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Early Detection PSA
Early detection saves lives! UBCF offers breast screenings to women and men regardless of age, race, gender, income or medical insurance coverage.
Breastfeeding
Having a baby opens up an entire new world – a new world of screaming and crying, changing diapers, and above all, breastfeeding. Breast milk has all of the vitamins and nutrients that babies needs in their first six months of life, but the nutritional benefits are…
UBCF Featured Charity at INDY 500
United Breast Cancer Foundation Selected as Featured Charity at Indianapolis 500 Announcements throughout the race event will help increase breast cancer awareness and the available support for males and females affected by breast cancer. The United Breast Cancer Foundation is thankful for the opportunity to raise awareness about…
The Benefits of Yoga
A holistic approach to fighting breast cancer has been shown to help with the pain and stress that accompanies conventional medicinal treatment for breast cancer. For example, hot flashes due to chemotherapy have been shown to improve with the practice of de-stressing…
Stress Management and Breast Cancer Part 3
The necessity of knowing your personal stress threshold as we talked in part 2 is that it reminds you to take actions to regulate your stress. The final and the most important part in stress management is to learn how to regulate your stress when you find…
Stress Management and Breast Cancer Part 2
As we said in part 1, being stressful with disease is fine, however you need to make sure that your stress is not out of control. In order to control your stress, you need to know your personal stress threshold – the point when stress has become limiting…
Free Mobile Mammography Event
FREE screening mammograms for eligible woman. at the UNITED BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION 205 Depot Road, Huntington Station 11746 Visit the event page. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2015 9-12pm For women 40 and older who have not had a mammogram in the past year All insurance plans accepted. Co-payments…
Making a Positive Difference in Lives
UBCF, is launching our ‘Making a Positive Difference’ campaign from May 22 -24, 2015 at The Indy 500. With an expected 2.4 million impressions, our message will be featured on Grazie Media’s Jumbo-tron video screen strategically placed at the perimeter of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Throughout the event,…
Stress Management and Breast Cancer Part 1
3 Part Series Facing a breast cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming – stress is very common among breast cancer patients. Stressors related to the disease may include the uncertainty of one’s future, the unpredictability of disease, disability, and financial difficulties. Therefore, it is important for breast cancer patients to…
Possible Sexualization of Breast Cancer
Recently, in an interview I conducted of young men and women, I asked the following question: “What comes to mind when you hear ‘breast cancer’?” One telling answer came from a 16-year-old high school student who responded: “the I-LOVE-BOOBIES bracelets everyone used to wear.” I found this to…