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The sexiest woman in the world had a bilateral mastectomy? Really?
It is nuts, but breast cancer in young women is becoming a sexy trendy topic. And today, Angelina Jolie, repeatedly named the sexiest woman alive, announced she had a bilateral mastectomy. As I listened to the news this morning, I … Continue reading
Categories: Survivor SYNC
What I Learned from My Mom on Our Breast Cancer Journey
When God handed out mothers — I won the lottery! Now, I will be honest, there were times when I was growing up that I didn’t always feel that way, but those times are long gone. My mother is the coolest, … Continue reading
Categories: Survivor SYNC
Innovation Is the Star @ TEDMED
It’s Wednesday evening, Stacy Lewis, YSC’s chief program officer and deputy chief executive, and I just completed the fifth session of TEDMED 2013, and we are halfway through the conference. There are over 1,800 people in attendance from what seems like every genre of medicine … Continue reading
Categories: The Business of Breast Cancer
Join YSC at OMG 2013
Being diagnosed with cancer at a young age sucks. There is really no other way to say it: It sucks. Some of us feel suddenly alone and “different” from our friends – and who can blame us? Some of us … Continue reading
Categories: Survivor SYNC
Innovation + Medicine = Change @ TEDMED
If you were to buy a new car today and drive it from New York City to Los Angeles, stopping along the way at dealers to service the car, when you arrived 3,000 miles later, the dealer would know exactly … Continue reading
Categories: The Business of Breast Cancer