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Seventeen years ago this month, Elmont resident Carrol Bennett received a phone call that changed her life forever. A friend, Veronica Joseph, was babysitting the younger of her two daughters, …
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By Steve Smirti
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4/14/16
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Environmentally speaking, the mid-20th century was a terrible time. Government and industry experimented with all manner of chemicals . . .
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4/7/16
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My friend looked washed out, wrung out and hung out to dry. Her skin sagged. She moved around her house slowly, as if, with one false step . . .
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3/10/16
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According to a report by the New York State Cancer Registry, which is maintained by the Department of Health, the occurrence of female breast cancer in many Nassau County areas is much higher than the state expectancy rate. In fact, of Nassau County’s 65 zip codes, 35 had at least a 15 percent increase in the number of breast cancer cases anticipated in those areas, the report said.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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10/28/15
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Breast cancer is big business in America today, and high season for the industry is October. Personally (and it is personal), I feel exploited by the “pinking” of the world around me . . .
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10/15/15
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Despite years of research and publicity, breast cancer remains the second leading cause of death among women, behind only heart disease. The good news is . . .
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10/7/15
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From Aug. 6 to Aug. 8 Franklin Square residents Ana Diaz and Rony Kessler attended the 10th Annual Bladder Cancer Think Tank in Charlotte, North Carolina, as patient advocates. The event, hosted by …
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8/20/15
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It was not your ordinary day at Seamans’s Neck Park in Seaford. Instead of tennis balls floating through the air on the courts, there were hockey balls sliding across the ground. Instead of …
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By Kenneth Mintz
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8/19/15
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Before school ended in June, the Sewanhaka High School Students and Teachers Against Cancer (STAC) club held a Cardio and Kickboxing Class to help raise money for the Sloan-Kettering Cancer …
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8/13/15
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To learn more about bladder cancer, the public is invited to attend a free educational program, Bladder Cancer Awareness Day, at Winthrop-University Hospital on May 9, from 9 a.m. to noon. It will be held in the Winthrop Research and Academic Center, 101 Mineola Blvd., Mineola.
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5/7/15
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