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  • NewsSara Bliss

    Helping Breast Cancer Patients Deal With Changes in Their Appearance

    “When you think about it, the two things that make you feel most like a woman are your hair and your breasts,” explains Mary Aframe, the founder of the Women’s Image Center outside of Boston. “One of the oncologists I work with told me that he asks his patients ‘What was the hardest part of treatment?’ And 85% say losing their hair.” That statistic isn’t surprising to Aframe, who founded her business with the understanding that helping manage the radical changes in a woman’s appearance during c

  • NewsNoël Duan

    Bald Beauty Vlogger Aims to Help Cancer Patients [Video]

    Forty-year-old London resident Andrea Pellegrini has a YouTube portal dedicated to makeup tutorials — but her channel, Baldly Beautiful, isn’t about cat liner tips and new beauty finds. Her videos tackle beauty issues cancer patients face, from dealing with pale skin and watering eyes to going bald.  Pellegrini, a makeup artist who was diagnosed with breast cancer in September 2014 and launched Baldly Beautiful in February 2015, told the Daily Mail, “It definitely helped me get through chemo; it

  • NewsKorin Miller

    Online Calculator Predicts Your Risk of Developing Breast Cancer

    October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Assess your risk now with this handy online tool.  Scientists have created a new online calculator to help predict if you’ll develop breast cancer in the near future. The calculator involves just six questions based on your age, ethnicity and race, family history of breast cancer, whether you’ve had a breast biopsy, and your breast density. The calculator was tested using data from more than 1.1 million women, aged 35 to 74.

  • NewsChristopher Kim

    15 Fashionable ‘Breast Cancer Awareness’ Items

    Today we welcome October, and with that comes the start of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. From Ralph Lauren’s Pink Pony Foundation to Stella McCartney’s Pink Lingerie, bringing awareness to this disease has been an ongoing mission for many brands and designers. So this month, join them — think pink with these 15 products that donate a percentage of proceeds to help fight breast cancer. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest for nonstop inspiration delivered fresh to your feed,