Posts tagged breast cancer
#ListenUpMBC - Let’s fight metastatic breast cancer together

The Tiger Lily Foundation is on a mission to educate, empower, support and advocate for young women ages 15-45 years old, before, during and after breast cancer.

Did you know that 30% of Black women newly diagnosed with breast cancer are younger than 50. (compared with 20% of white women)

Also, the rate of death for Black women from breast cancer is 40% higher than what it is for Black women.

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Parabens and Black Women's Health

When it comes to Black women, not only do we use more products, but the ones we use are more harmful. An example of that is shown by a study the Silver Spring Institute conducted. They tested hair products that are made specifically for Black women. Of those products tested they found that 72% of them contained methyl-parabens

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