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By DEVORAH VESTER

As a breast cancer survivor, patient advocate for the flat community, and board member of the nonprofit Not Putting on a Shirt, I urge women to know their personalized risk of breast cancer, get screened regularly and become informed.Full and fair...

By AMALIA WOMPA

BOSTON — Two Greenfield residents will take to the Boston Marathon route on Sunday, Oct. 6, as part of a fundraiser for a cause that hits close to home for them and millions of other Americans.For 35 years, the Jimmy Fund Walk has raised money to...

By CHIP AINSWORTH

Eight years ago, my PSA (prostate-specific antigen) level nearly doubled from 3.9 to 7.2. Fear makes us accept or deny, to act or do nothing, and months passed until I scheduled an office visit at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

GREENFIELD — Twenty-three years ago, Janet Seredejko’s aunt Marilyn O’Brien started a team to participate in the annual Relay For Life of Franklin County. Though O’Brien has since died from cancer, her family has continued the team, called the Johnson...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — If you see groups of bikers on the road anywhere between Deerfield and Northfield on Saturday morning, they are likely one of hundreds of people riding in the fifth annual Bikes Fight Cancer fundraiser.Kicking off at Tree House...

By TINKY WEISBLAT

Astrid Lindstrom shares the joys and the travails of caregiving for a loved one with cancer in “Cecelia.” Lindstrom will talk about her book on Friday, May 17, at 5:30 p.m. at Cancer Connection in Northampton.Cecelia is subtitled “A Memoir of Lesbian...

By ABNER ROJAS

SOUTH DEERFIELD — As Relay For Life of Franklin County gears up for another year of raising money for the American Cancer Society’s life-saving cancer research and programs, organizers are planning a kick-off event on Saturday, Feb. 17, at 10 a.m.The...

By DOMENIC POLI

An event centered around cancer carries the potential to be a solemn occasion. But the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk can be described as an uplifting and inspiring experience. That’s one reason volunteers keep coming back year after year.Four of...

By MADDIE FABIAN

AMHERST — Medication used to halt the growth of cancer cells might one day become an effective treatment for Lyme disease, according to a new study led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst team at the New England Regional Center of Vector-Borne...

By STEVE PFARRER

Story slams have become all the rage in the last couple of decades, an outgrowth of poetry slams in which competitors tell real-life tales instead of reciting verse. The topics vary, but the goal is the same: tell short, engaging and truthful...

By MARY BYRNE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — In anticipation of this year’s fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, Relay For Life of Franklin County is hosting its annual kickoff event at the Polish American Club.“We want everyone to come,” commented Relay For Life...