April 30th, 2008
The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) is a leading UK cancer research organization. They recently discovered that British women are not aware that breastfeeding can help to prevent cancer.
“It is a real concern that so many women are unaware that breastfeeding can help prevent cancer,” Lucie Galice of WCRF said in a statement. “This means […]
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April 29th, 2008
Did you know, that in the U.S., one woman is diagnosed with breast cancer every three minutes?
(Source: Susan G. Komen for the Cure)
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April 29th, 2008
I just wanted to remind all of my new readers … there are two contests going on here at the Pink Ribbon Review that are about to end. I’m giving away:
One Belkin Remix iPod Nano Case kindly donated by the folks at Belkin.
Two copies of The Department of Lost and Found, a novel by […]
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April 29th, 2008
I have my husband to thank for uploading my Relay for Life speech to You Tube — he stayed up until the wee hours to get this clip ready so I could post it this morning. (Thank you, sweetheart!) Feedback?
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April 28th, 2008
The Faces Behind Breast Cancer is a compassionate, inspirational and provocative picture book. It’s designed “to give hope and inspire others to regain their self-confidence and improve their emotional state while learning to accept their physical changes in their bodies during treatment and recovery,” says author Josephine Caruso Sethi.
Josie herself was treated at the MD […]
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April 28th, 2008
Whoa, that was a nightmare. Thank goodness I have a really great tech-geek savvy husband. I now have a new hard drive and I’m back in business.
Phew!
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April 27th, 2008
I am experiencing technical difficulties — to say the least. I’ll be back when I can sneak more than a minute on someone else’s computer.
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April 26th, 2008
What a great night it was at Fairfield University’s Second Annual Relay for Life event. As part of the American Cancer Society’s Colleges Against Cancer program, the student volunteers put on an event that mirrors all Relay for Life events — complete with the luminaria ceremony — and made me so proud to be a […]
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April 26th, 2008
Guess what color bats more than 350 Major League Baseball players, including Derek Jeter and Ken Griffey Jr., will be using on Mother’s Day, May 11th? You guessed it! PINK!!!
After, the bats will be signed by players and auctioned off — with 100% of the proceeds going to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
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April 25th, 2008
Tonight, I’m speaking at Fairfield University’s second annual Relay for Life. As reported in The Mirror, Fairfield U’s student newspaper:
“A talk will be held at the reception by Fairfield alum and cancer survivor Karen Lynch, who spoke last year’s opening ceremony at last year’s Relay For Life.”
I did speak at the event last year — […]
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