Breast cancer: what are the best foods to eat to help lower your risks? Eating plenty of fruits and vegetables may lower women’s risk for a tough-to-treat form of breast cancer, but it does not reduce their odds of getting breast cancer overall, a new study finds. Specifically, the new study found lower rates of […]
Jeff Johnson talks about male breast cancer in today’s 3 Things You Should Know. Since it’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Jeff drops some knowledge not only how this affects women, but men too. Listen to the audio below to hear the statistics and how we keep ourselves healthy and cancer-free. Get What You Missed From “The Rickey […]
How can the Moving Forward breast cancer program help black women live longer? Although breast cancer (BC) survival has steadily improved for European American (EA) women over the past few decades, similar improvements have not been observed for African American (AA) women. In 2006, 32 BC deaths were reported nationally for every 100,000 women-years among […]
Ebony Steele is a breast cancer survivor, and she shares her story in the video below. Find out more about this disease that has hit African American women especially hard by clicking here. Text “Rickey” To 80185 For Breaking News RELATED: The Morning Crew Goes Bare Chested For Breast Cancer [PHOTOS] RELATED: 7 Really Girly […]
It’s a sad day for poor women in America. The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, a leading charity for breast cancer, has announced that it is ending its partnership with Planned Parenthood. The change will mean a cutoff of hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants, mainly for breast exams. The decision sparked […]
On Thursday October 13 Kangol Kid of Old School rap group UTFO held the latest in a series of fundraisers to support the fight against Breast Cancer. Hip-Hop veterans including Marley Marl, Biz Markie, DJ Evil Dee and fellow UTFO member Doctor Ice gathered at Rock And Soul Records in NYC to collect money on […]
Comedienne Wanda Sykes opened up on “The Ellen DeGeneres” show yesterday about her battle with breast cancer. “I had breast cancer…I know, it’s scary,” Sykes said with a short chuckle. The cancer was discovered in February when she was going for a breast reduction operation, because as she said, “I was tired of knocking over […]
Musiq Soulchild is the ambassador for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Circle of Promise initiative, but he’s doing even more to show his support for breast cancer awareness. Find out how he’s merged his music with this message in TV One and TheUrbanDaily‘s weekly segment “The Playlist.” RELATED POSTS: Musiq Soulchild “Run & […]
Wanda Sykes recently revealed she battled breast cancer and had a double mastectomy. The comedienne taped an appearance on “Ellen” and discussed for the first time ever that she had breast cancer. Sykes told Ellen that she went in to have breast reduction surgery in February, but that’s when the cancer was detected. “I found […]
