by Women's Health | Feb 6, 2020 | Health
Cancer as one of South Africa’s biggest killers, and according to Discovery Health, the second leading cause of death in the world. A recent study published in The Lancet medical journal predicted that there would be a 78% increase in cancer incidence in South Africa...
by Women's Health | Jan 20, 2020 | Health
A breast cancer diagnosis is devastating, and it can sometimes come as more of a shock when you’re diagnosed with the disease in your 20s. This is because for a long time breast cancer was thought to be something only much older women should be concerned about. And...
by Women's Health | Oct 31, 2019 | Health
Breast cancer is the foremost cancer affecting women in South Africa, according to the 2018 Discovery Health Healthcare Claims Tracker report. Approximately 1 in 28 South African women will develop breast cancer during their lifetime. Breast cancer, together with...
by Women's Health | Oct 18, 2019 | Health
When Annemarie van Wyk was diagnosed with breast cancer, it came as a total shock. She was, after all, only 27, her business was taking off and married life was going well – it couldn’t get any better. But when she felt a lump in her left breast, her world...
by Women's Health | Oct 1, 2019 | Health
The sense of loss women feel after losing one or both nipples post-mastectomy is hard to describe, but perhaps this sums it up best: “Without a nipple, a breast isn’t a breast—it’s just a mound,” says Dr. Joshua Levine, a natural breast...
