Tag: BREASTCANCER

Anna Antell is a breast cancer survivor, and she's proud of it. After undergoing a mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, the 43-year-old mother of three posed nude for a photo exhibition at the Oxford Malmaison Hotel. The exhibition featured several other cancer survivors, and was intended to celebrate their bravery and courage, while raising breast cancer awareness. According to Facebook, ...

All right, dudes. There's no need to get upset, or overly excited, just because your significant other or love interest just posted on Facebook that she "likes it on the dining room table." The recent trend of "like it on . . . " status updates merely serves as an attempt to get your little boxers in a wad, and -- most notably -- to promote and celebrate October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. ...

Have you noticed all those Facebook friends of yours with unusually colorful status updates? Have you found yourself befuddled in front of your computer, trying to figure out what you could've possibly done to make your girlfriend feel so "blue?" Don't worry, it's not the color of their mood ring, or even their own personal Terror Alert level. It's just the color of the bra they're wearing (or ...

Recently, Facebook banned pictures of a woman showing her mastectomy scars, calling the images "sexual and abusive." For anyone who has seen these pictures, those are not words they inspire. However, Facebook has taken back its original ban and apologized to Sharon Adams, the poster of the pictures and breast cancer survivor. After the original decision was made, hundreds of users in the U.K. ...

Self-examination is the front line in a woman's battle against breast cancer. Women that regularly examine their breasts greatly improve their chances for successful treatment should any abnormalities appear. Sadly, many women do not know how to conduct a proper self-exam, so we were intrigued when we saw this device, designed to simplify the process, on ShinyShiny.tv. The Breastlight (available ...

Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, underwent successful breast cancer surgery Monday at Stanford University Hospital in California. Diagnosed on February 20th, Fiorina is set to participate in chemotherapy treatments at Stanford with an excellent chance for a full recovery, according to her chief of staff Deborah Bowker. During her tenure as CEO of HP, a position she held from ...