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Prevention & Detection

Mammogram guidelines: Breast cancer detection confusion and controversy

By Laura Owens on Sep 21, 2010

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Are the revised breast screening guidelines boggling your brain? Join the club. The controversy that started last year has many of...
Breast Cancer Survivor Stories

Surviving breast cancer: Kerri Dowd’s story

By Kathy A. Johnson on Sep 15, 2010

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Kerri Dowd, a high school teacher and mother of two from Washington, never expected to have breast cancer. She maintained healthy...
Prevention & Detection

Breast thermography: Early breast cancer detection

By Kathy A. Johnson on Sep 9, 2010

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According to National Cancer Institute statistics, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. Despite...
Prevention & Detection

Reducing the risk of breast cancer recurrence

By Keith I. Block, MD on Sep 7, 2010

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There is a growing body of evidence that diet plays a significant role in helping prevent a recurrence of breast cancer. For...
Breast Cancer Awareness & Support

Pink health and beauty products: Breast Cancer Awareness Month

By Sarah Kelsey on Aug 25, 2010

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Each year, it’s estimated that nearly 200,000 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and more than 40,000 will die. And...
Community & Human Services

New Pampered Chef celebrity cookbook for a cause

By Michele Borboa, MS on Aug 9, 2010

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What do celebrities Courteney Cox, Scott Wolf, Katie Lee, Mario Batali and The Pampered Chef have in common? A new celebrity...
Health

Celebs getting involved with Save the Children

By Suzi Milovanovic on Jul 19, 2010
Eglantyne Jebb founded the Save the Children Fund in England in 1919 to help aid children in war-ravaged Europe in the aftermath of...
Health

AIDS Charities – Ways to join in the fight against the disease

By Michele Borboa, MS on Apr 30, 2010

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of people living with HIV infection in the United States is...
Health

Mt. Kilimanjaro through the eyes of the blind

By Sommer Caraway on Apr 25, 2010
Kristy Kevitt is anything but your typical superwoman. She works hard like the rest of us at her 9 to 5 job, but goes far beyond the...
Community & Human Services

Volunteering opportunities and ways to give back

By Nina Spitzer on Mar 20, 2010

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The current economy is dim. Now, more than ever, we need to reach out to one another. Here are some ideas of how we can give back...
Cancer Info & Support

The importance of early cancer detection: Carrol Greene's story

By Vanessa Sands on Mar 15, 2010

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To say colon cancer survivor Carrol Green is inspiring is to say cancer is just a sickness. She is a vibrant, loving force of warmth...
Cancer Info & Support

Cancer support options: American Cancer Society Hope Lodge

By Vanessa Sands on Mar 15, 2010

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When cancer survivor Colin Poole first learned he was facing an intense, four-month treatment schedule away from home, free lodging...
Cancer Awareness

Fighting back against cancer: One man's story

By Vanessa Sands on Mar 15, 2010

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For runner Gabe Villarreal, the finish line is not the end of the race – it’s a cure for the disease that took the lives of his...
Community & Human Services

20 Ways your family can give back

By Michelle Maffei on Feb 17, 2010

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Raising a compassionate child starts with parents leading by example. Acts of kindness do not have to be an individual effort,...
Cancer Awareness

Cancer awareness blogs

By SheKnows Editors on Feb 8, 2010

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Get to know Jaime, Liz and Sheryl as they blog about their personal experiences with cancer -- as patients, survivors, caregivers...
Cancer Awareness

Meet cancer awareness blogger Liz

By SheKnows Editors on Feb 8, 2010

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Liz O'Donnell is a professional writer, op-ed contributor, guest speaker, and public relations consultant. She blogs about women,...
Community & Human Services

Haiti: An unyielding journey of dispair

By Sommer Caraway on Feb 4, 2010

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January 12, 2010, the world gasped yet again with the news of a 7.0 earthquake shattering Haiti. But this nation is no stranger to...
Cancer Awareness

Meet cancer awareness blogger Sheryl

By SheKnows Editors on Feb 4, 2010
Sheryl is a 20-year-plus breast cancer survivor. She was diagnosed at age 34. She has been involved in Relay for Life (as the...
Cancer Awareness

Meet cancer awareness blogger Jaime

By SheKnows Editors on Feb 4, 2010

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It's a lot harder to write about yourself than you might think, but I'll give it a try! I am a born and bred Northerner who has...
Health

Caring for your elderly parents

By Shannon Ingram on Jan 22, 2010

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My first clue that my elderly parents needed extra help around their apartment surfaced during a weekend stay with them in Southern...

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