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Celebrities voice support for Angelina Jolie after mastectomy
Only moments after Angelina Jolie's revealing op-ed was published late Monday, the actress' name was trending on Twitter. From celebrities to cancer survivors, tens of thousands voiced their support for Jolie's decision to undergo a preventive double...
Tags: Angelina Jolie, Medical Procedures and Tests, Mastectomy, David Krumholtz, Nina Dobrev
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Angelina Jolie, the BRCA mutation and me
Late Monday night, friends and colleagues started sending me Angelina Jolie's op-ed about her decision to have a double mastectomy. Like Jolie, I have the mutation in my BRCA1 gene that pushed my lifetime risk of developing breast cancer to nearly 90%....
Tags: Angelina Jolie, Mastectomy, Breast Reconstruction, Mother's Day, Ovarian Cancer
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Angelina Jolie describes dealing with the cancer time bomb
This post has been corrected. See note below for details.Angelina Jolie said the decision to undergo a double mastectomy to reduce her chances of getting breast cancer "wasn't easy." In an op-ed in the New York Times under the headline “My Medical Choice,” the Oscar-winning actress said she...Tags: Angelina Jolie, Celebrities, Medical Procedures and Tests, Mastectomy, Ovarian Cancer
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Former Ch. 5 anchor Zoraida Sambolin reveals breast cancer, surgery plans
Tribune staff reporterFormer WMAQ-Ch.5 news anchor Zoraida Sambolin, who left Chicago in 2011 to host CNN’s “Early Start,” told a national viewing audience Tuesday morning that she has breast cancer and will undergo a double mastectomy. An emotional...Tags: Angelina Jolie, ABC (tv network), CNN (tv network), Mastectomy, Ovarian Cancer
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New York mayoral hopeful Quinn opens up about overcoming bulimia
ReutersBy Edith Honan NEW YORK, May 14 (Reuters) - New York City mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn spoke out on Tuesday about her decade-long struggle with bulimia and alcohol abuse after her mother's death from breast cancer. "It was such a challenging time,...Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Substance Abuse, Local Elections, Elections, Anthony D. Weiner
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Angelina Jolie and me -- a family history of cancer
I didn’t realize until now that Angelina Jolie and I have something in common: cancer. Or at least risk factors for it. Jolie, of course, has made worldwide headlines with her dramatic op-ed Tuesday in the New York Times describing her decision to...
Tags: Prostate Cancer, Angelina Jolie, Lung Cancer, Mastectomy, The New York Times
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Reuters World News Highlights 2145 GMT, May 14
ReutersWASHINGTON - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday that he had recused himself from the Justice Department's controversial decision to secretly seize telephone records of the Associated Press as part of a wide-ranging leak investigation. -...Tags: Angelina Jolie, Labor Legislation, U.S. Military, U.S. Department of Defense, Career and Workplace
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AutoNation joins racing champ Hunter-Reay to raise at least $1 million to help fight cancer
Fresh from launching its name coast-to-coast, AutoNation is starting its first nationwide drive for charity: a push to fight cancer, working with South Florida's IndyCar champion Ryan Hunter-Reay. The Fort Lauderdale-based auto retailer will...
Tags: St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Services and Shopping, AutoNation, Fort Lauderdale, Weston (Broward, Florida)
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Angelina Jolie, the Supreme Court and gene patents
It's hard to imagine Supreme Court justices paying much attention to the travails of Hollywood's rich and famous. Still, there's an interesting connection between Angelina Jolie's disclosure Tuesday that she underwent a double mastectomy and a case the...Tags: Angelina Jolie, Genetic Engineering, Mastectomy, Benghazi, Research
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Jolie surgery sets good example by careful weighing of risks: doctors
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer may have stunned fans of the Oscar-winning actress, but doctors say her choice is shared by many other women with a high genetic risk for breast cancer....Tags: Angelina Jolie, Genetics, Plastic Surgeons, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Angelina Jolie and the fate of breast cancer genes
Angelina Jolie’s Op-Ed in the New York Times about getting a double mastectomy after learning that she was at risk of getting breast cancer struck a chord with fellow celebs as well as with Los Angeles Times staffers Anna Gorman and Paul Whitefield,...
Tags: Genetics, Angelina Jolie, Biotechnology Industry, Biotechnology, Women's Health
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