There’s a reason bouts of illness are often likened to battles or fight: making it through treatment for illnesses and diseases like breast cancer isn’t easy and requires resiliency and perseverance.

Holding a PhD in exercise, metabolism and female physiology, Dr Alyssa Olenick studies women exclusively. As a lifelong athlete, she's also completed over 17 ultramarathons and a 100 mile-run, and is ...