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It’s fairly common knowledge in the breast cancer community that women with an abnormality in either the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes are predisposed towards the disease and have a greater likelihood of developing breast cancer at a young age (before menopause).
For instance, while it is approximated that 13.2 percent of the general population will […]
So I get this email today:
Subject: Bottled water in your car warning
WARN YOUR WIVES/GIRLFRIENDS AND DAUGHTERS
Bottled water in your car…..very dangerous, woman!!!!
This is how Sheryl Crow got breast cancer. She was on the Ellen show and said this same exact thing. This has been identified as the most common cause of the high levels in […]
I just learned about an American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Podcast Series called “Journey to Recovery“.
In the series, Dr. Margaret Kemeny, a world-renowned oncologist in New York and one of America’s first female cancer surgeons, speaks from a clinical point of view along with a narrator and six survivors. Together, this team of people addresses […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
You can […]
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 — […]
Read this today at ScienceDaily:
Depending on which variant of a certain gene a woman has, a coffee consumption rate of at least two-three cups a day can either reduce the total risk of developing breast cancer or delay the onset of cancer, according to new research.
2-3 cups a day … yeah, that’s about what I […]
Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in the world. There are 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in the United States. Globally, 4.4 million women are alive today who were diagnosed with breast cancer in the last five years (source: Susan G. Komen for the Cure). It’s pretty safe to say that on any […]
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