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Pink Ribbon Review | Raising Breast Cancer Awareness

Archive for the ‘Mammography’ Category

August 6th, 2008

MRI vs. Mammography for High Risk Women

When the news stories related that Christina Applegate was diagnosed with breast cancer after an MRI … it started me thinking and researching (of course).
Christina was considered ‘at high risk’ for the disease because her mother had breast cancer — and MRI screening is recommended for those at high risk of the disease. Clearly, she […]

By Karen Lynch -- 3 comments

July 10th, 2008

Free Mammograms Screening for Uninsured Women in NYC

Marisa Acocella Marchetto is the author of a great graphic memoir entitled ‘Cancer Vixen’ — you really have to check it out. (Here’s a review of the book that I wrote for my former blog.)
Marisa has started the Cancer Vixen Fund at St. Vincent’s Comprehensive Cancer Center in NYC.
Anyway, she’s using what’s she’s got going […]

By Karen Lynch -- 3 comments

June 5th, 2008

Pink Ribbon Giveaway: A Fujifilm One Time Use Camera

Yesterday’s review of the Polaroid i631 digital camera got me thinking about the benefits of disposable cameras … inexpensive, non-breakable, great for kids, disposable recyclable if returned to Fujifilm by your photofinisher … then I remembered, ‘hey, I have one of those … let me give it away’!
I have a QuickSnap 800 Flash One-Time-Use Camera […]

By Karen Lynch -- 112 comments

April 24th, 2008

Pink Ribbon Search - Search to Fund Free Mammograms

The next time you go to “google” something, head over to Pink Ribbon Search.com and you’ll fund free mammograms.
Pink Ribbon Search is a search engine that ‘combines the power of Google and Yahoo’ — 100% of the revenue generated from advertisers on the site is given to non-profit partners to fund clinics and mobile mammography […]

By Karen Lynch -- 0 comments