/tags/breast-cancer Breast Cancer en-US Copyright Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:22:16 GMT /health/2024-04-10/free-mammogram-screening-breast-cancer-nash-north-carolina A mobile breast cancer screening program is scheduled to launch this month in Nash County. The event is the first of one nonprofit’s efforts to provide 200 free mammograms across Eastern North Carolina. Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:22:16 GMT /health/2024-04-10/free-mammogram-screening-breast-cancer-nash-north-carolina Sophie Mallinson /health/2019-02-18/the-power-of-pink-ink Tara Dunsmore is a nurse by trade, but after her own experience with breast cancer, she found a new way to help others heal: tattoos. After undergoing a… Mon, 18 Feb 2019 17:57:53 GMT /health/2019-02-18/the-power-of-pink-ink Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-02-18/the-power-of-pink-ink Tara Dunsmore is a nurse by trade, but after her own experience with breast cancer, she found a new way to help others heal: tattoos. After undergoing a… Mon, 18 Feb 2019 17:57:53 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-02-18/the-power-of-pink-ink Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /health/2018-10-25/black-women-and-breast-cancer-the-trouble-with-treatment Is the high cost of health care keeping black women from following up on breast cancer treatment? A new study in the Journal of the National Cancer… Thu, 25 Oct 2018 16:57:53 GMT /health/2018-10-25/black-women-and-breast-cancer-the-trouble-with-treatment Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-10-25/black-women-and-breast-cancer-the-trouble-with-treatment Is the high cost of health care keeping black women from following up on breast cancer treatment? A new study in the Journal of the National Cancer… Thu, 25 Oct 2018 16:57:53 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-10-25/black-women-and-breast-cancer-the-trouble-with-treatment Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /news/2018-07-03/susan-g-komen-chapter-closes-in-winston-salem The nonprofit breast cancer organization will now only have North Carolina offices in Charlotte and the Triangle.The closing of the Winston-Salem chapter… Tue, 03 Jul 2018 21:59:41 GMT /news/2018-07-03/susan-g-komen-chapter-closes-in-winston-salem Naomi P. Brown /race-demographics/2017-10-10/nccu-awarded-16-3-million-grant-to-research-health-disparities The National Institutes of Health have awarded North Carolina Central University a multi-million dollar grant to further study health disparities in… Tue, 10 Oct 2017 22:02:43 GMT /race-demographics/2017-10-10/nccu-awarded-16-3-million-grant-to-research-health-disparities Leoneda Inge /health/2014-12-08/doctors-are-slow-to-adopt-changes-in-breast-cancer-treatment There's not much evidence that radiation increases survival in older women with early-stage breast cancer, but doctors are still prescribing it. It can be hard to get doctors to change protocols. Mon, 08 Dec 2014 16:20:00 GMT /health/2014-12-08/doctors-are-slow-to-adopt-changes-in-breast-cancer-treatment Patti Neighmond /health/2014-12-08/study-doctors-breast-cancer-patients-seem-to-ignore-radiation-treatment-data Duke Medicine research shows that most elderly, low risk breast cancer patients receive radiation therapy after surgery. That's despite evidence that the… Mon, 08 Dec 2014 13:22:04 GMT /health/2014-12-08/study-doctors-breast-cancer-patients-seem-to-ignore-radiation-treatment-data Rebecca Martinez /arts-culture/2014-10-07/tig-notaro-comes-to-durham Since comedian Tig Notaro went public with her breast cancer diagnosis in 2012, her life has been a whirlwind.In a four-month span she lost her mother,… Tue, 07 Oct 2014 15:35:40 GMT /arts-culture/2014-10-07/tig-notaro-comes-to-durham Hady Mawajdeh, Frank Stasio