoses annually throughout the globe.

PINK for Breast Cancer Awareness

The month of October and pink ribbons displayed almost everywhere brings a certain sense of apprehension amongst people who have loved ones suffering from breast cancer. Yet, with all the discomfort associated with the universal advertisements, there’s a major encouraging side to it — people become more conscious about early screening and medical procedures that can prevent cancer from taking root in the first place.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2017: What we know now about prevention

October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which aims to increase knowledge of how we can help beat one of the most common cancers in women. As more and more research focuses on what we can do to reduce our risk of the disease, here we round up five everyday lifestyle changes that women can make.

October 28, 2024
October 28, 2024

Skipping your mammogram? Here’s why that’s a terrible idea

October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The significance of this month varies from person to person — for some, the pink ribbon is a memory of a disease that changed their lives, while for others, it is an opportunity to rally behind almost two million women who get cancer diagnoses annually throughout the globe.

October 23, 2022
October 23, 2022

PINK for Breast Cancer Awareness

The month of October and pink ribbons displayed almost everywhere brings a certain sense of apprehension amongst people who have loved ones suffering from breast cancer. Yet, with all the discomfort associated with the universal advertisements, there’s a major encouraging side to it — people become more conscious about early screening and medical procedures that can prevent cancer from taking root in the first place.

October 8, 2017
October 8, 2017

Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2017: What we know now about prevention

October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which aims to increase knowledge of how we can help beat one of the most common cancers in women. As more and more research focuses on what we can do to reduce our risk of the disease, here we round up five everyday lifestyle changes that women can make.