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AAA puts out pink tow truck for cancer awareness
AAA Michigan is calling attention to Breast Cancer Awareness Month by putting a pink tow truck on the road in downtown Detroit. The truck made an appearance Monday outside Comerica Park, where the Detroit Tigers hosted the Oakland Athletics in Game 3 of the American League division playoffs. AAA driver ...
Breast Cancer On The Rise Among African Americans
An estimated 232,340 new cases of invasive breast cancer and 39,620 breast cancer deaths are expected to occur among U.S. women in 2013. And according to a report released this week by the American Cancer Society, an increasing number of them will be black women.
Photos: NFL cheerleaders wear pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
NFL Week 5: NFL cheerleaders wear pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Ottumwa bowlers join to fight breast cancer
Some Ottumwa residents are taking to the bowling lanes to raise money for cancer research. The Ottumwa Courier reports (http://bit.ly/16Kx1a4 ) the Women's Bowling Association of Ottumwa will sponsor a Bowl for the Cure tournament for the sixth straight year on Sunday, Oct. 12. The association also has added a ...
15,000 walking in RI in fight against cancer
An estimated 15,000 people are walking the streets of Providence to raise money and awareness in the fight against breast cancer. The 18th annual American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer in Providence kicked off Sunday morning at Exchange Terrace, where participants began a non-competitive, three-mile walk. Organizers are ...
Thousands walking in Boston to fight breast cancer
About 40,000 people are hitting the streets of Boston in the American Cancer Society's 21st annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk. Breast cancer survivors, their families and caregivers are among those taking part Sunday in the country's largest and oldest one-day breast cancer walk. The goal is to raise ...
Cancer survivor: Battle keeps life in perspective
Bailey, then a 4-year-old beagle, pawed at Michele Bazzel to wake up. Bazzel said she felt like her dog knew she was sick. She was. She had breast cancer. "Bailey kept me going," Bazzel said. She was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer when she went for her yearly mammogram in ...
Pink promotes breast cancer awareness at Lambeau
You might notice the color pink at Lambeau Field during Sunday's Green Bay Packers-Detroit Lions game. The Green Bay Packers and Bellin Health, along with the NFL, are working to promote breast cancer awareness in October. The lighting above the Bellin Health Gate has been replaced with pink lighting to ...
Mother, daughter recall struggles of breast cancer
Peggy Bitton and Sally Cavazos have a mother-daughter relationship that would fit nicely in a "Hallmark Hall of Fame" film. They share the same profession, take long road trips, read out loud together, finish one another's sentences. But when Sally discovered in 2006 that she had the same breast cancer ...
Helping Breast Cancer Survivors Find Life Beyond Cancer
The effort is to help women find a new normal life after cancer.
Woman opts for mastectomy to avoid sister's fate
Too often in her memories, Shiela Burns sees what terrifies her. Blood seeping from tumors on the chest and back of her twin sister, Las Vegas optometrist Dr. Sheryl Potter-Peccole, whose breast cancer metastasized into the skin of her upper torso. Tightly wrapped in a blanket in an effort to ...
Cancer Research Halted by Government Shutdown
Researchers at University of Washington have spent the last three years working on a vaccine to help patients with advanced stage breast cancer. They've reached the final step before clinical trials, but now they're being told to stop.
Window bra promotes breast cancer awareness
The owner of a Goshen fitness studio has placed a large bra over two of the building's bubble windows to call attention to breast cancer awareness month. Co-owner Maija Stutsman tells The Goshen News (http://bit.ly/1g41jWL ) she got the idea to make a large bra last year after seeing others ...
Blues go 'pink' for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's headquarters in downtown Detroit is glowing pink as part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Twelve-story pink lights in the shape of ribbons have been installed on the north and south sides of the building and will remain up throughout October. The observation is ...
Danica gets pink car for breast cancer awareness
Danica Patrick's familiar GoDaddy green will be gone the entire month of October as she'll race with a bright pink paint scheme to help raise breast cancer awareness. Patrick unveiled her No. 10 pink GoDaddy car on Tuesday in Times Square in a joint appearance with Chevrolet, which showcased a ...
Follow-up confirms many hormone risks, benefits
The longest, most comprehensive follow-up yet of women given hormone pills during landmark government research found many health risks faded and some unexpected benefits emerged, but advice remains unchanged: Use hormones only short term if needed to relieve hot flashes and other menopause symptoms. In the follow-up involving more than ...
Affordable ways to support BCA month
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and as always, there are a ton of pink products you can purchase to show your support. But you don't have to spend a lot of money to make a difference. Here are a few affordable ways to think pink this month while also ...
Pawtucket city hall going pink for breast cancer
The tower on Pawtucket's city hall will be lit up in pink this month to raise breast cancer awareness. The Pawtucket-based Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation is partnering with the city for a lighting event on Tuesday evening. The 209-foot tower will be lit in pink throughout October, which ...
Clemson, Swinney support breast cancer awareness
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney says the third-ranked Tigers game against No. 8 Florida State on Oct. 19 will be designated a Breast Cancer Awareness game. Swinney and his wife, Kathleen, were on hand Tuesday to announce the initiative. The Swinneys' All-In Foundation is also selling Awareness Tiger Paw pins this ...
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