breast cancer awareness
Column: The importance of breast cancer screening
Submitted by paula on Thu, 10/01/2020 - 7:17pm
The reminder to schedule a breast cancer screening test comes on strong during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. This month, let each splash of pink you see be an encouragement to get screened with a self-exam, physician exam, or a mammogram.
It’s also a good time to get a feel for your own unique breast density, and establish a baseline to help identify warning signs of breast cancer, including:
- A lump in the breast or armpit
- Swelling or thickening of all or part of the breast
- Dimpling or skin irritation of breast skin
- Localized, persistent breast pain
Column: The importance of annual women's health exams
Submitted by paula on Thu, 10/25/2018 - 12:49pm
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but breast cancer is not the only screening women should care about. All women should have an annual health-screening exam. Having an annual health care visit is a great opportunity to take charge of your health. Routine health care visits can help find problems early or prevent health problems before they occur. If problems are found early, they may be easier to treat and less likely to pose serious risks to your health.
Benefit cruise to support former local fighting cancer
Submitted by paula on Fri, 10/13/2017 - 7:17pm
Event Date:
October 25, 2017 - 5:00pm
When Gage Olson's boss at Zephyr Cove Resorts found out her mother was fighting breast cancer he decided he couldn't just stand by and do nothing. He organized a benefit cruise on the Tahoe Bleu Wave to raise funds for Gage's mom, Tisha Young.
Young, 49, who has lived in South Lake Tahoe on and off for over a dozen years, now calls Grants Pass, Oregon her home. She moved there to be with her father as he was on dialysis, and now that he is gone (he died on April 13), she is fighting her own battle, Stage 4A of a rare form of Breast Cancer.
Barton presents women's health lecture during Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Submitted by paula on Sat, 09/24/2016 - 9:35pm
Event Date:
October 4, 2016 - 6:00pm
During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Barton Women's Health will be hosting 'For Women, By Women,' a women's health lecture presented by Dr. Clare Rudolph on Tuesday, October 4 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Dr. Rudolph, the newest physician at Barton Women's Health, will be speaking on both women's health and breast cancer in the Lake Tahoe Community College Board Room.
This is a free lecture.
Attend four lectures in 2016 and be entered to win a $150 gift certificate to a South Lake Tahoe business of your choice.
Future Wellness Lecture Series:
South Lake Tahoe breast cancer survivor shares her story
Submitted by paula on Fri, 10/09/2015 - 2:14pm
September 11 evokes a different meaning to South Lake Tahoe resident Christine O’Farrell. In 2002, on the one-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks, Christine was on the operating table at Barton Memorial Hospital facing a new threat: cancer.
Christine had been diagnosed with an aggressive case of breast cancer. At the time, she was 42 years old and working at Barton’s Home Health and Hospice for quality assurance and infection prevention. Her three children were 14, 12, and 9.
South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue goes pink
Submitted by paula on Sun, 10/04/2015 - 2:39pm
For the month of October, members of the South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue Department will be wearing their pink shirts in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month.
"We will wear pink from October 1 to October 31," said Captain Tyler Jack, a 8.5 year veteran of SLT Fire.
This is the third year for the pink, a program spearheaded by the firefighter's association. They used to sell the shirts with half of the proceeds going to fight the battle against breast cancer, but with a change in their logo they didn't order new shirts according to Jack.
Hard Rock and Cakes by the Lake team up to fight breast cancer
Submitted by paula on Fri, 09/18/2015 - 8:34pm
Cakes by the Lake will be creating delectable cupcakes in October to help Hard Rock Lake Tahoe raise money for Susan G. Komen Northern Nevada.
People can choose from pink lemonade cupcakes with pastel pink lemon cream cheese icing, pink colored vanilla cupcakes with pastel pink butter cream, orange cupcakes with pink orange zest cream cheese, almond cupcakes with pink amaretto whip topping and spice cupcakes with pink plain cream cheese, all topped with pink heart shaped or pink breast cancer ribbon sprinkles.
It’s breast cancer awareness month. How has any cancer changed your life?
Submitted by admin on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 2:00amSkate the Lake raises money for breast cancer awareness
Submitted by admin on Sat, 08/11/2012 - 7:00pmNon-invasive breast test identifies potential cancer risks
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 10:38am
By Rebecca Wass / Barton Health
According to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer affects 1 out of 8 women. This is a growing concern, since many breast cancers are found after the disease has been developing for years. Tahoe Women's Care is the region's only OB/GYN practice to offer the HALO® breast test. Designed to detect abnormal cells HALO® may help identify precancerous breast cells up to eight years earlier than might be found on a mammogram.
