Buddy to Buddy

Using art as a way to cope with a breast cancer diagnosis

2:45 PM, Jun 18, 2013

SOUTH BRISTOL, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- We all have different ways of coping with difficult times. For Sally Loughridge, her outlet was painting.

Buddy to Buddy: Practice designed with women in mind

7:20 PM, May 8, 2013

BREWER, Maine (NEWS CENTER)-- Dr. Kimberly Lieber and Dr. Susan O'Connor are no strangers to the struggles that having breast cancer presents. They have both seen them first hand.

Buddy to Buddy-- Business After Hours photo gallery

2:27 PM, Apr 17, 2013

WLBZ 2 and Stanley Subaru sponsored a Business After Hours event on Thursday, April 11th at Jordan's Snack Bar in Ellsworth in conjunction with the Ellsworth Chamber of Commerce.  The evening recognized Stanley Subaru as the partner of Buddy to Buddy-- a breast cancer awareness and education program developed more than a dozen years ago by WLBZ 2. 

"On Eagles' Wings" Wellness center ready to open

4:26 PM, Apr 10, 2013

BRIDGTON, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - For Ann Ruel, the "On Eagles' Wings Wellness Center" is more than just a building: it's a manifestation of her strength as a breast cancer survivor.

Buddy to Buddy: Altering the Matrix

6:26 PM, Mar 13, 2013

SCARBOROUGH, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- It sounds like a line from a movie: altering the matrix, but it's part of a cancer research project happening in Scarborough, at Maine Medical Center.

Breast cancer survivor opens wellness center

10:43 AM, Feb 19, 2013

Blogging the battle with breast cancer

8:38 PM, Jan 9, 2013

Buddy to Buddy: Survivors adjust back to normal

7:46 PM, Dec 6, 2012

PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - When soldiers return home from battle, they often have a hard time re-adjusting to their previous lives. The same can be said for someone who's just been through a battle with a life-threatening disease, such as breast cancer.

Women with dense breasts more likely to get cancer

5:13 PM, Nov 6, 2012

PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Women who have dense breasts are four to five times more likely to develop breast cancer than women with low breast density.

Buddy to Buddy: Carmen Darkis - Living with Cancer

7:16 PM, Oct 5, 2012

BANGOR, Maine (NEWSCENTER) -- They say that cancer changes you. That it makes you look at things in new and different ways, makes you more open to other people and to new experiences.

5K supports Maine fight against breast cancer

7:13 PM, Sep 6, 2012

SACO, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- On Saturday, nearly two hundred people will run and walk through downtown Saco to raise money in the fight against breast cancer.

Breast cancer survivor runs in Susan G Komen race

5:08 PM, Sep 4, 2012

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER)-- In the summer of 2007, Jane Sawyer's world changed when her gynecologist found a lump in her breast during a routine exam.

Radioactive seed guides surgeons to breast tumors

6:00 PM, Aug 6, 2012

SCARBOROUGH, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Cutting edge technology that is revolutionizing breast cancer surgery across the country, will soon be available in Southern Maine.

Buddy to Buddy: Strength from cycling

5:05 PM, Jul 6, 2012

(NEWS CENTER) -- Linda Braley started to get into bicycle racing when she was in her 30s. It was a hobby she put aside when she became a mother, but it later became the source of her strength when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Breast cancer survivor program helps them thrive

1:56 PM, Jul 2, 2012

BANGOR, Maine-- A new program at the Bangor Y helps Breast Cancer Survivors become thrivers. The program is called, Thrive with Exercise and is put on by Caring Connections. The program helps ndividuals raise self esteem.

Bat Girl for a Day, Fan for Life

6:28 PM, Jun 6, 2012

LEWISTON, Maine (NEWS CENTER) --

In 2007 the Red Sox were on top of the world, having just won the World Series. But since then, it's been rough.

Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 2012

12:20 PM, Jun 6, 2012

The Race is September 16 on the Bangor Waterfront. Register to race, or sign up to volunteer, today!

Groups want breast cancer awareness motorcycle plate

4:22 PM, May 7, 2012

FALMOUTH, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- There's an effort underway to match the success of the Maine Breast Cancer specialty license plate with a plate just for motorcycles.

Fight Breast Cancer event planned

4:43 PM, May 2, 2012

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER)-- When a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, the whole family helps battle the disease. An event happening on Mother's Day is hoping to bring families who have been affected by breast cancer together.

Buddy to Buddy: The Peleton Project

7:59 PM, Apr 6, 2012

AUBURN, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- We're 6 months away from the Dempsey Challenge, but cycling enthusiasts are already training for the October ride. There's a special group about 2,500 miles away bringing something extra to Lewiston this year.

Caring Connections benefit

6:56 PM, Apr 2, 2012

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Since 1996, the Caring Connections program, a program of the Bangor Y and Eastern Maine Medical Center, has been providing support and education to women living in the Bangor area.

Dozens run for breast cancer awareness in Belfast

10:23 PM, Apr 1, 2012

BELFAST, Maine (NEWS CENTER) --- Dozens of people were in Belfast on Sunday looking to make strides in the fight against breast cancer.

2011 'Race for the Cure' draws thousands to the Bangor waterfront

4:10 PM, Mar 29, 2012

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) --- Thousands of people headed out to the city's waterfront Sunday September 19th to walk and run for breast cancer awareness.

More options available for breast cancer patients

7:31 PM, Mar 6, 2012

WATERVILLE, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- When a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, the primary goal is treating and surviving the cancer.

Women walking 40 miles to raise money for breast cancer

2:37 PM, Mar 2, 2012

Most people would try to avoid walking 40 miles.  Very few people would pay close to two thousand dollars to do it.  But four local women are raising the money and breaking in their walking shoes for breast cancer research.  NEWS CENTER'S Danielle Waugh has their story.

Buddy to Buddy: Kick out cancer

8:09 PM, Feb 6, 2012

AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - A karate expert is using his schools to raise money to kick back at cancer.

Boston lawsuit claims DES-breast cancer link

9:00 PM, Jan 8, 2012

BOSTON (AP) -- Arline MacCormack believes the drug her mother took to prevent miscarriages caused her to develop breast cancer at age 44.

Medical community still divided on federal mammogram guidelines

5:15 PM, Jan 6, 2012

PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- It's been more than 2 years since a government task force, looking at years of data on breast cancer, came out with new guidelines for mammograms that contradicted those of the American Cancer Society.

Waldo County hospital creates breast cancer calendar to raise awareness

7:42 PM, Jan 3, 2012

BELFAST, Maine (NEWS CENTER) --- A new year means that many Mainers will have to hang a new calender on the wall, and this year workers at Waldo County General Hospital have put together one that's pretty amazing.

Doctors freeze out cancer, cut back treatment side effects

2:50 PM, Jan 3, 2012

(WKYC) - Susan Saurman's remission with breast cancer ended this past April when the cancer returned in her bones.