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Breast cancer: Angelina Jolie starts the conversation
"Mom. Do you have that gene? Do I? Have you been tested? I thought Grandma had breast cancer. Why weren't you ever tested?" The questions from my 27-year-old daughter were coming fast. Angelina Jolie published an essay in The New York Times on Tuesday,...
Tags: Breast Cancer, Celebrities, High Blood Pressure, People (magazine), Diabetes
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Four time cancer survivor, Claretta Jasper, remains hopeful
After serving 20 years in the United States Army, a career which included a yearlong tour in Kuwait during the first Persian Gulf War and six months in Turkey during Operation Provide Comfort, Claretta Jasper had it all figured out when her retirement...
Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Breast Cancer, American Cancer Society, U.S. Army
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Fundraiser lifts Gilda's Club to new heights
Forum Publishing GroupHoping to enlist more residents in their efforts to provide cancer support, members of Gilda's Club in Fort Lauderdale recently hosted a fundraising event in which participants rappelled down the side of a high-rise building. Over the Edge for Gilda's...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Breast Cancer
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Drizzle doesn't douse dragon boat fire
The Olympian (Olympia, Wash.)Raindrops weren't a deterrent for the 32 teams participating in the eighth annual Saint Martin's University Dragon Boat Festival races Saturday at Budd Inlet. More than 700 paddlers representing teams ranging from Seattle to Portland were there to cheer...Tags: Breast Cancer, Salt
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Relay for Life continues mission to stop cancer
Victoria Advocate, TexasFor James Monroy, Relay for Life was always about others grappling with cancer. Like the woman with a double mastectomy or the man who lost his life after a battle with pancreatic cancer. But not his son; no, not that peewee-looking 7-year-old with...Tags: Health Treatments, Cancer, Leukemia, Chemotherapy, Pancreatic Cancer
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Olivia Newton-John: Sister's brain cancer forces her to postpone Las Vegas show
Zap2itThe residents and tourists of Las Vegas will have to wait a little while longer for Australian songstress Olivia Newton-John. The singer has revealed in a statement that her sister Rona, pictured above, left, with Olivia in 2001, has been diagnosed with...Tags: Breast Cancer, Grease (movie)
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Fundraiser to benefit Naperville native battling breast cancer
For the past eight years, Naperville native Sarah Zeitlin has been pursuing her dreams in California, working behind the scenes as an assistant editor on TV shows like "Modern Family" and "Parks and Recreation." Breast cancer, especially in her early...
Tags: Modern Family (tv program), Breast Cancer, Health Treatments, Parks and Recreation (tv program), Chemotherapy
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Community notes Tuesday, April 10, 2013
Births A daughter, Avery Mae, was born to Keith and Sarah Nowak of Petoskey at 8:22 a.m. on Friday, April 5, 2013, at McLaren Northern Michigan hospital in Petoskey. Avery weighed 7 pounds, .08 ounce and was 18 1/2 inches long at birth. Her sibling is...
Tags: Services and Shopping, The Salvation Army, Reformed, Potatoes, Alzheimer's Disease
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South Florida Jews help unearth clues to genetic diseases
South Florida has one of the world's largest populations of Ashkenazis — Jews of Central and Eastern European descent — making it home to some potentially groundbreaking medical research. In Boca Raton, the Parkinson's Disease and Movement...
Tags: Autism, Gaucher's Disease, Biotechnology Industry, Breast Cancer, Medical Research
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Double mastectomy: A pre-emptive strike against breast cancer
At age 23, Lindsay Avner took charge of her genetic fate by electing to have her healthy breasts removed before cancer could strike first. Six years later, the North Side woman has zero regret, she said. "I feel so fortunate to have had this opportunity...
Tags: Breast Cancer, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Research, Symptoms, Celebrity Surgery
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3-D nipple tattoos a growing business in breast reconstruction
TribuneSheryl, a 49-year-old mother of two, never thought she would get a tattoo, but six months after a bilateral mastectomy to remove both her breasts, she plans to get not one but two tattoos. Sheryl’s family is riddled with breast cancer. When she was...Tags: Plastic Surgeons, Reconstruction, Breast Cancer, Health and Medical Professionals, Health Treatments
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Gaining confidence about cancer
We introduce you to a local woman who is battling breast cancer and show you a group of local doctors providing an opportunity for her and other cancer patients to learn more about their disease and course of treatment. Jacqueline Rico was diagnosed...
Tags: Oncology, Breast Cancer, Health Treatments, Cancer, Radiation Therapy
May 15, 2013
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Apr 23, 2013
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Apr 16, 2013
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Apr 9, 2013
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Apr 27, 2013
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Mar 10, 2013
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Mar 14, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Mar 12, 2013
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