Breast Cancer

The Sickest Remarks Being Made About Angelina's Double Mastectomy

Yesterday, Angelina Jolie revealed that she'd had a double mastectomy as a preventive measure against a family history of breast cancer, amidst worldwide kudos and admiration. But on Facebook and other places, some were not convinced. "Her breasts were sagging," said one ex "friend" of mine, "so s ... More >>

SERIOUSLY FUNNY

Tig Notaro and crew take their podcast live

The Cutest Thing Ever Said To Me

In came the invite for yesterday: "MARTINI and the MOMs celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month. "Join us for the 'A Toast to Survivors' luncheon with special guest Kristin Chenoweth at Alison Eighteen." So there I was, all poised to eat healthy food and chat with the ladies about their lives an ... More >>

NYC's Bartender's Fight Against Breast Cancer

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, bartender Michelle Milton for Neely's Barbecue Parlor will be donating 100 percent of her tips for the month of October to Chemo Comfort, which provides cancer patients with kits that help with the side effects of chemotherapy. And at the end of the month, ... More >>

Susan G. Komen for The Cure Resignations: Do They Matter?

So there has apparently been a big leadership shakeup at Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the country's best known breast cancer charity, after its stupid, stupid decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood in January resulted in public outrage. The changes? As per Komen P.R.: "Founder and CEO Nancy ... More >>

Hydraulic Fracturing: Is There Bad Science in The Fracking Debate?

Does fracking make people sick? The jury is largely still out on that one. However, new info indicates that some claims about hydraulic fracturing's reportedly significant health risks appear to have been based on bad science.

Could You Live With Ann Romney As First Lady?

I know Mitt's a total joke, but how about the wife? Would she make the experience of a Republican White House any easier to swallow? Well, here are some wiki-facts about her--some inspiring, some not--to help you decide: The Mormon missionary rules allowed her only two brief visits with Mitt and ... More >>

Daily Alcohol Consumption Linked to Breast Cancer

Eek. Might want to think twice now about downing that cocktail. According to a recent study by the National Cancer Institute, consuming seven to 14 alcoholic drinks per week carries a 30 to 60 percent increase in breast cancer risk. Although earlier studies have connected daily alcohol consumption ... More >>

Shoot for the Cure: Susan G. Komen Charity Event Raises Money With Riflery

​Late late week, Runnin' Scared got word that the pink firearm fiasco might not have been as much a false-alarm as had been claimed: A source told us that Susan G. Komen for the Cure and guns go back a bit, and furnished us with several links suggesting that this might be the case. Since the ... More >>

Shoot! Gunslingers Raise Money for Susan G. Komen for the Cure With Assault Rifles (UPDATE)

Yesterday, Runnin' Scared brought you news of a pink gun -- marketed as a fundraising partnership with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation -- on sale for 429 bucks at a Seattle Firearms dealer. Late in the afternoon, a Komen spokeswoman told reporters that the breast cancer advocacy group h ... More >>

Susan G. Komen for the Cure: Guns are OK, Planned Parenthood Is Not

​More unsettling developments in the Susan G. Komen for the Cure shitshow. The breast cancer advocacy group cut $680,000 in screening grants to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, saying that the organization could not give money to groups that are under congressional investigation. ( ... More >>

Mike Bloomberg to Donate $250,000 to Planned Parenthood After Susan G. Komen Cuts

​This just in: Mike Bloomberg will match up to $250,000 in donations to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America so the group can continue breast screenings for poor women, according to an official mayoral tweet. The Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer foundation slashed $680,000 in ... More >>

Planned Parenthood NYC: Breast Cancer Screenings Will Continue in the City

​The battle has finally been won against...breast cancer screenings? Yes, you read that right and yes, it's OK to get really pissed off, ladies. Amid sustained pressure from right-to-life groups (and the congressmen they support), Susan G. Komen for the Cure -- the nation's main breast can ... More >>

