Eva Ekvall, the former Miss Venezuela who finished third place in the Miss Universe 2001 pageant, has died of breast cancer the age of 28. Her family confirmed that the model died at a Houston hospital on Saturday. Ekvall rose to fame in 2000 after she was crowned Miss Venezuela at 17-years-old. One year [...]
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Maggie Daley, the woman who dedicated herself to children’s issues during 22 years as Chicago‘s First Lady, died yesterday, more than nine years after being diagnosed with breast cancer. She was 68 years old. Daley died in her home, surrounded by family members at her home, according to Jacquelyn Heard, former mayor Richard Daley‘s spokeswoman. [...]
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The commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration today revoked the approval of the drug Avastin as a treatment for breast cancer. The FDA commissioner, Dr. Margaret Hamburg, said that the drug was not doing anything to help breast cancer patients live longer, nor was it controlling their tumors. It did, however, expose them to [...]
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Evelyn Lauder of the famous Estee Lauder cosmetics company, and the woman who helped come up with the the pink ribbon for breast cancer awareness, died Saturday in New York at the age of 75. Lauder died from complications due to ovarian cancer at her home with her family by her side. The Austria native [...]
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Giuliana Rancic, the host of E! News, revealed on the TODAY show this morning that she has breast cancer. Rancic has served as the co-host of E! News since 2006 and is a frequently spotted on red carpets around the country. She has been open about her struggle to conceive a child, and chronicled two [...]
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, right? Everyone, including football players in the NFL, wears pink to support the cause, right? Someone better bring the folks in Mississippi up to speed. Coy Sheppard, a high school student in Mississippi, has filed a lawsuit against his school district because his football coach cut him from the [...]
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Where do you like it? On the floor? On your couch? We’re referring, of course, to where you like to keep your purse, ladies. Oh, you thought we were talking about something else? If you were looking though Facebook status updates today, you were probably confused…if you’re a guy that is. Women have been posting [...]
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A junior high school in Taylorsville, Utah has ruled that students may not wear breast cancer awareness bracelets that read, “I Love Boobies”. The bracelets passed out at Eisenhower Jr. High have stirred up lots of controversy in the local community. The school’s newsletter says “wearing bracelets such as these opens up dialog between students [...]
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Phil Mickelson birdied on four of the final seven holes to win his third Green Jacket at the Masters on Sunday. A stroke behind the pace-setting Lee Westwood overnight, the Mickelson managed a flawless five-under-par 67 to post a 16-under total of 272 at Augusta National. Cheered on by legions of golf fans, including his [...]
Jodie Nelson was hoping to inspire her best friend, who has been battling breast cancer, to keep on fighting. On Sunday, the California surfer set out to standup-paddle almost 40 miles from Santa Catalina Island to Dana Point. Nelson, 34, also hoped her nine-hour effort would also help raise money for two cancer charities and [...]
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Jennifer Lyon, a contestant on Survivor: Palau, has died at the age of 37. Lyon was diagnosed with stage-three breast cancer shortly after she wrapped shooting on the CBS reality show, on which she managed to place fourth. Tom Westman, a firefighter, won that iteration of the show back in 2005. Lyon died on Tuesday [...]
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