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1 week ago | healthywomen.org | Kim Ledgerwood

As told to Erica RimlingerApril 13-19, 2025, is . When I first saw the lesion, I knew it looked familiar. After working in HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention, I’d seen enough pictures to recognize. When the first signs of a sore appeared, I was confused and thought: “That can’t be right.” So, I followed the advice I’d often given clients: I used a hand-held mirror to get a closer look.

1 week ago | healthywomen.org | Alex Fulton

Slide 1 Mental Health Ups and Downs With Colon Cancer Living with colon cancer may be hard on your mental health, but knowing what to expect may helpSlide 2 Waiting for a Diagnosis If you’re concerned that you have colon cancer, waiting for an answer can be hard.

2 weeks ago | healthywomen.org | Shannon Shelton Miller |Shannon Miller

April is Autism Acceptance Month. Like many women with autism, Dana Waters had no idea she was autistic until she was an adult. “We really do look different,” said the psychologist and professor at Antioch University in Seattle. “The assessment measures developed as the norm were based on young white boys.

3 weeks ago | healthywomen.org | Risa Kerslake

El cáncer pulmonar es el segundo tipo de cáncer más común de las mujeres en EE.UU. y casi 60,000 mujeres murieron de cáncer pulmonar en 2024, más que de cualquier otro cáncer. Los avances de métodos para detectar y tratar el cáncer pulmonar han mejorado esta situación, pero todavía falta mucho por hacer. Aunque 1 de cada 4 muertes de cáncer son causadas por el cáncer pulmonar, menos de 1 de cada 10 subvenciones federales de investigación se otorgan para financiar estudios de cáncer pulmonar.

3 weeks ago | healthywomen.org | Risa Kerslake

Lung cancer is the second most common type of cancer found in women in the U.S. And almost 60,000 women died from lung cancer in 2024 — more than any other cancer. Advances in ways to find and treat lung cancer have helped us make progress, but more still needs to be done. While 1 in 4 cancer deaths are from lung cancer, less than 1 in 10 federal cancer research grants are given to fund lung cancer.