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RICHMOND, Va. (Radio One KISS fm): Join the American Cancer Society for their 3rd annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer – Pink Ribbon Tea, Sunday, April 27 from 3-6pm at the Westin Hotel, 6631 West Broad Street. It’s an afternoon to celebrate the lives of Breast cancer Survivors and remember those who have lost the […]

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Richmond Public Schools “Back to School Hotline” through September 5, 7:30am-4:30pm, 804-319-3123. Future Events: Walk To Cure Diabetes, Sunday, September 16, registration 12:30pm, 5K Walk 2pm, Byrd Park – Dogwood Dell Circle, 600 South Boulevard, 804-254-8014, www2.jdrf.org.  American Cancer Society “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K Walk”, Sunday, October 21, 12:30pm, Kanawha Plaza, 9th & Canal […]

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  Down Home Family Reunion, Saturday, August 18, 4-11pm, Abner Clay Park, Downtown, Historic Jackson Ward, Belvidere & West Leigh Streets, features Parliament – Funkadelic – Original P, African Drummers & Dancers, Music & Oral Tradition  with the Elegba Folklore Society, Kenya Safari Acrobats, Free, www.efsinc.org or 804- 644-3900. Old Instruments for Young Hands Concert, […]

Ladies we take care of our homes, cars, family and others better than we take care of ourselves. Ladies we must put our health first. If you are 40 years of age and older have you scheduled your mammogram yet? Today is the day to schedule your breast screening. The Breast Imaging Division of the […]

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Radio One Richmond would like to send a very special thank you to all of the women who stopped by our Digital Mobile Mammography this week as we strengthen our friends and family’s support system for all things health and fitness in 2012. As just one phase of Miss Community Clovia’s “Community Compassion” series, we […]

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and there are events through out the Richmond, Tr-Cities. For more information visit these websites. National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, www.nbcam.org; The American Cancer Society’s Strides Against Breast Cancer, wwww.cancer.org and The Suzan G. Komen For The Cure, www.komencentralva.org.

Cynthia Keppel, Ph.D is Scientific and Technical Director at the Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute in Hampton, Virginia. Dr. Keppel is a nuclear physicist, internationally known for her work with protons and neutrons, research and the different imaging techniques used to detect breast cancer. For breast cancer patients her research is good news for more […]

For Immediate Release 12,000 RICHMOND AREA RESIDENTS RAISED OVER $400,000 TO HELP MAKE STRIDES TO END BREAST CANCER RICHMOND, Va. (October 2, 2011) – Today, the American Cancer Society announced that more than $400,000 was raised at its Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K event on Oct. 2 at Brown’s Island. More than 12,000 dedicated […]