Pilates Ate a Breast Implant

​This is reason #137 that we don't quite trust Pilates. (Yes, we know, some swear by it, but when we work out, we want to do more than make those weird little flappy motions with our hands, and "make a corset with our ribs," not to mention, there's the distinct sense that we're doing it all wr ... More >>

Today in El Diario: Women Dying For Mammograms

​Audit: Women might die waiting for their mammograms City Controller John C. Liu said that hundreds of New York's women will face dangerous waits for mammograms, according to the Spanish-language daily. Liu's announcement is the result of an internal audit of nine Health and Hospitals Corpo ... More >>

COMIC RELIEF

Pam Murphy kicks cancer where it hurts

Flight Attendant Forced to Show Prosthetic Breast During Patdown; TSA Horror Stories Keep Coming

Cathy Bossi​We could probably start an entire blog about the recent wave of outrageous airport security stories as the holidays approach. For those keeping score at home, we have so far: mood-setting freedom fighter John Tyner, the "Atom Bomb" tattoo guy, the screaming 3-year-old, soldiers wit ... More >>

UC Davis Turning Wine Into Science; Starbucks to Serve Booze

​The University of California, Davis is researching how to control fermentation to the point of creating identical barrels of wine each vintage. [Wall Street Journal] A glimpse into the world of David Wondrich reveals how the cocktail historian came to write his book about punch, called Punch ... More >>

KFC's Pink Bucket Campaign: A Breast for a Breast?

Your fried chicken, pinkwashed to perfection.​Practically in the same breath as launching its Double Down Sandwich stunt, KFC debuted its Buckets for the Cure campaign, which promises to donate 50 cents from every pink bucket sold to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation. Since April 5, t ... More >>

Q&A: Marisa Acocella Marchetto on Cancer Vixen, Her Fund, and FREE Mammograms This Friday

​ The Cancer Vixen herself. Photo by Jeremy Balderston. When graphic novelist Marisa Acocella Marchetto was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004, she didn't have health insurance. But she had supportive friends and doctors, a good strong will -- and a creative outlet that also helped get her ... More >>

19 Buildings Go Pink & White for Breast Cancer Events

​If you're like most of our readers, you came to this post by accident. But it's a serendipitous accident if you stroll the streets of our fair city at night, because the tireless publicists of the Empire State Building inform us that tonight the skyscraper will glow pink and white in honor of ... More >>

Kosher Nude Calendar Girl Gets Play in Forward

Renee Zellweger Comes To Lifetime

Plastic Surgeon to the Scars

Brad Jacobs went from shaping Playboy bunnies to defending himself against charges of butchery

Bye, Bye, Boobies

Fundraising parties for trans surgery are all the rage, but don't tell Kerry Downey that.

Dykes and the C-Word

Are hard drinking and heavy smoking really giving lesbians cancer?

A Hypochondriac's Dream

Coming soon—a home cancer-screening device

Reading Is Fundamental

Books to Beat the Beauty Blues

Listings

Affordable health care and services for women

Chances Are

The link between breast cancer and genetics

Death Becomes Her

Talking with Toni Pallett, death-bed enemy of 'bad' funeral direction and mortuary secrecy

NY Mirror

Out On A Limb

Playing by its own strange rules, Judy Budnitz's latest collection turns mommy lit on its head

Breasts and Balls

Pandering Pols Seek Cancer Pension for Firefighters With Either

Bearing Witness

Two Connected Studios in High-Rise

Hormonal Outrage

The Menopause Industry's Marginalized Critics Are Finally Proven Right

Spin Doctor

Grim Diagnosis for Times Science Scribe

'Mujeres' Power

Tackling Cultural Taboos About Breast Cancer

Genetic Sleuthing

Researchers Seek African American Women for Breast Cancer Study

Nation

A Real Man

Brooklyn girl grows hair on her chest

Competing With Cancer

Hostile Witness

Health Care Customs

Out-of-network costs leave the insured in a hole

Kathy Acker 1944-1997

Matias Viegener on her last day with Kathy Acker