Let me say this, having breast cancer and going through treatment for it, is no easy venture. In “The Healthy Girl’s Guide to Breast Cancer”: A Memoir of My Unthinkable Journey”, Author Christine Egan, keeps it as real as it gets. While the book cover…
With all the talk about The Affordable Care Act and the government shutdown in response to it, I thought it was important to share this video with you about disparities in care between the rich and the poor and the difference a Patient Navigator…
Fashion Photographer David Jay of The SCAR Project: Breast Cancer Is Not a Pink Ribbon recently completed a new project, titled The Alabama Project: Civil Rights In A New Era of HealthCare Challenges. Taken in the Deep South of Alabama, this is a series of…
On April 20, 2013, I presented at TEDMED 2013’s 20 Great Challenges, sponsored by the Brooklyn Free Clinic at the Gowanus Ballroom. It was honor and I was really excited to be a part of this momentous event. The talk is titled, “With A…
By PEGGY ORENSTEIN I used to believe that a mammogram saved my life. I even wrote that in the pages of this magazine. It was 1996, and I had just turned 35 when my doctor sent me for an initial screening — a relatively common…
If you have not checked out my events page, I am happy to announce that I will be presenting at the TEDMED Conference on April 20, 2013, sponsored by the Brooklyn Free Clinic. This is a HUGE honor! I am equal parts anxious and excited…
By Grace Bello “Why would I want to go back to picking cotton?” That’s one response you get when you talk to young people of color about farming and food sovereignty, says D.C. farmer and food activist Natasha Bowens. Yet food sovereignty is of vital…
by Shana Bitterman Eileen Fuentes is a warrior. She has survived triple negative breast cancer and a blood clot in her heart, all while raising three daughters and working a full-time job. But in true fighter form, she came out of her ordeal stronger than…
California seems to be leading the discussion on food justice issues occurring in low-income neighborhoods. Recently SOS Juice debuted a video titled, “Food Fight” about a boy who must escape a world where processed food is killing the members of his community. The villain in…
Jill Brzezinski-Conley, is a young breast cancer survivor initially diagnosed at 32, just one day before her birthday. She underwent a double mastectomy, aggressive chemotherapy and radiation and now, at 35, has incurable stage-4 breast cancer which has metastasized to her bone. Inspired by her…