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2) Seaview Inn
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New York PR exec Hannah Mathews is in remission from the same disease that claimed her mother's life months before: breast cancer. She heads south in an attempt to persuade her 85-year-old grandma, Jenny, to sell the Seaview Inn, the Florida Keys resort owned by her family for decades, and move into a retirement home.
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Suzy and Nancy Goodman were more than sisters. They were best friends, confidantes, and partners in the grand adventure of life. For three decades, nothing could separate them. Then Suzy was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1977; three agonizing years later, at thirty-six, she died. Suzy had asked Nancy to promise to end the silence, to raise money for scientific research and to one day cure breast cancer for good. In that moment, Susan G. Komen for...
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When Annie Dawson and her friends from the Hook and Needle Club search for props for a play to be held in Stony Point's Cultural Center, they discover a secret hidden for more than 45 years in her old home's attic. The production of the play will benefit a fund for breast cancer research.
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"While the amount of information regarding a breast cancer diagnosis is vaster than ever, online and off, what continues to be missing is the explanation behind the options. Most of the data online on medical sites is generic and often comes from the same source. Then there are the patient sites as well as many social media outlets that provide peer to peer support and information. This is important for emotional support but still leaves out the full...
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Most people are aware that October goes pink for breast cancer. But what, exactly, is breast cancer? Can men get it? What causes it? What are the treatment options? What is the likelihood of surviving breast cancer? This text explains a very complex disease in a way that makes it comprehensible to everyone so that if you or someone you know is diagnosed, you're prepared for the road ahead.
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Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used by pregnant women in the U.S., with nearly 4.6 percent reporting recent use during their first trimester and 1.4 percent in the third trimester. A number of studies have evaluated the impacts of marijuana exposure on the developing fetus. However, few have looked at postnatal exposures to marijuana through breastfeeding, and much less is known about the effects of pediatric exposures to sidestream smoke....
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Despite the existence of medical, public health and community efforts to increase breast and cervical cancer screening, many women in Colorado do not adhere to recommended screening guidelines. Several interventions have been used to increase screening, but many have not been formally evaluated and as a result, the effectiveness of these is unclear. Given additional but limited resources, effective and cost-effective interventions must be identified...
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"'Regardless of how much money you have, your race, where you live, what religion you follow, you are going through something. Or you already have or you will. As Momma always said, Everybody's got something.' So begins beloved Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts's new memoir in which she recounts the incredible journey that's been her life so far, and the lessons she's learned along the way. With grace, heart, and humor, she writes about overcoming...
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He was a fishing guide and struggling artist from a south Georgia trailer park. She was the beautiful only child of South Carolina's most powerful senator. Yet when Doss Michaels and Abigail Grace Coleman met by accident, they each felt they'd found their true soul mate. Ten years into their marriage, when Abbie faces a life-threatening illness, Doss battles it with her every step of the way. And when she makes a list of ten things she hopes to accomplish...
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In the spring of 1983, Terry Tempest Williams learned that her mother was dying of cancer. That same spring, Great Salt Lake began to rise to record heights, threatening the birds that Williams had come to guage her life by. Interweaving these narratives of dying and accommodation, this book transforms tragedy into a document of renewel and spiritual grace.