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  Breast cancer impacts millions of women each year. Beyond the physical impact of the disease, breast cancer can present a myriad of other hurdles for patients and women who are in remission.In the United States, women have a 1 in 8 chance of developing breast cancer at some point in her...

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• What Is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?

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