October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time dedicated to education, early detection and creating change for those affected by the disease. Whether emblazoned on a t-shirt or clipped onto a bag, ...

Everyone knows the universal symbol of breast cancer: the pink ribbon. Promoted by the Union for International Cancer Control, it pops up everywhere, from retail shops to government offices, each ...

Leaves turning orange and products turning pink are the two surest signs that October is here. Every National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, countless companies put a coat of pink on their products ...

October is winding down, and in my part of the world, that means the air is growing cooler, days are getting shorter, and trees are shedding their brightly colored leaves in earnest. It also means ...

As we leave October and pack away our pink tops and our pink pants and our pink ribbons, we usually enter a no-woman's land of not paying attention to the deadly disease known as breast cancer. Why ...

Why the ribbon? Who chose the color pink? Half of this story started in 1979, when a wife of a hostage who had been taken in Iran was inspired to tie yellow ribbons around the trees in her front yard, ...

The origin of that pink ribbon may surprise you. Once again, the ribbon has been cut and millions of sprinting women and men have begun the annual October marathon with an objective to raise money for ...