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Julia’s Journey

The Power of Integrative Care Julia is an adventurer and has lived and traveled across the globe while exploring various cultures. While she’s from the midwest, she feels that she can make anywhere home!  Julia has always been healthy and strives to take care of herself. This made…

Covid-19 & Breast Cancer Care

Cancer Care During Covid Covid-19 has impacted many different facets of life, including breast cancer care, diagnosis, and treatment. This is visible in the way treatment has been delayed and altered to deal with the extreme challenges caused by the pandemic. The Covid-19 pandemic has lasted for more…

Men’s Health Week 2016

United Breast Cancer Foundation began a Men’s Health Week series from June 13th to the 19th — Father’s Day. The week focused on awareness of men’s health and the overall importance of maintaining a wholesome lifestyle. Men can take measures to protect their health such as, getting the…

Are plastic food containers harmful to health?

I used to get annoyed whenever my father nagged about the use of plastic food containers. Every one’s using them, so what’s the problem? Well, with a little research, I found that plastic food containers may actually pose a problem. Plastic is used everywhere nowadays, in countless different…

Alcohol and Breast Cancer

As a native of the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, wine season is an exciting time of year as vineyards produce and people flock to wine tastings. This time of year has positive associations for many as fall sets in, but there may be some bad…

Is there a link between Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) to Breast Cancer?

What is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)? PCOS is one of the most common hormonal endocrine disorders in women. There are many signs and symptoms that a woman may experience. For example, some symptoms include irregular menstrual cycle, acne, hirsutism (increased hair growth on the face, chest, stomach, back,…

Benefits of Wheatgrass

About three years ago, my family received the most devastating news none of us could have ever imagined. My mother had been diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer at the age of forty-three. Then it was more bad news. It had metastasized to her lungs, lymph nodes and…