Mammograms at 50: A Female Doctor Speaks Out

My father was a radiology doctor who specialized in mammograms, so I grew up around those machines that take two perfectly good knockers and squash them into Swedish pancakes. Dad used to joke that if women were in charge of medicine, men would have to stick their penises between two plates and get “manograms” after [...]

One Woman’s Compelling Story Of Survival

Stage IV metastatic breast cancer survivor and advocate, Stephanie Robin, is on a mission to save lives.  Stricken with Stage II breast cancer in 2004 at age 36, Stephanie was shocked to learn that she was a carrier of the breast cancer (BRCA) gene and continually meets others who are unaware that such a gene [...]

RIP Farrah Fawcett: Always an Icon

Farrah Fawcett passed today.
In my mind, she will always be an icon. Besides a best-selling poster that was every manboy’s wet dream in the mid-1970s, as one of the original three Charlie’s Angels, she was a kick-ass woman who never broke a nail or a heel, but always got her man.
Sadly, her cancer may have [...]

When a Coworker Has Cancer

Sadly, it’s an experience too many people have had, and one others will likely encounter. A coworker, someone with whom you share the majority of your waking hours, has been diagnosed with cancer.
Statistically Speaking
Despite medical advances, cancer remains a leading cause of death for both women and men, second only to heart disease.
According to the [...]

Last Call? Major Study Finds Just One Drink of Alcohol Per Day Raises A Woman’s Risk of Breast Cancer

In what has to be considered a classic case of bad timing, given the depth of our nation’s economic blues, a new study in which 1.3 million women ages 50 to 64 participated, has revealed that even modest amounts of alcohol could increase a woman’s risk of cancer.
“That’s the take-home message,” said Naomi E. Allen [...]

Jennifer’s Journey: Traveling to Make Memories

Jennifer’s Journey is, in my opinion, a passionate work of art, showcasing dazzling  adventures for women all over the world. Like every work of art, Jennifer’s Journey comes with powerful inspiration: my late sister, Jen.
The years I spent with Jen were too few. I was thirteen years-old when she was born. Being an only [...]

Breast Cancer Beauty: Amy Grant & Philosophy Team Up for “She Colors My Day”

In keeping with this month’s Single Minded Women Style feature on beauty products that support breast cancer awareness, I wanted to share with you another beauty partnership that’s helping the cause. Philosophy has teamed up with singer Amy Grant to release a special song, “She Colors My Day,” as well as a bubble bath and [...]

Single Moms We’re All in this Together

As the economy has been crumbling down around us and houses are being foreclosed on in the blink of an eye-we’re all struggling to come to grips with our futures and those of our children.  But what I’ve found incredibly telling is that– this bail-out package which is being passed in Congress- is essentially everyone of us- being [...]

SingleMindedWomen.com Horoscope for Thurs 9/18/08

If Austin, Texas art teacher Tamara Hoover had read her SingleMindedWomen.com Horoscope before posting her nude photo on her Flickr account and losing her job, she would have discovered that her moon(ing) was in the wrong (school)house for that momentous event. So that you aren’t caught with your pants down, here’s ours for this week:
Aries [...]

Vitamin C Makes A Return in the Fight Against Cancer

It was thirty years ago that the idea of high doses of vitamin C as a cancer deterrent was first  considered. But in the 1980s, that idea was rejected. Now, in 2008, vitamin C is back  in the spotlight, once again, recent lab tests hold out the promise once thought to exist that this everyday [...]

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