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    My Boob Started Growing Lumps, So Now I Need New Bras

    ByHedy Phillips December 13, 2018 9:16 am

    My boobs have always been my favorite thing about myself (sometimes tied with my hair). They’re a decent size, nearly symmetrical, and close enough to perky to satisfy me. Even when my skin sucked and my weight wasn’t what I wanted, I had my boobs. And then they let me down. At 31, I discovered…

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    Mammogram Madness: My First Positively Negative Experience

    ByCharisse Savarin July 3, 2018 8:26 am

    Let me begin this by saying that I don’t like the idea of radiating my breasts to find cancer; seems more like a way for cancer to find me. But I was talked into it by my male doctor who would likely never know the joy of having his breasts smashed on a cold metal…

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    How Affordable Care Act Repeal Threatens Breast Health and What You Can Do

    Byelisabeth January 12, 2017 9:32 am

    As I write this, the Senate is pulling an all-night “vote-a-rama” session. Their goal is to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare. Their vote lays the groundwork for dismantling the ACA in the coming weeks. Repealing the Affordable Care Act, with no plan for its replacement, is cruel and foolish. First, it…

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    Breast Cancer Screening: Who Profits from Early Detection?

    Byelisabeth July 24, 2013 5:42 pm

    When Angelina Jolie revealed she carried the breast cancer gene, the world learned about the $3,000 price tag attached to BRCA testing. But gene mutations represent a small percentage of breast cancer cases, and 85% of women diagnosed have no family history of the disease. Who pays for their breast cancer screening? Since women rely…

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    The Year in Review: Top Ten Breast Stories of 2012

    Bythebreastlife December 31, 2012 6:40 pmJune 24, 2025 3:39 pm

    Breasts were, as usual, the focus of attention during 2012. But this year offered up surprising new views on several breast fronts. Some breast stories revealed more than others. From Time Magazine’s image of a four year old boy standing on a step stool suckling at his mother’s breast, to the PR failures of the grand dame…

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  • Pink Ribbons, Inc.: Taking on The Breast Industrial Complex
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    Pink Ribbons, Inc.: Taking on The Breast Industrial Complex

    Bythebreastlife June 3, 2012 6:12 pmMay 31, 2025 5:39 pm

    I’m not sure why watching the documentary Pink Ribbons, Inc., made me so angry. I’d read Samantha King’s book, on which the film is loosely based, back in 2008. I reviewed it, along with Gayle Sulik’s similar work on the subject, Pink Ribbon Blues. I recently wrote a blog on Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History, a new non-fiction work which, among…

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