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Cold caps allow Krystal Galindo to keep hair

Krystal and Josh Galindo didn’t want their kids to worry or try to comprehend her breast cancer diagnosis. That led the couple to cold caps that preserve hair during treatment. Krystal finished her last treatment on Aug. 11 with a full head of hair.

Missed mammogram turns into cancer diagnosis

COVID-19 altered the plans for Deborah Klink, and she missed her annual mammogram in 2020. Fortunately, her breast cancer diagnosis was still caught early enough even though her mammogram was delayed.

Not much is known how kurapia performs in desert climate

Kurapia has worked well in covering highway and freeway shoulders, rooftops, public utility areas, commercial properties and solar farm landscapes. But not much is known how it performs in a desert climate.

Cryptocurrency: How does it work, and is it safe?

As of Monday morning, Bitcoin’s value sits at $47,794, up approximately 20% since last week, according to Reuters. For perspective, in 2010, a single Bitcoin was worth only 8 cents in USD, Investopedia writes.

Las Vegas woman healthy after cancer treatment with CyberKnife

Ten years ago, Maura Bivens became one of the first women in Southern Nevada to be treated with the CyberKnife. The treatment was for triple-negative breast cancer that had metastasized to her lungs. But today, the 51-year-old is healthy.

New mother part of local clinical trial

Kristen Louis was nine weeks pregnant at the time her breast cancer was diagnosed. After three lumpectomies that led eventually to a mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation, she is part of the NATALEE phase III clinical trial.

Survivor finds support after cancer returns

Melinda Christoforo first learned she had breast cancer in 2008 after undergoing a routine mammogram examination and had a mastectomy to reduce any chance of cancer returning. In 2014, she learned the devastating prognosis that her cancer had returned and had now spread to her lungs.