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(www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659 http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659 http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/34642/mammograms Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:04:00 -0400 Cancer Vixen Do I have to BEG?My oncologist, Dr. Paula Klein, and Nurse Practioner Mary Ann Guiliano were really happy about the Free Mammograms screening.   I was so grateful to have the opportunity and the ability to start the CANCER VIXEN FUNd which benefits uninsured women, as you know, I was one of 47 million uninsured when I was diagnosed with breast cancer.BUT I WAS A LITTLE UPSET...Maybe it was record-breaking heatwave here in... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/34642/mammograms http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/34645/spalapalooza Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:12:00 -0400 Cancer Vixen Here's what the New York Post Page Six wrote about it: It was a bash for breasts, but all eyes were focused below the belt on the blue-polished big toenails (with hand-painted yellow scorpions) of Silvano Marchetto. At the Cancer Vixen Spalapalooza! benefit for the Breast Clinic at St. Vincent's Hospital for uninsured women, the restaurateur showed off his toenails painted by the Cancer Vixen herself, cartoonist Marisa Acocella Marchetto. Steve... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/34645/spalapalooza http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/33834/mammogram-st Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:34:00 -0400 Cancer Vixen Melvina Bardwell runs the show here at the Breast Center. Right now, we're in the hallway at St. Vincent's because all the rooms are filled with women getting their free mammograms.   Due to POPULAR DEMAND, the Cancer Vixen Fund and St. Vincent's are EXTENDING the free screening event for another week!!!   We won't turn anyone away, but you have to meet the criteria for getting a free mammogram. Melvina is here to explain the... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/33834/mammogram-st http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/33841/mammogram Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:26:00 -0400 Cancer Vixen Roy is the first face people see when they walk into St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center for a free mammogram!! He has been working at St. Vincent's for NINE YEARS -- since they opened in 1999 -- and is the Head of Security. Roy is SUCH A JOY, and he makes everyone smile... even before they get their boobs squished!!     http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/33841/mammogram http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/33575/mammogram Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:21:00 -0400 Cancer Vixen More LIVE vlogging... And I'm here with Joomi Lim! She's a fabulous jewelry designer, and she just had her free mammogram at St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center in New York today!!! Joomi agreed to be interviewed on VIDEO, and I got her to talk about why she came for her mammogram -- and whether IT HURT!!!!!!   Here's Joomi discussing her mammogram on video...  uncut, unedited and unscripted!... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/33575/mammogram http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/33569/mammograms Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:45:00 -0400 Cancer Vixen I'm back and I'm vlogging LIVE today from St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center in New York City, where the CANCER VIXEN FUNd is sponsoring a free mammogram screening event for uninsured women. As we speak, the third free mammogram of the day is going on in a mammography suite close by. We're in this side office shooting a VIDEO introduction for the event, because the waiting room was packed, and all the suites were... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/33569/mammograms http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/33532/mammograms Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:06:00 -0400 Cancer Vixen We're here blogging live (with VIDEOS! and PHOTOS!) from the CANCER VIXEN FUNd FREE MAMMOGRAM Screening at St. Vincent's in New York. This is Mary Mooney, she does PR at St Vincent's, and she will be showing... Grace Dos Santos, CANCER VIXEN FUNd Co-Chair, and me, Marisa Acocella Marchetto, CANCER VIXEN FUNd Founder, how to use ...this Flip Video, because I am a Vidiot when it comes to anything tech-ish!   Here is the... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/33532/mammograms http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/33082/mammograms Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:43:00 -0400 Cancer Vixen FREE MAMMOGRAMS! We busted our butts raising the money to save your boobs. So don't be a boob and skip it.      If you are 40 years old or older, or if you have a family history of breast cancer and are 35 and older and you are uninsured, I am asking you to come to the FREE MAMMOGRAM SCREENING on JULY 11.   ST. VINCENT'S COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER 325 WEST 15TH STREET (between 8th and 9th Ave)   CALL AND... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/33082/mammograms http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/31745/spalapalooza Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:01:00 -0400 Cancer Vixen A call to action from Cancer Vixen herself!! Going to be in New York City on Wednesday night? Head to the Cancer Vixen Spalapalooza: A glamorizing, good karma-flying, fabulous cancer-kicking FUNdraiser for Saint VIncent Catholic Medical Centers to provide breast care and well-being for the uninsured and underinsured.  Hosted by ROBERT VERDI  Chic Cocktails on the Roof top of the CORNELIA DAY RESORT  663 Fifth Avenue, 8th... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/31745/spalapalooza http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/24687/pink-gala Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:31:00 -0400 Cancer Vixen  So, what's hotter than "The Hottest Pink Party Ever"?  Raising 4.5 million dollars in one single evening for breast cancer research! That's hotter! Wanna know what's even hotter? The Breast Cancer Research Foundation is nearing the 1/4 of a billion dollar mark in total monies raised. Their goal: a cure in our lifetime. Amen, Vixens! And now, dearest Vixens, I leave you with what else? The Goody... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/26659/24687/pink-gala