In honor of life, survival and a world with less breast cancer and “More Birthdays,” Kohl’s Department Stores (NYSE: KSS) threw a birthday celebration yesterday at the 2011 American Cancer Society “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” walk on Milwaukee’s lakefront. Decorated with thousands of pink cupcakes, balloons and stacks of presents, the celebration represented the company’s greater commitment to the fight against breast cancer. In 2010, Kohl’s philanthropic program, Kohl’s Cares, announced a nearly $5 million donation over three years to the American Cancer Society’s Midwest Division.
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An unprecedented Veterans Affairs (VA) research program that promises to advance the sophisticated science of genomics goes national today. “The Veterans Affairs Research and Development Program has launched the Million Veteran Program, or MVP—an important partnership between VA and Veterans to learn more about how genes affect health, and thus, transform health care for Veterans and for all Americans,” announced VA Under Secretary for Health Robert A. Petzel, MD.
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Since it launched Choose You in May 2010, the American Cancer Society has motivated more than 75,000 people, most of them women, to put their health at the top of their to-do lists. Choose You raises awareness about the simple actions people can take that can significantly reduce their risk of cancer, and reminds people of the sobering statistic that one in three women will get cancer in her lifetime. The Society urges women to join the movement at ChooseYou.com to help change the odds.
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