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 ...

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 ...

"It was life-changing for me," Barb Demorest tells PEOPLE Wendy Grossman Kantor is an award-winning journalist who has contributed to PEOPLE for over 20 years. She reports on topics of human interest, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Women who have undergone mastectomies, lumpectomies, radiation or are going through reconstruction now have an alternative to prosthetics which can be heavy, expensive and uncomfortable. Members of ...

Knitted knockers. Breast beanies. Tit bits. The names may be irreverent, but the intent is the same: Offer uplifting support – via bra inserts – to women after breast cancer surgery. Knitted knockers ...

A grandma launched a group where individuals make 'knitted knockers' for thousands of breast cancer survivors who have had a mastectomy. Barbara Demorest, 65, from Bellingham in Washington, USA, set ...

Sue Pearcy knows first hand the impact that she and a band of other women can have with their knitting. And not just because she is secretary of the Geelong branch of Knitted Knockers. Not just ...

A breast cancer charity has found a unique way to help give survivors their confidence back - 'knitted knockers'. Sharon Simpson, 52, has been knitting breast prostheses since 2014, along with over ...