Tag: American Cancer Society
Ocean State Job Lot, RIDOH, ACS partner for employee cancer screenings
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Ocean State Job Lot, a leading discount closeout retailer headquartered in Rhode Island with stores throughout New England, New Jersey and...
Southcoast Health offers free breast exams during October
NEW BEDFORD – Southcoast Health is offering free mammograms for uninsured individuals during the month of October in recognition of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Screenings are...
R.I. ACS CAN: State falls far short of cancer prevention goals
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island increased its Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program spending slightly this year by $12,000 to $387,000, continuing a moral cancer-prevention dilemma,...
CVS Health, American Cancer Society team to raise $10M for cancer...
WOONSOCKET — CVS Health Corp. has committed to helping the American Cancer Society raise $10 million over the next three years through customer donations...
Alex and Ani raises $1M for American Cancer Society through jewelry...
CRANSTON - Alex and Ani LLC has raised more than $1 million in donations to date for the American Cancer Society through its “Charity...
Shekarchi bill would ensure mastectomy patients have insurance coverage for all...
PROVIDENCE – House Majority Leader K. Joseph Shekarchi’s first order of business for the new legislative session is a bill he introduced at the...
Five Questions With: Robert Dulski
Robert Dulski is the government relations director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network in Rhode Island. ACS CAN is the nonprofit, nonpartisan...
URI engineering professor tackles heart disease with nanotechnology
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – University of Rhode Island chemical engineering assistant professor Daniel Roxbury is among a team using nanotechnology to better understand obesity-induced diseases,...
Miriam Hospital researchers studying text messages as smoking cessation tool
PROVIDENCE – The Miriam Hospital has partnered with Live Inspired to offer a texting-based smoking cessation program, “TEXTMYQUIT,” this month, coinciding with the American...
Southcoast Health, Children’s Treehouse offer emotional-support training through CLIMB program
FAIRHAVEN – Southcoast Health and Children’s Treehouse Foundation are teaming up to train local health care and community leaders how to provide emotional support...