What My Patients Are Asking: How Will the Supreme Court’s Decision on BRCA Genes Affect Me?
By Brian Wojciechowski, M.D. on May 21st, 2013 Categories: NewsOn April 15th, 2013, the Supreme Court heard a challenge by a group of scientists to Myriad Genetics’ patent of the BRCA1 and 2 genes. On May 14, actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie revealed that she’d had a preventive double mastectomy because testing had shown her to be positive for the BRCA1 mutation, bringing further attention to the Supreme Court’s upcoming decision.
Everyone has BRCA1 …
Talking with Children About a Breast Cancer Diagnosis
By Hollye Harrington Jacobs, RN, MS, MSW on May 15th, 2013 Categories: Day-to-Day MattersHaving to tell children about a breast cancer diagnosis is rotten. I mean, really, as if having breast cancer isn’t hard enough. However (based on my professional experience as a nurse and my personal experience as a patient), I know that including children in the process — from the time of a diagnosis — is the most important thing that we adults can do for …
For Our Mothers and Others — 5 Simple Ways to Reduce Your Exposure to Environmental Estrogens
By Jean Kane on May 8th, 2013 Categories: Lower Your RiskSpring: birds singing and nesting, hyacinths and lilac perfuming the air, delicate daffodils and vibrant tulips decorating homes and gardens — a yearly reminder of nature’s beauty, fertility, and that she is our source of life and sustenance. No wonder we’ve personified nature as a mother. We celebrate Mother Earth each spring with her own day, Earth Day. Spring is also the time of year …
Teach What You Know
By Michelle Didner on May 1st, 2013 Categories: Day-to-Day Matters, The Breast Cancer JourneyAs a yoga teacher and breast cancer survivor, I have learned that we are all students and we are all teachers.
The practice of yoga is intensely personal. It requires a willingness to be vulnerable – to be honest and to trust. It requires a safe place. It requires a safe place inside of yourself. You start there and you slowly begin to move out …
How to Give Yourself a Present on Your Journey: Meditation
By Jean Kane on April 17th, 2013 Categories: The Breast Cancer Journey, Treatment & Side EffectsWhen I was going through treatment, delicious breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and delectable desserts arrived in the “magic cooler” outside my garage door most days for over a month. Someone even made a lunch and delivered it to school for my 6th grader every day for a week (because she is my fourth child, and I’ve made over 6,300 lunches over the years — I …
