Emily Cegielski

After feeling scared and alone following her diagnosis, Hertzberg built the support system she wished she’d had.

If you wear your patch on your upper buttocks, seat warmers, heating pads and other heat sources deserve a second thought.

After advanced ovarian cancer responds to chemotherapy, some patients may have another decision to make. Here’s why doctors say it’s worth asking about sooner than you might think.

Hot flashes get all the attention, but there are other warning signs that you may be entering perimenopause.

You don’t owe anyone reconciliation. But firm boundaries and a short list of essential questions can help you get the answers you need without reopening every wound.

Five years after a de novo metastatic breast cancer diagnosis, Elissa Kalver has learned that staying alive matters — but so does having a life she can actually live.

For decades, male bodies were treated as the medical default. Women are still paying the price.

A new review explains why the speed of symptoms — not simply their presence — may be the most important clue.

Breast cancer changed the body Abigail Simon had spent a lifetime training — and forced her to grieve a career, rethink motherhood and learn what advocating for her future really means.

HRT in the form of pills, gels and sprays are available and might even be a better fit for some women.