I have been covering breast implant stories for decades, going back more than 20 years when complaints first started ...

She started sketching out ideas for a product that would remove some of the pressure put on her healing chest by the shoulder belt. Eventually, she drafted a proposal for a product and brought it to ...

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A mastectomy is surgery to remove all your breast tissue to treat cancer ... Lymph nodes are small, bean-shaped structures. They filter out waste products from your lymphatic system. They trap ...

It was a life-altering decision, but one Tonya Harvey made without any hesitation. "My mother has had breast cancer twice. She's a two-time survivor and both my grandmothers had breast cancer." ...

No prosthetic will ever help Kathy Smith forget that she had a mastectomy in December 2015. The breast cancer survivor has ...

This may involve breast-conserving surgery or a mastectomy. Some people have persistent nerve pain in their chest, armpit, or arm after breast cancer surgery. While the term for this is ...

Sharpe's story is not unique. Of the 21,000 Australians diagnosed with breast cancer every year, about 40 per cent go on to need a mastectomy, which is the surgical removal of a whole breast.

NIKKI POINDEXTER HAM THOUGHT OF HER FAMILY, HER DESIRE TO BE AROUND FOR HER GRANDCHILDREN, HER CHOICE TO UNDERGO A PREVENTATIVE MASTECTOMY IS NOT ONLY LIFE CHANGING, IT COULD VERY WELL BE LIFE SAVING.