Black History & Health Equity Every Month, Every Day
Health Disparities, MBC Patients, MBC Allies, Patient Advocates, Challenges and Barriers, Access to Care and Drugs, MBC Stories, Advocacy, Living with MBC Our MBClife Health Disparities, MBC Patients, MBC Allies, Patient Advocates, Challenges and Barriers, Access to Care and Drugs, MBC Stories, Advocacy, Living with MBC Our MBClife

Black History & Health Equity Every Month, Every Day

We believe that Black History Month should always be celebrated but let's agree that it should not be just for one month but every month and every day.

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The Magic of Palliative Care: Our Stories
Living with MBC, MBC Patients, Medical Community, Paliative Care, Long Term Adverse Effects, MBC Stories, Making Our Best MBC Life, Relationships and Communication, Challenges and Barriers, Health Disparities, Advocacy, Obstacles to Better Outcomes, Quality of Life Our MBClife Living with MBC, MBC Patients, Medical Community, Paliative Care, Long Term Adverse Effects, MBC Stories, Making Our Best MBC Life, Relationships and Communication, Challenges and Barriers, Health Disparities, Advocacy, Obstacles to Better Outcomes, Quality of Life Our MBClife

The Magic of Palliative Care: Our Stories

Want to know why we call it “magic?” Hear from people living with MBC about their experiences. While they all agree and encourage others to seek Palliative Care they also are aware of the barriers to access. Our guests cover it all. And it gets real.

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The Magic of Palliative Care -Patients and Their Providers
MBC Allies, Medical Community, MBC Patients, Paliative Care, Long Term Adverse Effects, Living with MBC, MBC Stories, Making Our Best MBC Life, Quality of Life, Newly Diagnosed Our MBClife MBC Allies, Medical Community, MBC Patients, Paliative Care, Long Term Adverse Effects, Living with MBC, MBC Stories, Making Our Best MBC Life, Quality of Life, Newly Diagnosed Our MBClife

The Magic of Palliative Care -Patients and Their Providers

This month we have focused on quality-of-life issues and this episode is part one of a two part series on the “Magic of Palliative Care”. At times the term “palliative care” is misunderstood and so we also use the newer term ‘supportive care’ to better explain how this care supports your quality of life as you go through MBC treatment. We first turn our focus to the medical providers who help us manage symptoms and treatment side effects and, by doing so, improve multiple aspects of our lives.

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#InclusionPledge One Year Later
MBC Allies, MBC Patients, Patient Advocates, Challenges and Barriers, Health Disparities, Access to Care and Drugs, Legacy Our MBClife MBC Allies, MBC Patients, Patient Advocates, Challenges and Barriers, Health Disparities, Access to Care and Drugs, Legacy Our MBClife

#InclusionPledge One Year Later

Join us for a conversation on biases and disparities, privilege and stigmas, allyship and inclusion. Maimah Karmo, Julia Maues, and Christine Hodgdon join Sheila McGlown and Lisa Laudico for an authentic and real conversation on these issues and more.

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Racial disparities in healthcare
Advocacy, Patient Advocates, MBC Allies, Health Disparities, Obstacles to Better Outcomes Our MBClife Advocacy, Patient Advocates, MBC Allies, Health Disparities, Obstacles to Better Outcomes Our MBClife

Racial disparities in healthcare

In this episode, we speak with leading MBC advocates, Sheila McGlown and Chawnte Randall, and with the social media breast cancer leaders, Jasmine Souers and Marissa Thomas of For The Breast Of US about their own experiences and how they advocate for their own treatment and for those in their communities. 

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