Breast Cancer
Navigating Breast Cancer: A Nurse Practitioner and Survivor’s Guide
By Courtney DuBois Shihabuddin, DNP, APRN-CNP, AGPCNP-BC Embarking on the journey that begins with a breast cancer diagnosis is not one we tend to anticipate,
By Courtney DuBois Shihabuddin, DNP, APRN-CNP, AGPCNP-BC Embarking on the journey that begins with a breast cancer diagnosis is not one we tend to anticipate,
By April N. Kapu, DNP, APRN, ACNP- BC, FAANP, FCCM, FAAN October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time when our nation comes together
After more than a year of social distancing, lockdowns and social separation, it is time to reinvest in your health. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 15% of adult women in the United States are in fair or poor health.
In January, the United States observes Cervical Health Awareness Month, an opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of cervical health.
Nearly 80% of women put their own health needs last, especially behind those of their family members. It’s time we change that.
Women are just as likely to suffer a heart attack, and their experience may be much less dramatic. Since the 1980s, women have died more often from heart attacks every year, in part because many people don’t realize women experience heart attacks differently. Here’s what women should really look for.
Nearly 80 percent of women put their own health needs last, behind children, pets, elders and spouses. This reality is the genesis for National Women’s Health Week – a time devoted to ensuring more women make their own health a priority – which fittingly kicks off on Mother’s Day.
In the last 40 years, the rate of lung cancer has dropped 35 percent for men, while rising nearly 90 percent for women. Once thought of as a male smoker’s disease, lung cancer is shattering stigmas.
Breast cancer is the second most common kind of cancer among women in the U.S. Unfortunately, there are racial disparities that result in a higher mortality rate.
About 800,000 Americans have a stroke each year, and 55,000 more of them will be women. While breast cancer feels like the most looming threat for many women, stroke kills twice as many as breast cancer.