Preventive Care Archive

Breast Cancer Awareness

Door-to-Door Breast Cancer Intervention: the Leading Cause of Cancer Death in Hispanic Women

01/05/2015 10:18am | 7033 views

By Leslie Jacobson, The Breast Milagro

A poster at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium grabbed our attention: “Impact of a Culturally Syntonic Door-to-Door Breast Cancer Early Detection Intervention.”

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Breast Cancer Awareness

Making Tough Choices

28/04/2015 10:06am | 7198 views

HESTER HILL SCHNIPPER, a licensed independent clinical social worker, is a breast cancer survivor and the manager of oncology social work at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. She also writes a daily blog, Living With Breast Cancer, for the hospital's website. In an article for Cancer Today Magazine, she offers 12 pointers to ease some of the burden associated with difficult treatment decisions.

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Breast Cancer Awareness

A Male Breast Cancer Diagnosis – My Story

27/04/2015 04:20pm | 7484 views

Receiving a cancer diagnosis is always upsetting, even if the disease is now more curable than ever. For a 63 year-old male with a cancer traditionally associated with women, the journey is more mysterious.

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Breast Cancer Awareness

A Success Story of Collaboration

29/04/2015 10:55am | 7174 views

Susan G. Komen guest blogger Yarazetd Mendoza-Camargo, Community Outreach Coordinator at the Consulate of Mexico in Philadelphia, discusses her involvement with a new Breast Cancer Education Toolkit for Hispanic/Latino Communities.

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Self Advocacy

Taking Control of Type 2 Diabetes for Better Outcomes

22/06/2015 12:25pm | 7350 views

With more education and disease management, T2D is no longer a “death sentence”.

Q & A with Dr. Samuel Arce, Chairman of the Board of the National Hispanic Medical Association

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