cancer

Dec
06
Hey, Brooklyn – Let’s Help This Florida Girl Find Rare Blood To Beat Cancer

Hey, Brooklyn – Let’s Help This Florida Girl Find Rare Blood To Beat Cancer

Photo via OneBlood.FLORIDA – Sure Bklyner covers Brooklyn stories, but this story was too important to pass up. Zainab Mughal,
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Mar
22
New Yorkers Urged to Get a Life-Saving Colorectal Cancer Screening

New Yorkers Urged to Get a Life-Saving Colorectal Cancer Screening

NYC Health + Hospitals [http://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/hospitals/] launches series of retro social media images to remind New Yorkers ages
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Mar
10
Steps You Can Take To Prevent Colon Cancer

Steps You Can Take To Prevent Colon Cancer

March is officially Colon Cancer Awareness Month [https://www.ccalliance.org/awareness-month/] and The Brooklyn Hospital Center [http://www.tbh.
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Jun
23
‘We Miss You Caleb!’: Plaque In Memory Of P.S. 10 Student Now Rests In School’s Garden

‘We Miss You Caleb!’: Plaque In Memory Of P.S. 10 Student Now Rests In School’s Garden

The plaque at P.S. 10 in Caleb’s Garden. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)The P.S.
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Oct
05
Portion Of Hubbard Street Renamed In Honor Of Celebrated Photographer & Comic Writer Seth Kushner

Portion Of Hubbard Street Renamed In Honor Of Celebrated Photographer & Comic Writer Seth Kushner

Seth Kushner’s wife, Terra (Left), with their son Jackson, holding a replica of the new street sign with Seth’
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Jul
28
Free Digital Mammograms & Clinical Breast Exams Will Be Available At The Flatbush Caton Market This Friday, July 31

Free Digital Mammograms & Clinical Breast Exams Will Be Available At The Flatbush Caton Market This Friday, July 31

Image courtesy of Community Board 14Thanks to Community Board 14 [http://www.cb14brooklyn.com/], we learned that the American-Italian Cancer
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May
06
Free Digital Mammograms & Clinical Breast Exams In The Neighborhood This Sunday, May 10

Free Digital Mammograms & Clinical Breast Exams In The Neighborhood This Sunday, May 10

Image via Councilman Mathieu Eugene [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204182342780508&set=a.2199020736769.2113360.1284800710&
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Mar
10
Free Seminars On Colon Cancer At Coney Island Hospital (Sponsored)

Free Seminars On Colon Cancer At Coney Island Hospital (Sponsored)

Coney Island Hospital [http://www.nyc.gov/html/hhc/coneyisland/html/home/home.shtml] is offering two free public seminars
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Nov
17

Richie Randazzo, “$5 Million Doorman,” Dies At Age 50

Source: Youtube/ UCmpxSOmTlTdsvBbTfF3hbBwThe doorman from Avenue U who won the $5 million jackpot [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2013/08/local-lottery-winner-battling-cancer/
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Oct
15

Bensonhurst Resident Raises $37,000+ To Save Young Cancer Patient, But Still Needs Your Help

The Checkmate, Cancer! team with Nancy Parmar (Source: GoFundMe)Way back in March, we told you about Elona Karafin, then
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