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Doctor holding pink breast cancer awareness ribbon. (Photo: iStock)

Beyond Pink Ribbons

Know the Facts About Breast Cancer Everywhere you look this month, you will see shades of pink highlighting National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.   From pink ribbons on products in your grocery stores as well as pink lights illuminating buildings at night, these pink
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A closeup of a medical technicial at a monitor watching results of a far away woman getting a mammogram. (Photo: UIG via Getty Images)

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Myths and Facts About Breast Cancer October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The National Cancer Institute estimates 266,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018 — that’s one in eight women. More than 40,000 will die from the disease this year. The earlier breast
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