Breast Cancer

This awesome grandma took me by surprise with her adorable singing. Hope you like her as much as I did!

The girls, Jodie, Sarah and Kaylie decided to have their triple wedding early when they learned their mother, Becky Swales was dying.

I can't stress it enough, do your monthly exams and get a mammogram if it's time. Brest cancer is best treated when it's found early! If the problem is big enough to be causing symptoms, it's a bigger problem than if it's detected in a screening. Thanks for listening and reading and please just get 'er done!

It portrays perfectly our Mammosine message about just getting it done and then celebrating that you did it!

It's the official 'Party In Pink Warrior Week' at The Studio for Breast Cancer Awareness.

Is the order for your mammogram stuck to refrigerator with a magnet like mine?

Women are having 'Mamm Parties' and men aren't invited.  This takes breast health to a new level.

As October winds down, I want to pester you once again... if your doctor says it's time for a mammogram, please get it done. At KTDY we made a day of it with the Mammosine, inviting winners to join us and giving away 'boobie prizes.' But you can do your own version-

Could a shorter treatment period be in the future for breast cancer patients? St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, began a research trial this week which provides a concentrated dose of radiation in the exact area where cancer is most likely to return after a breast tumor is removed...

Now here's a brilliant idea to celebrate autumn and promote breast cancer awareness! The Pink Pumpkin Patch Foundation was created in 2012 to aid in the fight against breast cancer. They've recruited dozens of America’s pumpkin growers to plant pink 'Porcelain Doll' pumpkin seeds...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and while millions of women across the country will be getting screenings and consulting with their doctors about this very private issue, there are some who have gone through the detection-treatment-recovery sequence publicly. The last celebrity on our list may surprise you ...

We're having a little fun with Breast Cancer Awareness Month by giving away free mammograms and taking winners off in the Mammosine and treating them to lunch, but we understand that it can be stressful, too. Here are some tips from the American Society of Radiologic Technolgists for your first mammogram           1. Schedule your mammogram...

It's Homecoming for UL and that means a parade and a football game, of course, but there are lots more things to do this weekend around Lafayette, too! Here are some of our picks: The lunchtime Healing House Jambalaya Cookoff will give you the chance to sample over 25 different recipes on Friday, October 5...

The Cajun Invasion Dragon Boat Team presents 'The Pink Ribbon Jam' on October 7th, at The Blue Moon, from  2 - 8 PM will feature bands: Donnie and The Pooldoos, The Wayne "Blue"  Burns Band, and The Mercy Brothers.  Additionally, the Silent auction, raffle, food sales will help provide free mammograms and transportation fees for those going through treatment...

Researchers have taken a giant step forward in understanding the different types of breast cancer, some similar to one other, some not. "The findings add to growing evidence suggesting that tumors should be catalogued and treated based on the genes that are disrupted rather than their location in the body,"  according to the researchers...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and it's a fact that early detection and prompt treatment save lives. Listen for your chance to win a free mammogram, starting next week! KTDY and Lourdes Imaging Network, with two locations, St...

My mother's maternal grandmother died of breast cancer. Her mother survived breast cancer to later die of colon cancer. My mother's sister, my aunt, is a 19 year breast cancer survivor.

Losing your hair can be one of the most traumatic side effects of cancer treatment. Singer Kelli Pickler didn't want her childhood friend, Summer Holt Miller, to go through it  alone, so both ladies shaved their hair off- Kelli even went first...

The Breast Center of Acadiana Foundation will be holding their 2nd Annual "Paint the Town Pink" event on Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 7-9:30pm at Tsunami in  Downtown Lafayette. This year's event will honor the Pink Ribbon Divas, a support group for Breast Cancer Survivors under the age of 40.

A young mother named Darlene Gant posted a video on YouTube, asking for the release of a drug called Pertuzumab, not yet approved by the FDA,  for 'compassionate use.' With Mother's Day right around the corner, and the death of my sister-in-law from breast cancer in 2007, her story really affected me. Her plea will touch your heart. Watch it below.