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- Busta’s Persons of the Week: Two friends share breast cancer journeys to become cancer free
- Blue Butterflies Gala Brunch supports retreat for women to recharge, renew, reconnect
- For Mina Yates, helping older adults is not a job, it’s her calling
- Giveaway addresses the need for proper-fitting attire for female student-athletes
- Walking is good for the H.E.A.R.R.T.
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist breaks ground on new care tower
Sept. 25 is International Ataxia Awareness Day and a local single mother of four is doing her part to raise awareness and help find a cure for the rare disease which affects one’s ability to walk, speak and swallow, and that her son Daemond has been battling for the past five years.
Walk With A Doc, the AARP initiative to encourage seniors to walk for health, chose the perfect summer morning to kick off their new program. On Saturday, Aug. 13, over two dozen people gathered at the Newell-Massey Greenway on Waterworks Road to walk and talk with Dr. Elijah Beaty, who is in the Department of Cardiology at Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Health.
As if battling stage 4 breast cancer isn’t stressful enough, imagine having the cancer surgically removed from your body and being told you are cancer free, only to learn you were misdiagnosed a few weeks later. That is the reality for Winston-Salem native Taneisha Gist, who thought she was cancer free, then was told that there were still cancerous cells in her body – not once, but twice.
Humana to host grand opening of its new Neighborhood Center on June 16
SummerLark fundraiser for Comprehensive Cancer Center to feature musician Aloe Blacc
Pharmacy tech volunteer shares kindness with those in need
Two-time stroke survivor shares her story for Stroke Month
