When Karen Mitchell was first diagnosed with breast cancer, she didn’t like the idea of a support group with strangers – she preferred talking to her mother about it.
But her mother hadn’t been through the experience, and after a while, Mitchell realized she could pull strength from the people who were going through the same thing at her chemotherapy appointments.
“You realize that you’re not alone, and it’s encouraging,” Mitchell said.
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Deanna Favre, author, activist and breast cancer survivor, will give the keynote address at AtlantiCare Women’s Health & Wellness fifth annual Breast Health Signature Event Tuesday. Part of its observance of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the dinner and lecture, part of the observance of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, will be held at the Sheraton Atlantic City.
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Two agencies that advocate for women’s issues are offering women a chance to voice their support for reproductive health care.
Family Planning Services Inc., and the American Association of University Women will host a “Speak Out” event from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Jan. 29 in the lecture hall of the David R. Obey Health Sciences Building at Northcentral Technical College in Wausau.
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More than 300 families have already flocked to Manual High School in Denver to take advantage of a range of free medical care sponsored by Kaiser Permanente.
The doors opened at 8 a.m. for the MLK Day Health Fair, but people were lining up as early as 6 a.m., a spokeswoman said.
About 250 volunteers as well as medical staff from a variety of local agencies are helping to provide children’s wellness exams, women’s OB/GYN services, immunizations, Read the rest of this entry »

By day, Ryan McCoy, a Topeka West High School educator, is a mild-mannered language arts teacher. But this evening, he will transform into a fire-juggling daredevil.
No, McCoy isn’t moonlighting as Topeka’s masked crusader, but rather will be just one of the many performers in “Faculty Follies,” a show starring 50 of Topeka West’s most talented faculty members. The event will start at 7:30 p.m. today in the Topeka West auditorium. Admission is $5 Read the rest of this entry »

STOCKTON – Organizers of a health event planned from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today hope to fight the spread of HIV and AIDS, especially within the black community, and to empower women to take a more active role in their medical well-being.
“Sisters Taking Care of Themselves” is being hosted by Health Plan of San Joaquin, San Joaquin AIDS Foundation and B. Wise Consultants at Dameron Hospital Annex, 445 W. Acacia St.
Free and anonymous HIV testing will Read the rest of this entry »

Heart disease survivor Brandy Rebol wasn’t the typical candidate for heart disease. She was in her mid-30s, female and apparently in good health.
“Several of my family members have died at a young age from heart disease,” Rebol said, who began noticing an irregular heart beat when she was 16.
Although the tachycardia increased in frequency and severity as she got older, she put off getting treatment.
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Nashville, Tenn.
, a developer of medical event reporting systems, have announced a joint venture to develop software that is designed to improve hospital patient safety with more disciplined process improvement.
The new system, known as the Medical Event Reporting System, or MERS, will be deployed by GE Healthcare specialists to drive process and cultural changes that could help to prevent adverse medical events.
in Nashville.
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NEW YORK, Oct 27, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
Kaiser Family Foundation President Drew
Altman, a renowned commentator and expert on health care, spoke
to a group of high-level New York City insiders Thursday and said, “Health
care is being defined now by affordability. It’s been defined by the
American people not as a health care problem but as a pocketbook issue.
And the train that is leaving the station in the Read the rest of this entry »

In recent years, about half of new HIV patients have been younger than 25, according to organizers. And the rate is highest among black teenagers.
Teen Test Day is sponsored by the Metropolitan Area Group for Igniting Civilizations, a Chicago youth group.
Bryan Echols, the group’s executive director, said HIV screening is a priority, but there are other “silent killers” such as hypertension, high blood pressure and diabetes.
Jasmeen Wellere, Read the rest of this entry »