• Home
  • Brooke Burke
  • Must Have
  • Recalls
  • Contributors
  • Contests & Twitter Parties
  • Become An Insider
  • ModernMom Store

ModernMom

The premiere destination for moms

  • Parenting
    • Pregnancy
    • Baby
    • Kids
    • Tweens and Teens
    • Ask Dr. Psych Mom
  • Cooking
  • Around The House
    • Crafts
    • At Home
    • Education
    • Travel
    • Pets
    • Decorate
    • Money
  • Career
  • Living Healthy
    • Breast Cancer
    • Health & Fitness
    • Body after Baby
    • Beauty
    • Relationships
    • Love
  • Celebrate
    • Holidays
      • Easter
      • Valentine’s Day
      • New Year’s
      • Christmas
      • Hanukah
      • Halloween
      • Thanksgiving
    • Birthdays
    • Parties
  • Tech
  • Entertainment
  • Hot Topics
  • Games
You are here: Home / Archives for Living Healthy / Breast Cancer

My Best Friend Has Cancer – What To Say… And What Not To Say

October 15, 2018 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

My Best Friend Has Cancer – What To Say… And What Not To Say

My best friend, Seana, got sideswiped last month. After years of anticipating shed get breast cancer (shes got a very strong family history and the BRAC1 mutation), she received an unexpected diagnosis of stage 3 ovarian cancer.

Filed Under: Breast Cancer, Living Healthy

Women Need To Pay Attention to these 5 Signs of Breast Cancer

June 25, 2017 by Makayla Leazott

Women Need To Pay Attention to these 5 Signs of Breast Cancer

As women, and certainly as mothers, it is vital to understand early detection signs of breast cancer. Many women only feel concern if they find a lump in their chest but there are five other signs you should be aware of. Women with a significant number of moles on their skin are 13% more at risk than…

Filed Under: Breast Cancer

Everything You Need to Know About Getting a Mammogram

October 18, 2015 by ModernMom Staff Leave a Comment

Everything You Need to Know About Getting a Mammogram

The word mammogram tends to evoke a sense of dread and fear in most women. But getting a mammogram is not only recommended, its essential for a womans health.

Filed Under: Breast Cancer, Living Healthy

A Journal of One Family’s Loss to Breast Cancer

October 14, 2015 by blythenewsome Leave a Comment

A Journal of One Family’s Loss to Breast Cancer

Nana has been in my life since I was a little girl. I tell my children all the time that family is not just who you are born too, but it is also the special people that God puts in your life. For all of us, Nana was our family. In

Filed Under: Breast Cancer, Living Healthy

5 Ways To Support A Friend With Breast Cancer

October 12, 2015 by ModernMom Staff Leave a Comment

5 Ways To Support A Friend With Breast Cancer

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, we want to help you deal with the issues that matter most. When a friend or loved one is diagnosed with breast bancer, its a mind-numbing, awful experience for everyone affected. You also might be unsure how to show your love. Weve created a list of ways to express your support and deepest sympathies – and to do what you can to help your friend when she needs you the most.

Filed Under: Breast Cancer, Living Healthy

How to Do a Breast Self Exam

October 11, 2015 by ModernMom Staff Leave a Comment

How to Do a Breast Self Exam

Did you know that 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer over the course of their lifetime? It’s the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women. Experts agree that early detection is the best defense against this deadly disease, and since October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we want to encourage moms everywhere to give themselves a monthly breast self exam (BSE). Do you know how to do a BSE properly? If not, here are the guidelines that every women needs to know:

Filed Under: Breast Cancer, Living Healthy

Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer

October 8, 2015 by ModernMom Staff Leave a Comment

Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer

The following post is sponsored by Genentech. “You have breast cancer.” These are four words no woman wants to hear, especially not as a 33-year-old with two small children. But less than a year after her own mother passed away from breast cancer, this was the reality for Jaime Andrews. Jaime was diagnosed in 2012…

Filed Under: Breast Cancer

When You’re Left Behind: The Impact Of Breast Cancer On A Family

October 26, 2014 by blythenewsome Leave a Comment

When You’re Left Behind: The Impact Of Breast Cancer On A Family

October.Fall arrives, the kids are excitedly picking out their Halloween costumes and football season is in full swing. But there is also a certain sadness and emptiness that I really feel during the month of October.October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. It is also the month that our first episode of the Supernanny aired – right after Nana died from breast cance

Filed Under: Breast Cancer

My Plastic Surgery Decision Might Have Saved My Life

October 16, 2014 by blythenewsome Leave a Comment

My Plastic Surgery Decision Might Have Saved My Life

There are days when I catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror and I find myself thinking, Who is that person? Then I suck in the areas I can, hold up the parts that need to be lifted and suddenly for a quick second I catch a glimpse of the old me.

Filed Under: Breast Cancer

Chapter 3: How Do You Tell Your Kids That You Have Cancer?

October 9, 2014 by Abby Margolis Newman Leave a Comment

Chapter 3: How Do You Tell Your Kids That You Have Cancer?

To start at the beginning, read Chapter 1: Abby’s Crap News – AKA My “Journey” With Cancer

Filed Under: Breast Cancer

Next Page »

Search

  • Facebook
  • Google+
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
ModernMom Boutique ModernMom Boutique

ModernMom TV

It’s One of Those “I Suck” Days…

It’s One of Those “I Suck” Days…

Do you ever just have one of those I suck days? I do - a …[Read More...]

ModernMom TV

Cures & Remedies for Head Lice

Cures & Remedies for Head Lice

If just the thought of head lice makes your head itch, think …[Read More...]

Baby Brain Development in the Womb

Baby Brain Development in the Womb

Your baby's brain starts developing almost at the moment of …[Read More...]

Is it Safe to Color Your Hair While Breastfeeding?

Is it Safe to Color Your Hair While Breastfeeding?

Pregnancy and breastfeeding are crucial times to be aware of …[Read More...]

Signs That Your Toddler Has Been Touched Inappropriately

Signs That Your Toddler Has Been Touched Inappropriately

The thought of someone harming your toddler is enough to …[Read More...]

How Does IVF Work?

How Does IVF Work?

"In vitro," which means "in glass," is a procedure in which …[Read More...]

Can I Use Baking Powder to Thicken Sauce?

Can I Use Baking Powder to Thicken Sauce?

Can I Use Baking Powder to Thicken Sauce? When you think …[Read More...]

Cold Sore and Fever Blister Remedies

Cold Sore and Fever Blister Remedies

Though there are a few factors that doctors will use to …[Read More...]

  • About Us
  • Contact ModernMom
  • Advertise With Us
  • Press
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use

Copyright © 2019 · Mom, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Reproduction of any portion of this website only at the express permission of Mom, Inc. The information provided on ModernMom is for educational use only. It should not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.