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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

A pink Breast Cancer ribbon is displayed in Alice Rae in Tucson, Ariz.

Breast cancer recovery takes a toll

Sara Harelson March 30, 2018

One in eight. According to the American Cancer Society, one in every eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer.  This statistic increases based on race, higher age and a family...

Dr. Zain Khalpey, cardiac surgeon and director of the Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program at the University of Arizona, conducts research in his lab using a pig heart.

Heart disease more deadly than breast cancer, receives less funding

ACrandall-Correll October 30, 2014

While one in 31 American women dies every year from breast cancer, one in three dies of heart disease. Yet heart disease and the organizations that raise money for it take a backseat when it comes to...

“Pink Day” at the Tucson Rodeo

Alyssa DeMember March 7, 2014

Visitors and staff wear pink at the Tucson Rodeo on Sunday, Feb. 16 to support breast cancer research and awareness.

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