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 ...

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 ...

A popular treatment for breast cancer, a double mastectomy, might not increase breast cancer survivability, but it’s not all bad news. Double mastectomies involve surgically removing both breasts to ...

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.” ...

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 ...

A double mastectomy – the surgical removal of both breasts – may seem like the best way to prevent breast cancer from spreading, but new research suggests it has no effect on survival. A study led by ...

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, ...