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, and yet its prevalence reminds us it can touch the lives of anyone — regardless of age or gender. As both a nurse practitioner (NP) and a breast cancer survivor, […]
Breast Cancer: Find It, Fight It!
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 to honor survivors, remember loved ones lost to breast cancer and pledge our support and commitment to continue the fight to stop breast cancer. In the United States, approximately 316,000 […]
Women, It’s Time to Focus on You!
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.
Women, It’s Time to Take Control of Your Cervical Health
In January, the United States observes Cervical Health Awareness Month, an opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of cervical health.
Women: Celebrate National Women’s Health Week With These Five Health Habits
Nearly 80% of women put their own health needs last, especially behind those of their family members. It’s time we change that.
Nine Signs a Woman is Having a Heart Attack
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.
Too Many Women Put their Health Needs Last: National Women’s Health Week is out to Change That
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.
Shattering Stigmas: What Women Need to Know About Lung Cancer
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 Awareness: What it Means for African American Women
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.
Five Reasons Women Should Pay More Attention to their Stroke Risk
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.