by Kelsea Rounds | Dec 14, 2016 | Wellness
Many women who live in rural Michigan have limited access to breast health services due to lack of transportation—especially during snowy Michigan winters, when driving conditions are difficult. In an effort to drive breast health education and services in rural...
by Kelsea Rounds | Oct 19, 2016 | Wellness
“The truth is,” Tammy Myers said, “breast cancer isn’t limited to those who have a family history, high body weight, lower activity level—to those who consume more alcohol or even those who smoke. It can attack any woman, at any age.”...
by Kelsea Rounds | Oct 5, 2016 | Wellness
Despite advances by the medical community and advocates—and despite declining breast cancer death rates—a stubborn truth remains: More than 40,000 women and men in the United States die of breast cancer each year. It’s a truth that Susan G. Komen Michigan, a...
by Kelsea Rounds | Oct 5, 2016 | Profile
Tammy Myers is the 2016 speaker for West Michigan Woman Wine & Wig. She’s an advertising art director, photographer, designer and breast cancer survivor. Follow her Forgotten Fighters campaign and read her blog at www.mypersonalpinktime.org. How has your...
by Kelsea Rounds | Jul 29, 2015 | Cityscene
It is estimated that one in eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. At West Michigan Woman, we know this statistic all too well. One of us watched her aunt live through a diagnosis of breast cancer and double mastectomy, just weeks after her...
