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Are you aware that breast cancer is more than one disease? October is breast cancer awareness month and research is the key to understanding how to fight breast cancer.

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World Alzheimer’s Day is being observed today, September 21, 2009. The day of recognition was established to create an awareness of the devastation of the disease its patients & their families; & to help raise funding to fight the disease.

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July 22, 2009 is National Fragile X Awareness Day. Fragile X is a grouping of a variety of genetic disorders that affects more than 1 million Americans & many others around the world.

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        Last year 100 million dollars was raised to help fight cancer in an unprecedented way.  All three major television networks joined together to do a broadcast announcing the plan to join together to raise funds and raise awareness in the battle against cancer.  Celebrities, newspeople, researchers and medical professionals and everyday people have combined [...]

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       Good Morning America  had me bawling like a baby today.  It is time for their annual Breakfast in Bed which they do for Mother’s Day every year.  Today’s episode was very moving.  Emeril Lagasse surprised a woman, named Susie Bratt,  in her home in Charleston West Virginia with a video camera and some very special [...]

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         Breast Cancer awareness month is in October; however, with the death of a good friend and educator  of our family, just about a year ago; I think every month should be breast cancer awareness month.  Too many people have been lost to this disease…some because they do not get screening for it and others because [...]

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     Today, President Obama has reversed a ban on the funds for stem cell research on embryos.  This ban had been in place for the last eight and a half years…President Bush put that ban in place to stop research on embryos because of his moral belief that destroying embryos to do the research violates the [...]

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         Dr. Susan Love has started a massive undertaking to understand the complexities of breast cancer by organizing an army of women.  She has partnered up with the Avon foundation to get an army of women to sign up to do research on a large  cross section of women to get accurate information on genetic [...]

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    It’s been happening for some time now…people have been becoming desperate.  Those same people have been losing their jobs, their homes and their income.   It is like a Tsunnami of grief rolling over them.  First their income has become compromised in some way…either they have lost their jobs due to the economy, downsizing or they have had their [...]

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       Tonight there is going to be a historic program on television called Stand Up 2 Cancer on the major television networks, ABC<NBC<CBS.  They are working together in an unprecedented event to raise awareness and funds to fight the fight against cancer.  It is an amazing effort, which was planned to be the beginning of the end, [...]

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