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Showing posts with label cancer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cancer. Show all posts
Thursday, July 2, 2026

UW Med: HPV causes nearly all cervical cancer. Vaccination and screening can prevent disease and save lives

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Cervical cancer is one of the few cancers that can often be prevented. Yet thousands of people are diagnosed each year with the disease, whi...
Saturday, October 18, 2025

Attorney General’s Office celebrates historic milestone in Hanford nuclear cleanup

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Nuclear waste storage tank under construction in 1944 Department of Ecology It took a long time to get here, yet it’s just the beginning of ...
Wednesday, October 1, 2025

LFP Police Pink Patch project raising money for Cancer Lifeline

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LFP Police selling Pink Patches to raise money for Cancer Lifeline Photo courtesy LFP Police The Lake Forest Park Police Department is proud...
Saturday, August 9, 2025

Run of Hope at Seward Park to raise money for cancer research at Seattle Children's

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The 17th annual Run of Hope Seattle offers a 5K Run, 3K Walk, Kids Dash (for kids 8 and under) and, if you can't make it in person, a Vi...
Thursday, October 10, 2024

Shorewood cheerleaders participated in Seattle Walk to End Colon Cancer

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Shorewood Cheer at the Walk to End Colon Cancer This past Saturday, October 5, 2024 the Shorewood Cheerleaders proudly participated in the S...

LFP Police selling pink patches and coins to raise money for breast cancer research

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the Lake Forest Park Police Department is proud to participate in the Pink Patch Project along...
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Monday, August 26, 2024

Pink Polka Dots Junior Guild thank the community for supporting their lemonade stand

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Pink Polka Dots lemonade stand on the Burke Gilman Trail The Seattle Children’s Pink Polka Dots Junior Guild would like to thank the communi...
Monday, July 29, 2024

Everett-based Providence Comprehensive Breast Center launches free, personalized cancer screening and Early Detection Program

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Image courtesy Providence Everett-based Providence Comprehensive Breast Center is the first program in Providence’s seven-state health syste...
Friday, July 26, 2024

Swim Across America beach sale and auction August 4, 2024

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A team of swimmers, including at least one from Shoreline, will be participating in an annual event for Swim Across America to raise money f...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2024

UW Med: Black men should start prostate cancer screening earlier

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Yaw Nyame, MD, UW Med A study published in the journal NEJM Evidence recommends that Black men start talking with their doctors about prost...
Monday, March 11, 2024

Shoreline Fire Team completes the Columbia Tower Stairclimb and raises over $12 thousand for LLS cancer society

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The Shoreline Fire team Photo courtesy Shoreline Fire With a goal of raising $3 million for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), 2,000...
Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Ecology seeks public comment on disposal of PFAS firefighting foam

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Firefighters using foam as a fire suppressant Photo courtesy Department of Ecology OLYMPIA – PFAS-containing foam – known as aqueous film-fo...
Saturday, December 30, 2023

UW Med: Cord blood transplant saved woman from rare cancer

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Alexes Harris undergoes a cord-blood transplant at UW Medical Center-Montlake in September 2016. Photo by Hedwig Lee Alexes Harris’ spin cla...
Thursday, October 26, 2023

Pink Patch Project

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LFP Police have been collecting donations and selling pink patches and coins all month to raise funds for breast cancer research.  Stop by t...
Friday, October 20, 2023

The Ladies of the Phoenix Theatre create their own calendar as a fundraiser

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The calendar is for sale as a fundraiser for the theatre and the leukemia society Calendar Girls tells the inspiring true story of a group ...
Saturday, September 23, 2023

First Lady Jill Biden visits Seattle to meet with Fred Hutch staff

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Dr. Jill Biden in Seattle this week First Lady Jill Biden visited the Northwest this week. Biden spent Thursday and Friday in the Seattle ar...
Sunday, September 17, 2023

Seattle walks loud to end colon cancer

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Marking its second year walking loud in Seattle, the Colorectal Cancer Alliance is hosting the annual Seattle Walk to End Colon Cancer on Sa...
Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Pink Polka Dots Junior Guild lemonade stand raises $600 for cancer research

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Dr. Jim Olson stopped by the PPD lemonade stand on his bike ride to thank the girls for their fundraising efforts that support the research ...
Tuesday, July 25, 2023

UW Med: Study of psilocybin with group therapy for patients with metastatic cancer

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Psilocybin mushrooms photo courtesy GoodRx Recruitment has begun for a small study of whether psilocybin, in the setting of group psychother...
Saturday, October 22, 2022

Pink Polka Dots (PPD) Junior Guild celebrates reaching $1 million fundraising goal

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 Pink Polka Dots Founding members with Dr. Olson On September 24, 2022 the Pink Polka Dots Junior Guild (PPD) of Seattle Children’s Hospita...