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2023.
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"From former White House aide to President Obama and Harvard graduate, Alejandra Campoverdi, comes a riveting and unflinching memoir on navigating social mobility as a first gen Latina, offering a broad examination of the unacknowledged emotional tolls of being a trailblazer. To be a First and Only in America is a delicate balancing act of surviving where you come from while acting like you belong where you're going. Alejandra Campoverdi has been...
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"One woman's brave journey to take action against her genetic predisposition to cancer. After a routine pap smear in 2009, Angela Schmidt Fishbaugh discovered that she had tested positive for BRCA1, a genetic trait that predisposed her to breast and ovarian cancer. After her initial shock-and subsequent to consulting with medical professionals, friends, and family-the proactive mother and teacher embarked on a mission to nip the issue at the bud....
3) Positive results: making the best decisions when you're at high risk for breast or ovarian cancer
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Discovering you are at risk allows you to make informed choices about lifestyle and medical interventions. But genetic information may still leave individuals overwhelmed by anxiety and fear. Learn about women who are coming to grips with the information of their genetic and medical tests.
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"Would you cut out your healthy breasts and ovaries if you thought it might save your life? That's not a theoretical question for journalist Lizzie Stark's relatives, who grapple with the horrific legacy of cancer built into the family DNA. It is a BRCA mutation that has robbed most of her female relatives of breasts, ovaries, peace of mind, or life itself. In Pandora's DNA, Stark uses her family's experience to frame a larger story about the so-called...
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[1997]
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English
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(Producer) This video, narrated by ABC News correspondent, Cokie Roberts, presents a balanced view of genetic testing, and neither recommends nor discourages its use. The video will help answer women's questions about the complex and profound issues of genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancers, including how it is done, what the results mean, and what effects the results may have on them and their families. Women want and need to know more...
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