VYPEU: Photo Gallery Creek win vs Spring Woods
On October 14th, the Cypress Creek Cougars took on the Spring Woods Tigers at Darrell Tully Stadium. The Cougars held a lead, finishing the game with a score of 60-20. For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, both teams showed their support with pink ribbons, poms, and shirts. After selling pink shoe laces, Spring Woods donated $1,000 in honor of Amy Ellingson, a faculty member and breast cancer survivor, to the Rose Center for Breast Health Excellence.
Young women are facing breast cancer diagnosis before mammograms are recommended
HOUSTON – We are coming to the end of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and this year there are two former KPRC 2 employees impacted by aggressive forms of the disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, most breast cancers are found in women 50-years-old and older. Black women, some Jewish women and those with a family history carry more risk factors for complications. Lyndsay’s storyFormer KPRC reporter, Lyndsay Levingston Christian, was only 37 when she got triple-negative breast cancer. Now to help other women facing a young diagnosis, she started an organization called Surthriver.
Mom uses breast pump during Ironman 70.3
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Did you know breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer, and a leading cause of death among women? Studies have suggested that breastfeeding reduces breast cancer risk. "I had brought my hand pump and I just decided to go for it. "It takes a little bit of work with the hand pump, and my legs were very tired.