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Many of us think of gynecology as a practice within the female domain only – something that as women, we’re required to participate in with a clinical detachment, ensuring only that our reproductive systems are functioning appropriately, that there’s nothing…
Though this autumn has been unseasonably warm in many places, cold weather will be upon us shortly—and it may be more challenging than usual this year due to a worldwide pandemic forcing many of us indoors and into isolation. Self…
Eleven years after receiving a breast cancer diagnosis, Katy Wagnon has a lot to be grateful for: a full recovery, supportive family, and a beautiful daughter with another on the way. Now, she’s sharing her story with other breast cancer…
If you had asked Arpi Hamilton five years ago if competing in and winning the Mrs. Arizona America pageant was part of her life plan, she would have answered you with a resounding “No.” But now? She’ll tell you it’s exactly…
After what she’s been through, one would think that nonprofit CFO and breast cancer survivor Jamil Rivers would have every reason to feel discouraged. In 2018, at the age of 39, she learned that she had stage IV metastatic breast…
Dr. Shawana Moore understands the importance of empowering women in health. As an assistant professor at the Thomas Jefferson University School of Nursing, she guides students in the holistic health practices that enable them to become practicing nurses in their…
Dr. Smith saw that women looking for midlife care as they are go through the menopausal transition were not getting the attention they needed at their gynecologists and she decided to change that. “I saw an underserved population,” she says.…
If you’re a young adult with cancer, Traci Owen is most definitely someone you want in your corner. A registered nurse for more than three decades and a member of the team at Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Tulsa,…
COVID-19 forced rapid changes in the way many of us work. Companies that previously resisted allowing employees to work from home suddenly had no choice, and healthcare practitioners who’d been reluctant to embrace telemedicine realized that patient safety in a…
The FemmePharma series, Women We Admire, highlights women who inspire us with extraordinary life lessons. In this edition, we chat with Dana Donofree, founder of lingerie brand AnaOno.
A strong community can make a world of difference for anyone living with breast cancer. Living Beyond Breast Cancer aims to help make those connections by providing information, community, and support that is reliable and trustworthy for anyone who is…
This post is part of the FemmePharma series, Women We Admire, where we highlight women who inspire us with extraordinary life lessons. For this story, we talked with Kris Messner, an angel investor who has completed dozens of triathlons and refuses…