Too Important to Ignore: A Week That Deserves Everyone’s Attention
National Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Week is right around the corner, and it’s a great reminder to help raise awareness about previvors and their risk for cancer. Check out our latest press...
View ArticleI Don’t Know How She Does It—Cute but Missing a Key Point
This weekend I saw I Don’t Know How She Does It with a few of my girlfriends. (My husband happily stayed home—he’s the type of guy who tends to shy away from Sarah Jessica Parker movies.) Based on the...
View ArticleCelebrating HBOC Week: Previvors Have Come So Far—But Still Have a Long Way...
In 2010, the U.S House of Representatives declared the last week of September National Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC) Week and the last Wednesday of the month National Previvor Day....
View ArticleNational Previvor Day: Why Most People Won’t Be Celebrating Today
Today is National Previvor Day. This day is so important for the millions of men and women out there who are previvors: People who have no had cancer but have a high risk for developing it. And many of...
View ArticleHope to see you at the National Society of Genetic Counselors Conference
This Friday, I’ll have the honor of speaking in front of nearly 1,000 of genetic counselors at the annual National Society of Genetic Counselors conference in San Diego. My plenary session is entitled...
View ArticleThoughts About the National Society of Genetic Counselors’ Conference
I recently had the honor of speaking at the National Society of Genetic Counselors‘ annual conference in San Diego. Specifically, I participated in a plenary session and shared with 1200 genetic...
View ArticleGuest Blogger from Sharsheret Sheds Some Light for Previvors
Here’s a great blog post from Niecee Schonberger, MS, CGC, Coordinator of the Genetics for Life program at Sharsheret. Thanks Niecee! I met Dina at the annual conference of the National Society of...
View ArticleAngelina Jolie Tells the World She’s a Previvor
As an advocate for previvors and a friend to so many of them, I was beyond thrilled by Angelina Jolie’s announcement yesterday that she, too, is a previvor. Her candidness did so much for high risk...
View ArticleAre You a Breast Cancer Previvor? Here Are 5 Ways to Tell…
With Angelina Jolie’s big announcement and all the media attention surrounding BRCA and preventative mastectomy, maybe you’re wondering if you or someone you love is a previvor (a person who hasn’t had...
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Why Angelina Jolie’s Breast Cancer Risk Shouldn’t Be Big News
The cover story in this week’s issue of People talks about Angelina Jolie’s “Brave Choice.” The magazine might have been talking about her prophylactic mastectomy, but her decision to go public with...
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Exciting News: Zak George’s Dog Training Revolution is Almost Here
So for the past few years, I’ve been working on a new book. This one is completely different than my first book, Previvors. It just so happens to be on one of my favorite subjects: Dogs! I’ve had the...
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