October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October 6th, 2009 admin

The month of October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Approximately one in every eight women in the U.S. will develop breast cancer at some point in their life. To help raise awareness about this horrible disease, we’ve put together some


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