I am still a woman - Confessions of a twice cancer survivor - my journey by Nina Ann McCurley

Cancer Council Victoria says there has been a massive 1033 per cent increase in the number of calls its helpline is receiving following the decision by Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie to undergo a double mastectomy. In response, the Cancer Council is hosting an hour-long free national webinair on June 25 from 7.30pm AEST dealing with breast cancer in the family. Guest speaker Mary-Anne Young, Senior Genetic Counsellor at the Peter McCallum Familial Cancer Centre, said providing women with a forum to ask questions and access information was invaluable. "We hope this webinair will reduce unnecessary anxiety we have seen in patients since Ms Jolie's announcement and provide women with the resources of where to go next if genetic testing is an option," she said. Fantastic choice, celebrities bring awareness but it also happens to everyday woman too! #iamstillawoman #angelinajolie #breastcancer #doublemastectomy

SHARE expand Share on facebook www.esuperfund.com.au Brad Pitt arrives at the World War Z premiere at the Star in Sydney. Picture: Getty Images/Caroline McCredie  Source:  Getty Images < Prev Next > • • IT was a long way to come for less than 48 hours but Brad Pitt has flown out of Sydney following his whirlwind promotional tour. The Hollywood A-lister landed at Sydney Airport on a private jet early on Sunday morning and was whisked out of sight by customs into a hanger where private cars were waiting to take him to his hotel. He was in the country to walk the red carpet for his new flick World War Z but never planned to hang around for too long. During what was his first trip down under, Pitt and his son Pax took in the sights with a BBQ on the Harbour aboard the superyacht Ghost II and a stop off at Wild Life Sydney in Darling Harbour so his son could play with a koala and a kangaroo. Pitt then attended the premiere of ...

Sharon Osbourne is fronting a "vital" breast cancer campaign just one year on from having a preventative double mastectomy. The former X Factor judge, who suffered from colon cancer, has teamed up with her daughter Kelly for this year's Fashion Targets Breast Cancer campaign which launches on Monday. The Osbourne duo will be joined on billboards nationwide by designer Pearl Lowe and her model daughter Daisy. The famous mother and daughter pairings are urging the public to "Wear Your Support" and buy something from the campaign's collection. Funds will be raised for Breakthrough Breast Cancer through the sale of specially designed products from high street shops. Osbourne underwent a preventative double mastectomy after discovering she carried the BRCA gene which increases the risk of developing breast cancer by up to 85%, and said she wants people to "embrace" this campaign. "Every year Fashion Targets Breast Cancer uni...

. Kirsty Sword Gusmao battles breast cancer  Save HOME: Kirsty Sword Gusmao during her visit to Bendigo in April, 2008. Picture: BRENDAN McCARTHY Kirsty Sword Gusmao will have breast cancer surgery in Melbourne today. See your ad here The former Bendigo resident and wife of East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao received the early diagnosis of breast cancer during a holiday with her three children to visit her mother and grandmother in Melbourne recently. She will be undergoing surgery today at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia's only public hospital dedicated to cancer treatment. Mr Gusmao, has flown to Melbourne to be by her side. He is expected to head back to East Timor at a later date. In a media statement, Mrs Sword Gusmao and Mr Gusmao expressed their "special thanks to all their friends, colleagues and well-wishers from their homeland of Timor-Leste, and from all over, for the wonderful messages of support" they have re...

I thought this was great story to show for my feelings this week. A jealous friend had a dig at me on Monday, Paris uses an interesting technique. Thought I would share this:   PARIS HILTON has devised a technique to find out how sincere her friends are, she tests their opinions on her outfits. The socialite-turned-pop star fears too many of her pals are backstabbing and only interested in selling her out to the press - so she has put together a cunning plan. Hilton explains, "I'll pick out two outfits, one which is disgusting and one nice and I'll ask my 'friend' what they think. "If they go for the revolting one, I cut them out of my life."

  By AARON TINNEY And there’s one thing she can’t stop fretting about — the fear she is headed for the same fate as her tragic mum Linda, who died of breast cancer almost 15 years ago. Sir Paul McCartney’s daughter — who designed the Team GB kits for London 2012 — said: “It’s really hard because you think, ‘I’ve got to make sure I don’t get cancer for the sake of my kids, and I’m going to make sure my sister doesn’t get it for the sake of her kids’.” Linda was diagnosed with breast cancer aged 53 and died three years later. And as Stella nears her 41st birthday, she has been getting more cancer tests as she is petrified of leaving her children alone. She added: “I try to be really preventative and get regular check-ups. I’m not OK with death. But I’m a real believer in trying to live in the moment.” Stella wells up when she talks of how her vegetarian, animal rights activist mother is still her biggest fashion influence. She has just launched her l...

Gee Barbie has been around for along time, showing my age now. I had 1 Barbie doll and the fashion back then was fun and amazing. These days I looked at my nieces collection of 9 thinking how come you need so many? boy things have changed. This latest Barbie has all the stories saying its Drag Queen Barbie. I must say I love the fur and the shoes....also the shock factor! “ One of the great things about Barbie is that she continues to push the envelope,”  Cathy  Cline , vice president of marketing for Mattel’s girls’ brands, told  The New York Times . “ Barbie doesn’t worry about what other people think.” Just don’t expect to see Ken in a dress. Selling for a pricey $125 a figurine, the cross-dressing doll pretty much looks like the Barbie you have come to know and love: big blonde hair, big boobs, tiny waist and seriously wacked-out proportions. Her dress, however, was inspired by The Blonds’ “Blonde Legends” Fall 2008 collection and is quite remarkable and wou...

I love shoes and Fashion, so of course I have an eye on fashion and Paris Fashion Week, oh and Manolo Blahnik shoes.. On and off the catwalk, Paris Fashion Week is one of the world's great spectacles. Mike Dolan discovers that the glamour, glitz and gossip often spills into the city's palace hotels and restaurants. WHEN NINA SIMONE SANG, "I love Paris in the Springtime", it's doubtful she was referring to the seven days of Paris Fashion Week, when the usual procession of Manolo Blahnik shoes and Prada bags becomes a stampede. Yet it's a time when the City of Light dazzles the world, like no other city can. "It's as if someone flicks a switch and all the lights burn brighter," says the concierge at the Hôtel Plaza Athénée, one of the city's famous palace hotels and a favourite haunt during Paris Fashion Week. "It's when the Golden Triangle becomes a magnificent catwalk, when everyone on the Champs Elysées, rue de Rivo...

An enormous thank you to all those involved in this year's Mother's Day Classic. The organisers, Women in Super have announced a record $4 million was raised this year alone. This brings the Mother's Day Classic's total contribution to breast cancer research to $14.8 million in 15 years - an astounding effort.   The 2012 Women in Super's Mother's Day Classic took place on Sunday, May 13th. At a total of 53 locations across Australia, 125,000 women, men and children joined together to show their support for those affected by breast cancer and to help raise funds for research. Founded 15 years ago by Mavis Robertson & Louise Davidson, the event has grown from 2000 participants in Melbourne to now the largest national charity fun run in Australia. Louise Davidson, co-founder & National Chair of the Mother's Day Classic, said " This year's fundraising success builds on more than $3 million raised at last year's event. I am absolutely delig...