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Tools Like Learn Look Locate Build Trust

January 11, 2021

Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the privilege of working with Learn Look Locate, an organization dedicated to promoting critical education for the early…

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It’s Better Than I Realized: Reframing Opportunities

January 8, 2021

“It could be worse.” I’ve been hearing this a lot in response to the present COVID climate and its restrictions. I recognize the statement’s intention,…

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Giving New Meaning to Multitasking—and Thriving!

January 2, 2021

When Jennifer joined a NYBRA Sisterhood of Support meeting via Zoom from her car, she didn’t think too much of it. “I am in nursing…

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Introducing Friday PEP Talks

January 1, 2021

Happy New Year, all! I hope this year greets us with options for health protections and restored connections. The COVID-19 homestretch is both filled with…

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Making Sense of Genetic Testing

December 27, 2020

When we talk about breast cancer, we often talk about genetic testing. But what exactly does it evaluate? Who should get tested? And when? Melanie…

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Holiday Greetings

December 21, 2020

The New Year is generally a time which is viewed as a new beginning and an opportunity to creatively fill in the ‘tabula rasa’ (blank…

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Easier Information Access with Outcomes4Me

December 21, 2020

A breast cancer diagnosis can be challenging to digest. Patients receive vast amounts of new information at once, which makes it hard to make choices…

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Joyful Motivation with MaryAnn Jones

December 13, 2020

Most people consider fear to be a powerful motivating force, but according to Certified Functional Health Coach MaryAnn Jones, there’s a better way to promote…

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Aesthetic Flat Closure IS a Type of Reconstruction

December 7, 2020

Not every woman who has a mastectomy chooses typical breast reconstruction. Women who decide not to undergo a breast reconstruction procedure still have options to…

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Nuances in Anatomy of the Back and Flank Region by Gender: Published Findings

December 1, 2020

Better late than never – this week we finally published an article that was written several years ago, the principles of which I have been…