Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Newer, more available testing related to breast cancer is allowing both better prevention and treatment strategies.

Tig Notaro gained more fame recently when she contracted breast cancer, and talked about it publicly on stage. In this video, she answers questions from teenagers who are finding their way.

Q: As a woman I’m aware that breast cancer screening is important, but what exactly do these examinations look for and when should women be screened for breast cancer? A: Breast cancer can be devastating for women, and their loved ones ...

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It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and while all the pink we see on the players during NFL games in October mainly focuses our attention on how the disease affects women and what they can do about it, we should also keep in mind (or learn) that men, too, can contract breast cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, one in 1,000 men will fall victim to the disease, which claims the life of

A little over a week ago I wrote an article about a celebration that was taking place in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month... No Bra Day. Who knew it would end up being so popular? Everyone seemed to want to join in the fun, and many chimed in with some interesting comments on Facebook. Here are the ones that made us laugh the hardest...

WOW!! What the Human Bean coffee shop does for breast cancer once a year is absolutely remarkable. You see business donating 10 and 15 percent of sales to good causes all the time, and it often makes you wonder if its just a ploy to get more business. The Human Bean is behind their cause 100 percent, literally. They will donate ALL of their sales on Oct. 19 from 5 a.m. – 10 p.m. to help support lo

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, when health care experts, cancer survivors and research supporters pull out all the stops to make everyone aware of the need for proper breast cancer screenings, better detection tools and more research aimed at finding a cure.

You can help Banner Health and NCMC win a $10,000 donation to help support breast cancer treatment. Banner Health and the staff of North Colorado Medical Center are showing off their dance moves with pink gloves as they observe Breast Cancer Awareness Month and compete in a national contest, the Pink Glove Dance Competition. Watch and vote for NCMC's Pink Glove Dance video to the sounds of Katy Pe

Win - Win situations are optimal, aren't they? Say you could buy something you were going to buy anyway, and the money you spent would go to an important charity that keeps the money local thereby affecting more people in and from our community. You'd be in for that, right?

The lifetime risk of developing breast cancer in women living to age 85 is one in eight (or 12.5 percent). Mammography is the only current screening proven effective in reducing overall mortality in the general population. If detected early by mammography, the prognosis of beating breast cancer is excellent.

According to the American Cancer Society, there are a few lifestyle choices that may affect a woman’s chances of getting breast cancer. Pregnancy reduces a woman’s total number of lifetime menstrual cycles, which may be protective against breast cancer. Women who have had their first child after the age of 30, or those how have not had children, are at higher risk.