JUNE 2007
Lisa Thomas-Laury at the 2007 Camden County Women's Health Conference
Having been diagnosed with POEMS syndrome in 2002, she recounted watching the symptoms mount and the months of treatment that soon followed. We are proud to relay her inspiring story of hope and survival which she shared at the Camden County Women’s Health Conference.
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Barbara Anglosi’s implanted heart device and defibrillator works so well she doesn’t even notice when it activates. Now she can do all of her daily activities with ease again. The CRT defibrillator device has responded to her cardiac episodes without her ever realizing. (MORE)
 
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Cooper Cancer Patients Paddle Toward Goals
Female cancer patients and survivors have joined with South Jersey’s dragon boat racing team, The River Sirens, to train and race in competitions throughout the region. (MORE)


When you were a child, nothing beat a glass of ice-cold milk to wash down homemade cookies. But as an adult, you may have moved away from milk, even though it is one of the best sources of calcium you can find. (MORE)
Men with increased body mass index, or BMI, were significantly more likely to be infertile than normal-weight men, according to a report in the journal Epidemiology(MORE)


Here’s a delicious variation, replacing cream with some “unlikely” ingredients — yogurt, apricot preserves and mustard. (MORE)
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