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Living with Cancer: ‘My Symptoms Were Dismissed as Stress and Anxiety for a Year—By Then It Was Advanced’

By Claudia Tanner — 2020

Mary Dawson, 72, has been living with kidney cancer now for more than a decade, which may have been avoided if it was caught earlier

Read on inews.co.uk

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The Mental Health Of Women Entrepreneurs: Challenges And Solutions

Adessa Barker, a well-being practitioner and the host of the popular podcast, Attitude Changes Everything, spoke about the mental health of women entrepreneurs. Barker shared her insights on some common misconceptions associated with mental health and solutions to improve mental well-being.

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Monti Taylor
2021
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Was My Mastectomy a Betrayal of Feminism?

Until I had doctors remove my breasts and rebuild them again, I was a feminist who never saw herself as particularly feminine. Since then, I’ve questioned my feminist cred and tossed out my jeans in favor of dresses.

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Lizzie Stark
2014
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Support Groups for Lesbians with Breast Cancer

Treatment for breast cancer is difficult for any woman, but for a lesbian, it can be especially difficult.

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Mary Madison
1995
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Sleep Apnea and Cancer: Is There a Link, and in What Cases?

A study looking at the data of thousands of participants suggests that there may be a link between severe sleep apnea and the likelihood of developing cancer. However, this link appears to be stronger in women.

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Maria Cohut
2019
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What Cancer Takes Away

When I got sick, I warned my friends: Don’t try to make me stop thinking about death.

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Anne Boyer
2019
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What Women Should Tell Their Bosses When They Have Cancer

We hear a lot about the struggles of working women and the notion that we can create some semblance of order between managing responsibilities at home and at work. It’s the elusive work/life balance every working woman longs to achieve.

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Molly MacDonald
2017
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Fitting Breast Cancer Treatment into Your Schedule

Whether to work during treatment is a very personal decision that depends on a number of factors, including your financial and work situation, how you experience treatments and their side effects, your privacy preferences, and, perhaps, a desire or not to keep your daily routine going.

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Breastcancer.org
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Simone Biles and the Power of ‘No’

By withdrawing from competition citing concerns over her mental health, Biles showed that resisting expectations can be more powerful than persisting through them.

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Kurt Streeter
2021
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Stress and Your Health

Stress is a reaction to a change or a challenge. Women are more likely than men to report symptoms of stress, and are more likely to have mental health conditions that are made worse by stress.

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WomensHealth.gov
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