breast cancer
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Polis picks former state lawmaker Dianne Primavera as running mate
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U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, the Democratic nominee for Colorado governor, plans to tap former state Rep. Dianne Primavera to be his running mate, Colorado Politics has learned. Polis, a five-term U.S. congressman from Boulder, plans to introduce Primavera, a former counselor and the CEO of a nonprofit that fights breast cancer, during what the campaign…
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Thanks to the ACA, there are safeguards for the victims of breast cancer
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This year, more than 40,000 American women will die of breast cancer. Over 250,000 will get the devastating news that they have the disease. Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among Colorado women. One in seven women in our state will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. Those are startling…
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YESTERYEAR: Owens calls special session on redistricting, growth
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Fifteen Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Gov. Bill Owens had announced a special legislative session to tackle congressional redistricting and urban growth, calling for it to start in a little over two months, on Sept. 20, and already the parties were going to their corners. “The last time we had a special…
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Strode interviews Toni Panetta of Komen Colorado about a study identifing barriers to breast health care
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One out of every seven women in Colorado will develop breast cancer sometime during their lifetime. That compares with a national statistic of one out of every eight women. Although more women are diagnosed with breast cancer in Colorado, fewer are diagnosed with advanced stage disease and fewer women die from the disease compared to…
