breast cancerPing! Scan test results arrive in hours… if you’re in LAAfter living in the UK, Karen Skinazi got used to anxiously awaiting scan results, sometimes for months. But in the US, a speedy turnaround on medical tests means no more sleepless nightsBy Karen E H Skinazi 3 min read
Cancer Survivors Day‘I didn’t just want to survive cancer. I wanted a life at the end of it’Gemma Isaacs decided to share her story with the JC to mark Cancer Survivors Day on June 7By Alma Green6 min read
MedicineIsraeli researchers make breast cancer breakthroughA team at Ben-Gurion University identified a key protein that enables aggressive cancers to metastasiseBy Melanie Swan1 min read
breast cancerWhy I won’t take a test to see if my breast cancer will returnScience doesn’t always have all the answers. It might tell you that you will die, but it can’t tell you how you should liveBy Karen E H Skinazi 3 min read
breast cancerPilates? Isn’t that just stretching?Karen Skinazi gets a reality check in the shape of a Pilates Reformer machine at a California exercise studioBy Karen E H Skinazi 3 min read
first personAfter my mastectomy, I wondered: Is life too short to watch The Walking Dead?Despite a golden opportunity to bond with her son, Karen Skinazi weighs up whether watching the 130-hour series is really worth itBy Karen E H Skinazi 2 min read
Chai Cancer CareChai Cancer Care reports 44 per cent rise in breast cancer clientsThe deadline to register for the NHS Jewish BRCA Testing Programme is October 31By Gaby Wine3 min read
‘I heard you had breast cancer, and I meant to text’How a long bond with a friend was broken by a text that was never sent...By Karen EH Skinazi3 min read||September 18, 2025 11:39
Deadline for BRCA-testing programme announcedAnyone with at least one Jewish grandparent is being urged to register by October 31By Gaby Wine3 min read||June 11, 2025 14:35
My bodywork decisions are NOT for Mom to makeWhen my husband and I were in a prang, my mother told me to pursue an insurance claim. She also gives me unsolicited post-mastectomy adviceBy Karen E H Skinazi 3 min read||May 15, 2025 15:10
My silicon implants feel like two permanent ice packsWhen I had reconstructive surgery I didn’t think my gel bags would feel like real boobs, but neither did I think winter would be with me at all timesBy Karen E H Skinazi 3 min read||March 27, 2025 17:59
‘Here’s why I need to be fatter ’Send ice cream – I’m short on fat after my mastectomyBy Karen E H Skinazi 3 min read||January 10, 2025 15:23
‘I discovered I had breast cancer after I had surgery to prevent it’By the age of 30, Gila Pfeffer was the eldest living member of her family, having lost both parents to cancer. She was determined to avoid the same fateBy Gaby Wine5 min read||November 20, 2024 16:13
My mother insists that I’m hotHas the woman who brought me into the world really forgotten about my breast cancer and early menopause?By Karen E H Skinazi 2 min read||October 30, 2024 16:24
BRCA testing offers positive news this Breast Cancer Awareness MonthPredictive tests give women power to take early steps against breast and ovarian cancerBy Gaby Koppel5 min read||October 15, 2024 15:59
Why I’d rather tough it out than take painkillersAfter visiting Ottawa and seeing the opioid crisis up close, I’m more anti-pills than everBy Karen E H Skinazi 3 min read||August 21, 2024 18:10
