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  • The mental health of your partner when you are diagnosed

    The mental health of your partner when you are diagnosed
    Oct 1 2025
    Nadia Booysen sheds light on the mental health of your partner when you are newly diagnosed.

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    Nadia Booysen is a cancer survivor and an oncology counsellor (BSW Hons (Social Work) (UP), BA Hons (Psychology) (Unisa), PGDip (PallMed) (UCT))
    in private practice. Serving in oncology is not a profession to her, but rather
    a way of life. She has a keen interest in mental health and believes that it’s an underestimated and stigmatised topic. Facebook · Twitter · Instagram · LinkedIn
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    7 min
  • Beyond the diagnosis

    Beyond the diagnosis
    Oct 1 2025
    Dr Liat Malek discusses aspects that go beyond the diagnosis: screenings, biopsies, and scanxiety.

    Dr Liat Malek is a leading specialist breast radiologist and director of the Breast Wellness Centre. With over a decade of experience, she brings both expertise and warmth to every stage of breast imaging and intervention. Facebook · Twitter · Instagram · LinkedIn
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    5 min
  • Managing menopause symptoms in breast cancer

    Managing menopause symptoms in breast cancer
    Oct 1 2025
    Dr Trudy Smith offers guidance on managing menopause in breast cancer survivors.

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    Dr Trudy Smith is a gynaecology oncologist at Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre and a senior lecturer at the University of Witwatersrand. She has a keen interest in teaching postgraduates and undergraduates. Facebook · Twitter · Instagram · LinkedIn
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    5 min
  • Introducing drug-anti-body conjugates

    Introducing drug-anti-body conjugates
    Oct 1 2025
    Dr Lizanne Langenhoven details how knowing the subtype of breast cancer determines treatment, and introduces the new drug-antibody conjugates for HER2-positive breast cancer.

    Dr Lizanne Langenhoven is a clinical and radiation oncologist at Panorama Mediclinic and forms part of a multi-disciplinary unit of excellence in the treatment of breast cancer at the Panorama Centre for Surgical Oncology. Facebook · Twitter · Instagram · LinkedIn
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    6 min
  • Sana Ledwaba - the freedom of well-being

    Sana Ledwaba - the freedom of well-being
    Oct 1 2025
    Sana Ledwaba shares how she overcame depression, caused by a Stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis, by reaching out and seeking help.

    This episode is brought to you by Lifegain ALL-IN-ONE Advanced Nutritional Supplement in the interest of education, awareness, and support. LIFEGAIN® Advanced Nutritional Supplement is scientifically formulated to offer beyond everyday nutrition that can support chronic illness. Visit lifegain.co.za for more information.

    Laurelle Williams is the editor at Word for Word Media. She graduated from AFDA with a Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree in Live Performance. She has a love for storytelling and sharing emotions through the power of words. Write to editor@buddiesforlife.co.za Facebook · Twitter · Instagram · LinkedIn
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    9 min
  • Feel the Force, follow the rules

    Feel the Force, follow the rules
    Oct 1 2025
    Prof Carol-Ann Benn expands on what an accredited unit means for breast cancer patients and highlights why safe rules saves lives.

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    Prof Carol-Ann Benn heads up an internationally accredited, multi-disciplinary breast cancer centre at Netcare Milpark Hospital. She has a professorship at University of Pretoria and lectures locally and internationally. In 2002, she established the Breast Health Foundation. Facebook · Twitter · Instagram · LinkedIn
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    17 min
  • Fat grafting

    Fat grafting
    Oct 1 2025
    Dr Johan van Heerden details why fat grafting is a flexible and growing choice for breast reconstruction, providing a personalised and natural way to restore breast shape and volume.

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    Dr Johan van Heerden is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon based at Cintocare Hospital, Pretoria and is part of the multi-disciplinary breast cancer team at Life Groenkloof Hospital. He recently passed the Certificate of Competence in Breast Cancer with The European School of Oncology. Facebook · Twitter · Instagram · LinkedIn
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    6 min
  • Find your Whoosah

    Find your Whoosah
    Oct 1 2025
    Fiona Hardie explains how to use your breath to help regulate your emotions.

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    Fiona Hardie has settled into a new, gentle rhythm in the Overberg region of the Western Cape and is focusing her energies on Pilates, Bowen therapy, reflexology, and breathwork to bring relief from pain and stress to her clients. Hosting workshops and doing corporate breathwork sessions are new additions to her services, which she finds great joy in doing. Facebook · Twitter · Instagram · LinkedIn
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    7 min