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That time I thought I was going to die!
January is not only the beginning of a new year, but it’s also cervical cancer awareness month! Most people still don’t know what cervical cancer is, that the main culprit is the human papillomavirus (HPV), and that there is a vaccine!
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New York Pap Rally and Run for Cervical Cancer!
Did you know that every year over 12,000 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer and that over 4,000 women will die from this preventable disease? Or that in the United States, Hispanic women are the most likely to be diagnosed with cervical cancer?
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Save the date FREE Pap Screens in New York City!
I am so happy to announce that on Saturday, May 18, 2013, Tamika & Friends, Inc., New York Chapter, in collaboration with New York Presbyterian Hospital will be providing FREE pap screens to anyone in need.
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January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
Imagine never being able to have a child not because you choose to, but because you were diagnosed with an advance cancer and need a hysterectomy. Or being happily married for some time and on a routine appointment with your gynecologist, find out you have cancer – caused by a sexually transmitted infection. Or how about needing to cut costs to make ends meet, so you cut your health insurance. Only to find out five years later when you finally go to see your gynecologist than you have cancer. These are the real life stories of women that were diagnosed with cervical cancer, women just like me and you, whose lives were…