Hendrickson: Lemonade Aid

There’s no wallowing, writes Janet Hendrickson, at the Lemonade breast cancer support group. In Group Health Research News, Janet reports that the women who attend the monthly Group Health meetings focus on practical education, personal empowerment and positive...

Hill: Warrior One

Jana Hill brings expertise in yoga and medicine to “Guide to Understanding Yoga and Breast Cancer,” for Living Beyond Breast Cancer. This downloadable pdf brochure is for people with breast cancer and yoga teachers. Like a good yogi, Jana is flexible: she...

James: At the Movies with Angelina

Sally James, past NSWA president, is also a science explainer—and now a film promoter. Sally tells us the backstory behind Angelina Jolie’s choice to have breast mastectomy because she inherited the BRCA1 mutation. Join Sally and others at the Seattle International...

Tompa: 161,808 women and going strong

What changed our minds about hormones for menopause symptoms? Rachel Tompa explains in a feature for Quest, from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, about the Women’s Health Initiative. Funded by the National Institutes of Health since 1993 this study saved...

Sharp: Swimming and Surviving

Elizabeth Sharpe, Communication Director, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Washington spent a good part of 2010 and 2011 learning about breast cancer from the patient perspective. Now on the other side of surgery,...