Original Medicare (parts A and B) and Medicare Advantage (Part C) both provide coverage for medically necessary double mastectomies, including reconstruction and prosthesis surgery. Original Medicare ...

Shapewear has evolved from corsets to modern foundation garments, reflecting changing societal norms and pressures on body image. The author, a cancer survivor, prioritizes comfort and self-acceptance ...

After a mastectomy, you might choose to forgo or delay reconstructive surgery. However, you may wish still to have the appearance of breasts under your clothes. You have the option of external breast ...

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - Less than a year after a breast cancer diagnosis and double mastectomy, Mary McMichael says she’s still trying to adjust to her new normal in fashion and in life. At just 41 ...

Medicare coverage for breast prostheses and mastectomy bras is often limited to 50%, leading to high out-of-pocket expenses for patients. The Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998 does not ...

MOLINE -- The knitted prostheses created by Tova Cravens have traveled as far as Denmark. Mrs. Cravens, of Orion, began knitting prostheses for local mastectomy patients in 2011. Since then, she has ...

Angelina Jolie’s disclosure of her recent preventive double mastectomy and breast reconstruction was rightly hailed as a sensible public health message to women “living under the shadow of cancer.” ...

Vol. 1, No. 3, Special Issue: Beauty and Business Guest Editor: Kathy Peiss (SEPTEMBER 2000), pp. 565-590 (26 pages) As the public discussion of all cancers, and of breast cancer in particular, ...

Susan Derwin saw a call coming in. She had turned 60 that day, but this would not be a celebratory message. It was her doctor's office calling, with results from her routine screening mammogram.