Many may not know, but Kelly Price is very involved in breast cancer awareness. She started a campaign last month to encourage women to get…
ABC correspondent Amy Robach announced on Monday morning that she has breast cancer and will undergo a double mastectomy. Speaking on “Good Morning America,” Robach called it “the diagnosis that’s still hard for me to say out loud.” In a twist of fate, her diagnosis was revealed only after she reluctantly underwent a mammogram on a recent […]
Kelly Price, star of R&B Divas and a seven-time Grammy-nominated American R&B singer–songwriter, recently spoke with Roland Martin about her very personal relationship with breast cancer on NewsOne Now. In December 2000, Price donated $250,000 to fight breast cancer to the G&P Foundation For Cancer Research to help with the ongoing fight against breast cancer. […]
Breast cancer survivors were honored Sunday night with some fashion! Radio personality and Cleveland native Robin “Bijour Star” Sadler founded “I’m a Survivor Breast Cancer Awareness Fashion Show” four years ago with Paul Sadler after the news of their mother’s second breast cancer diagnosis. Each year, the fashion show raises awareness about the disease and […]
Gospel star Desmond Pringle has been in headlines recently for his Top 20 hit “Can’t Even Imagine.” A year ago, he would have never imagined becoming a celebrity spokesman for Cancer Treatment Centers of America and spearheading its “Our Journey of Hope” concert series to create awareness of cancer prevention/treatment among the faith community. Even more unimaginable is that cancer would […]
African American women are 10% less likely to have been diagnosed with breast cancer; however, they are almost 40% more likely to die from breast cancer, as compared to non-Hispanic white women. Here are a few well-known Black celebrities who have suffered from breast cancer. CLICK HERE to read story article courtesy of BlackDoctor.org
Yesterday, Majic 102.1/Houston midday radio personality Kandi Eastman announced on air that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. “Good Morning America” host and breast cancer survivor Robin Roberts called in to encourage Kandi to focus on taking care of herself and fighting this disease. We hear at Praise 1300am are praying for Kandi and […]
Celebrity fashion designer Barbara Bates has created outfits for numerous red carpet events and celebrities, including Oprah Winfrey, Steve Harvey and Whitney Houston. Her big break came when she was introduced to Michael Jordan and began designing for him, which opened the door for many more clients. After two decades of success, Barbara’s world came […]
100 men in Northeast Ohio proved the old saying “Real Men Wear Pink” Tuesday evening. Susan G. Komen of Northeast Ohio kicked off Breast Cancer Awareness month by hosting the “Pink Tie Guy” event in downtown Cleveland. Each man donated $1,008 in honor of the one in eight women who will be diagnosed with […]
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and according to BlackDoctor.org “African-American females experience higher death rates from breast cancer than any other racial or ethnic group.” This is partially due to African-American women tending to have more aggressive tumors. The fact is not meant to scare you, but it is meant as a wake up […]
It has been 11 years in the making. Cleveland Clinic Innovations has created a spin-off company to develop a preventive breast cancer vaccine based on research from Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner Research Institute. The new company, Shield Biotech, will complete preclinical development and seek permission from the FDA to test the vaccine as an investigational new […]
The movie and television actress Vanessa Bell Calloway, who is best known for her roles in What’s Love Got to Do with It and Coming to America, has her own story to tell…her battle with cancer. Calloway has always been a stickler for good health. As a former dancer, she exercised consistently and followed […]
