As we read the story of Exodus this Passover, there are so many themes which fully resonate today, and also correlate when thinking about loved ones who are fighting or may have already lost their battle with Cancer.Foreign oppression and the longing for freedom; we were… Continue reading
Cancer treatments can be challenging for many patients with breast and ovarian cancer. What often adds to this difficulty is paying for them.It's rare for health insurance to pay 100% of cancer treatment charges, therefore, patients are left with countless questions such as:… Continue reading
My connection to Sharsheret began the week before my surgery. Some of my 6th grade students hosted a bake sale as part of their joint bat mitzvah project to benefit Sharsheret. They didn’t know that I was newly diagnosed and still healing from my initial biopsies. I was… Continue reading
Spring is around the corner and we welcome the revitalization of budding leaves, flowers and grass. During this time of year we also encounter exposure to toxic pesticides and weed killers which are applied for lawn and garden care and insect control.Over the past… Continue reading
I have been a dedicated, caring physician for over 30 years. My grandfathers were both physicians. It has been my calling. I didn’t need to get cancer to empathize with my patients. It is what I have always done. Now, I am also a woman who has had breast and ovarian cancer and… Continue reading
What have you inherited from your mother other than her big brown eyes, curly hair, and petite frameGenetics is the field of science that looks at how traits like these, and others, are passed down from parents to children through their genes.“Our genes can also affect… Continue reading
No one is ever ready to hear the words…“the biopsy indicates that you have breast cancer.” And in my case, I was especially not ready. I am the typical harried woman who is trying to balance motherhood and a career, all the while trying to jam 26 hours a day of activities… Continue reading
On February 14, 2018, my husband and I were preparing to take a trip to the shore to celebrate Valentine’s Day. First, we stopped at a local hospital to get my routine mammogram. I was not too worried as I had been monitoring my breasts faithfully through yearly mammograms.… Continue reading
We shake with Joy we shake with joy, we shake with grief. what a time they have, these two housed as they are in the same body. Mary Oliver Adar has an unusual character. First, it is the one month in the Jewish year when we are told “Mishenichnas Adar marbim… Continue reading
This will be my second NYC half and the second time I am running for an incredible cause in memory of an incredible woman.I am once again inspired to undertake this rigorous challenge as I am racing in the memory of one my heroes, my dear mother-in-law Arlene Pinkus in… Continue reading
