About the only time Alyce Brekke isn’t knitting is when she’s asleep. The registered nurse knits on her coffee breaks at Lakeview Hospital in Stillwater. She knits while eating lunch. She knits while ...

"It was life-changing for me," Barb Demorest tells PEOPLE Wendy Grossman Kantor is an award-winning journalist who has spent 20 years as a reporter for PEOPLE. She covers human interest, health, crime ...

Barbara Demorest hit bottom after being diagnosed with breast cancer four years ago. The diagnosis itself wasn’t the bottom for the Bellingham woman, nor was the mastectomy. Surgery complications that ...

Doctors and surgeons can do some pretty amazing things when it comes to helping a woman heal after breast cancer. Technology now makes it possible to reconstruct the breast to as close to a patient’s ...

UPPER DUBLIN – If you want something done, ask a busy woman to do it – ask Anita Strainick. In addition to a full-time job as a 401(k) administrator, the Upper Dublin woman spearheads Knitted Knockers ...

A Canadian knitter is hoping to help breast cancer survivors one stitch at a time. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in women in Canada. In 2015, an estimated 25,000 women ...

Deanna Scott and Kathy James have entirely different stories, but they share a common loss — as do many women who’ve had mastectomies. Through their loss, they’ve found their more defining feminine ...

Knitted Knockers volunteers sew, stuff, and package knitted artificial breasts in June 2015 at Apple Yarns in Bellingham. The nonprofit has been recognized as charity of the month for October 2015 by ...

Knitted Knockers are lighter, softer, and more comfortable than silicone prostheses Volunteers around Australia knit them in various sizes and colours Almost 20,000 Australians will be diagnosed with ...