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Because So Little Had Changed This Breast Cancer Advocate Stepped Up
When Gloria Wakefield was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009, the experience was familiar. Not just because she had been diagnosed once before, 22 years…
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Measuring The Inn’s Effectiveness
The Children’s Inn at NIH has provided “A Place Like Home” for the more than 12,000 children and families who have stayed at The Inn…
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Grandmother Lobbies Congress for Continued Financial Support for Tuberous Sclerosis Research
Source: Vernon Hills Review Derrick Brown is a 4-year-old boy from Vernon Hills who always wears a smile despite living with a disease that can…
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Future Therapies On The Horizon For Advanced Melanoma
Source: Healio.com At the American Academy of Dematology annual meeting, Delphine J. Lee, MD, PhD, FAAD discussed current therapies and future therapies for advanced melanoma.…
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Inmates Volunteer With Canine Partners for Life to Train Puppies to Help People Who Have Physical Disabilities
Source: Observer-Reporter.com The puppies arrived early Wednesday afternoon at the State Correctional Institution at Greene. The five, yellow Labrador retrievers were brought to the maximum…
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Record-Breaking $6.8 Million Raised by Rite Aid for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals
Source: Press Release Point CAMP HILL, Pa. (March 24, 2014) – Rite Aid announced today that through its year-long fundraising efforts, the Company raised $6.8…
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Sense of Smell & Training Make Service Dogs Life-saving Best Friends
>> Watch the Video Above Terri Lubaroff wishes she had a dramatic story to tell about her unusual service dog, Jackson, such as an incident…
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Proof in the Importance of a Wish
Source: Make-A-Wish® America When I accepted the position at Make-A-Wish Maine, I knew I found the right place for me. Since college, I’ve worked in development…
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Register for the March 29th National Conference on Ending Poverty
Source: A Wider Circle 50 YEARS after declaring a war on poverty, 50 million children and adults in our country are still mired in poverty. Another 60 million live below…
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Stand Out, Speak Up and Seize Control Against Big Tobacco on Kick Butts Day 2014
Organized by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and sponsored by the United Health Foundation, March 19, 2014 is Kick Butts Day – a national day…
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A “Win, Win, Win” Relationship for Hope Connections and Business Partners American Odyssey Relay (AOR) and Specialties Inc.
Facing cancer is scary enough, but thanks to Hope Connections for Cancer Support (Hope Connections) and their free programs, no one is prevented from getting…
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Study Finds Hormone Problems in Group of Retired NFL Players
Source: Los Angeles Times By Nathan Fenno Repeated head injuries among professional football players can lead to hormonal dysfunction and decreased quality of life, according…
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