Know Your Normal: Quick Tips to Build Awareness When it comes to your health, you're the expert. One of the best ways for you to detect cancer early is to “know your normal.” That’s because paying attention to how you feel when you’re at your best [...]
Breast Cancer Patient Resources
CHC_Blogging2019-08-17T21:44:34-04:00Breast Cancer Patient Resources Our goal is to provide you with the personalized information and peer support you need to be empowered and informed in your decision making, so you can make the best decisions for you. After Breast Cancer Diagnosis provides personalized information, connections to [...]
Breast Cancer Risk Factors
CHC_Blogging2019-10-28T18:49:40-04:00Breast Cancer Risk Factors Some factors affect breast cancer risk a great deal and others by only a small amount. Some risk factors you can’t change. Other factors you may be able to control. Understanding which factors may affect your risk can help you work with [...]
Breast Cancer Survivorship Topics
CHC_Blogging2019-08-22T16:31:33-04:00Breast Cancer Survivorship Topics Today, there are more than 3.8 million breast cancer survivors in the U.S. (more than any other group of cancer survivors!). At Susan G. Komen, we view anyone who has been diagnosed with breast cancer, a survivor, from the time of diagnosis [...]
Prenatal Care
CHC_Blogging2019-11-18T12:14:40-05:00Prenatal Care Prenatal care is medical care you get during pregnancy. At each prenatal care visit, your health care provider checks on you and your growing baby. Find out more information about prenatal care and pregnancy. Provided by March of Dimes. View Resource [...]
Be Breast Self-Aware
CHC_Blogging2019-10-28T20:02:52-04:00Be Breast Self-Aware Breast Self-Awareness means knowing the signs and symptoms of breast cancer and what's normal for your body. It also means understanding how your lifestyle factors and family's health history impact your personal cancer risk. Learn the signs and symptoms to watch for, how [...]
Ovarian Self-Awareness
CHC_Blogging2019-08-25T14:07:46-04:00Ovarian Self-Awareness Ovarian self-awareness means knowing the signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer and what's normal for your body. It also means understanding how your lifestyle factors and family's health history impact your personal cancer risk. Know your normal by assessing these signs and symptoms, your [...]
Women and HIV/AIDS
CHC_Blogging2019-08-25T14:09:01-04:00Women and HIV/AIDS The proportion of AIDS diagnoses reported among women has more than tripled since the early days of the epidemic, from 7% in 1985 to 24% in 2015. Statistics provided by amfAR. View Resource

Helping Black Women Manage High Blood Pressure
CHC_Blogging2019-09-23T00:25:20-04:00Helping Black Women Manage High Blood Pressure If you have high blood pressure, support from the women in your life can be the difference between controlling it or letting it control you. And chances are, you’re not the only one facing this issue to begin with. [...]
5 Safe-Sex Promises to Lower HIV Risk
CHC_Blogging2019-08-25T14:19:02-04:005 Safe-Sex Promises to Lower HIV Risk 5 safe-sex promises to make to yourself to lower your HIV risk. Provided by Black Women’s Health Imperative. View Resource
Low Birth Weight Babies and Black Women
CHC_Blogging2019-08-25T14:05:35-04:00Low Birth Weight Babies and Black Women Black women are 2 to 3 times more likely to give birth prematurely. Learn the connection between race and having a low-birth weight baby and what you can do to combat it. Provided by Black Women’s Health Imperative. [...]
Breast Cancer Interactive Learning Tool
CHC_Blogging2019-10-07T20:02:20-04:00Breast Cancer Interactive Learning Tool Use this interactive video tool to learn about a variety of topics related to breast cancer. View Resource