breast cancer

Marg Helgenberger: A Young Caregiver Turned MS Champion

Marg Helgenberger: A Young Caregiver Turned MS Champion

March marks National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month and few celebrities are as passionate about raising awareness for this disease than the Emmy Award-winning actress Marg Helgenberger.  Marg cared for a father who was diagnosed with MS when she was still in...

Marg Helgenberger Juggled College, Career and Caregiving

Marg Helgenberger Juggled College, Career and Caregiving

May marks National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month and few celebrities are as passionate about raising awareness for this disease than the Emmy Award-winning actress Marg Helgenberger.  Marg cared for a father who was diagnosed with MS when she was still in college...

Can Caregiver Weight Contribute to Breast Cancer?

Can Caregiver Weight Contribute to Breast Cancer?

It has long been suspected weight gain is a slippery slope to breast cancer risk.  Now recent studies are not only supporting this claim but also showing weight loss – even just 10 percent of total body weight – may also help prevent breast cancer.  If you are one of...

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is when we "Think Pink" - everywhere you turn you are reminded 1 in 8 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer.  Caregivers are often at greater risk because 23% were found to neglect their annual mammogram after age 50.   Read our blogs all month...

Celebrities In the Fight for the Cure for Breast Cancer

Celebrities In the Fight for the Cure for Breast Cancer

Breast cancer, as with all chronic illnesses, does not discriminate.  Despite, race, religion, geography, age, gender, the size of your paycheck or the number of your friends or fans on Facebook, breast cancer affects 1 in 8 women and 1 in 1000 men with an estimated...

Caregiver Weight Connected to Breast Cancer Risk

Caregiver Weight Connected to Breast Cancer Risk

It has long been suspected weight gain is a slippery slope to breast cancer risk.  Now recent studies are not only supporting this claim but also showing weight loss – even just 10 percent of total body weight – may also help prevent breast cancer.  If you are one of...

Marg Helgenberger – Collecting Clues on Caregiving

Marg Helgenberger – Collecting Clues on Caregiving

May marks National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month and at the May 18 Nancy Davis Foundation annual Race to Erase MS Gala Event, Emmy Award-winning actress Marg Helgenberger will serve as a celebrity champion and award presenter to actress Teri Garr who lives with...

Think Pink – It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

Think Pink – It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

Pink is typically associated with Spring, Schiaparelli or that fabulous Audrey Hepburn movie, Funny Face.  And, while it is the color for princesses and ballerinas, it is also the color of Breast Cancer Awareness and the Fight for the Cure which we celebrate this...