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Dr. Vivian Bea (left) and Tracy Tomer are wearing masks that Tomer crocheted. (Photo via Dr. Bea’s team)PARK SLOPE – Last September, a month before Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Tracy Tomer, 53, found a lump in her breast. She knew there was something wrong and feared it was cancer,
Food & Drink
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Last year, Meghan Daly, owner of Daly Pie [https://www.dalypie.com], began intensive treatment for breast cancer. Though she recently completed her treatment, she now faces another battle, keeping her popular pie shop from closing. Daly Pie, 665 Vanderbilt Avenue via Go Fund Me“Running a small
Central Brooklyn
MRIs, ultrasound, good old mammograms: the options for breast screenings are overwhelming and it’s tough sometimes to navigate the best choice for you. Shalom Buchbinder, MD, The Brooklyn Hospital CenterThere’s also confusion surrounding mammogram screening recommendations. We turned to Shalom Buchbinder, MD, Chair of Radiology at The Brooklyn
Bensonhurst
Photo courtesy of Pamela Harris/FacebookAmid media reports that she and her husband had fallen into debt and filed for bankruptcy in 2013 [/more-trouble-for-harris/#.V6H7pNArLos], Assemblywoman Pamela Harris penned an open letter Tuesday, attributing her financial hardship to series of health crises, including her own battle with breast cancer. The
american italian cancer foundation
Image courtesy of Community Board 14Thanks to Community Board 14 [http://www.cb14brooklyn.com/], we learned that the American-Italian Cancer Foundation’s mobile, no-cost breast cancer screening program is coming to the Flatbush Caton Market [http://www.flatbushcatonmarket.com/] (located at Flatbush and Caton Avenues) this Friday, July 31 from
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Image via Councilman Mathieu Eugene [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204182342780508&set=a.2199020736769.2113360.1284800710&type=1&theater] Any neighbor who is 40 years old or older can receive a free digital mammogram and clinical breast exam this Sunday, May 10 from 9am-4:30pm
1185 Rogers Avenue
Councilman Jumaane Williams is inviting the community to the third annual Girls Like Us Survive: Breast Cancer & Domestic Violence Awareness Month kickoff this Sunday [http://myemail.constantcontact.com/WILLIAMS-INVITES-COMMUNITY-TO-3RD-ANNUAL-BREAST-CANCER---DOMESTIC-VIOLENCE-AWARENESS-MONTH-KICKOFF.html?soid=1102557709761&aid=P7_22n7PXrI] , October 12, at Cocoa Mane [http://www.cocoamane.com/] (1185 Rogers Avenue). The
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Assemblywoman Rhoda Jacobs [http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Rhoda-Jacobs/] is teaming up with the American Italian Cancer Foundation [http://www.americanitaliancancer.org/] to offer free digital mammography screenings this Thursday, July 10, in a mobile care clinic at 1414 Cortelyou Road. The screenings will be held from 9am to
Health
A great free service for women’s health is coming up later this month, but you need to sign up in advance to take advantage of it! The Italian American Cancer Foundation’s Mobile Care Clinic [https://www.americanitaliancancer.org/.docs/pg/10762] will be in front of Assemblymember Jim
3495 nostrand ave
Source: TBYIL.comThe following is from our friends at the Kings Bay Y: The Kings Bay YM-YWHA will hold a free breast cancer awareness seminar on Thursday, August 1st at 7 p.m. at the Y’s main site at 3495 Nostrand Avenue (between Avenues U and V), Room 101
amelia coffaro
We shared the story of South Slope’s Amelia Coffaro [/blog/health/neighbors-form-project-amelia-for-freelancer-with-cancer] with you back in March of this year. The 28-year-old freelance photographer (the photo above is from Amelia’s Self Portraits With Luminaries series [http://ameliacoffaro.com/self-portraits-with-luminaries]) was diagnosed with stage 3b inflammatory breast cancer on
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There are so many things that make our community great, but in the hundreds of interviews we’ve conducted, the one attribute that is consistently brought to light is the neighborhood’s small town feel. People actually know the neighbors who live on their block. Bodega owners, bartenders, and coffee
breast cancer
Source: Sugarsweetcookies via Wikimedia CommonsGovernor Andrew Cuomo signed the “Breast Density Inform” (S.6769-B [http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/S6769B-2011]) bill into effect, co-sponsored by State Senator Marty Golden, making New York the fourth state with a breast density information law to pass. The law will help increase women’