“If a screening mammogram is covered in order to detect breast cancer at an early stage – which we all agree is vital – then it logically follows that should a more effective screening modality be required to detect cancer in women who have dense breasts, it should also be covered. . . . A […]
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By Dawn Anderson A lot of the time, advocacy work is a slog. Trying to get the attention of legislators so you can share your issue. Trying to convince whole bodies of them that your issue is important. Pushing back against opposition and misinformation. Telling your story over and over again as you urge them
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Amanda Walsh This January marked two years since I began breast cancer treatment. I vividly remember that cold, dark morning in early January 2022, when my husband and I drove to the hospital for my first surgery. I had spent the night before preparing as best as I could. Of course, it was impossible to
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by Lindsey Nathan O’Connor The U.S. observes National Write to Congress Day on January 3 every year, a day for citizens to exercise their democratic rights. It is crucial to write to your state and federal representatives and express what is most important to you, as their constituent. It is our duty as citizens to
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Amanda Walsh I was diagnosed with breast cancer in late 2021. I was young, and my family was still reeling from two loved ones’ own breast cancer diagnoses earlier that same year. When I first found my lump, I thought, there’s no way I have cancer. Not right now. The universe wouldn’t allow that, right?
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by Dawn Anderson In 1993, a 37-year-old Milwaukee native, Sherry Kohlenberg, spoke at the National Breast Cancer Coalition’s rally in Washington DC. “This year 46,000 women will die of breast cancer,” she says. “I will probably be among these statistics. I will leave behind my husband and partner of 18 years, a motherless child, a
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