BCAC member group, WONS, is holding a Women's Health Expo on 2 July, 2011 at CCS Disability Action, 14 Erson Ave, Royal Oak.
The topics covered during the one-day expo include:
Maori women have had the highest rates and the largest increase in breast cancer over the last two decades according to new research from the University of Otago, Wellington.
The difference between Maori rates, and that of European/Other women, increased from 7% in the period 1981-86, to 24% in 2001-2004; with Maori women's breast cancer rate increasing from 123 to 210 per 100,000 women.
My name is Jude and I am a 53 year old wife, mother to 3 boys, and registered nurse who works in the field of oncology.
I'm Lisa White. I was born and bred in the UK, I came to New Zealand in 1994 as a traveller and fell in lo
My name is Melissa Murphy and I am a 44 year old mum with 4 wonderful children, Shannon 11 yrs, Gabrielle 8 yrs, Kimberly 6 yrs, Josiah 4 yrs and a loving husband, Stuart.
Hi, my name is Mandy Carter. I am 37 and live in sunny Nelson with my lovely husband, Brett and our two…
My name is Annette Wikeepa. I live in the Hutt Valley where my two grown up daughters live; the eldest of the tw
My doctor is a firm believer in mammograms at your 40th birthday, just to give you a benchmark she said – so I duly complied and all was fine.
Hi, my name is Linda Crowden, I am 61, I have three sons, one daughter and four grandchildren.I live in the Bay of Islands with husband Roger, my youngest son Tor 19 and daughter Tara&n
