Stories like Barnhart’s reveal two critical barriers: awareness and access. Too often, women are not told about prosthetic ...

Many breast cancer survivors feel self-conscious about their appearance. They can’t find bras or clothes that fit them properly because of a missing breast(s) or missing breast tissue. Outside of ...

Even if being asymmetrical or flat is a valid choice for women who have undergone mastectomies, and that is how I usually feel best, there are no rules that say we should not wear a prosthetic bra now ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — For a decade, the Breast Friends program has been run by the Coastal Bend Wellness Foundation. However, unlike other program at CBWF, Breast Friends has no funding. “Breast ...

In 2016, Shawand Marquez’s world fell apart. First, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Then her mother passed away a day before Marquez’s double mastectomy. Marquez’s wedding was a month later.

CHARLOTTE — Residents at a senior living community partnered with Charlotte Yarns to crochet and knit prosthetic breasts for breast cancer patients and survivors ahead of Breast Cancer Awareness Month ...

Following a mastectomy, Medicare Part B may cover external breast prostheses and mastectomy bras that hold them in place, provided the prostheses do not have integral adhesive. Medicare may replace ...

Cheryl Schlote, owner of Scarlet’s Unmentionables, stands in her store Aug. 20 in North Liberty. Schlote, who is undergoing chemotherapy herself for colon cancer, fits women for breast prostheses and ...

Changes to one’s body image are difficult for most women. We all require care to adjust to change. Shine is here to offer options, choices, and emotional support to help you through this process. We ...

After a while, I stopped caring about wearing a mastectomy bra and did was what comfortable to me: wearing a regular bra. Have you ever been to a carnival and walked into a house of horrors or a ...

Similar to statistics here in Australia breast cancer is among the most prevalent forms of cancer diagnosed in Fijian women but high costs of treatment coupled with low income means many women can ...