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Valley-Mount Sinai Offers Breakthrough Breast Cancer Treatment Valley-Mount Sinai Offers Breakthrough Breast Cancer Treatment Valley-Mount Sinai Offers Breakthrough Breast Cancer Treatment
Valley-Mount Sinai Offers Breakthrough Breast Cancer Treatment RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Physicians at Valley-Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Care have begun offering area women with early-stage breast cancer a breakthrough treatment. The innovative procedure delivers an entire course of radiation therapy to the patient in the operating room following a lumpectomy, thereby eliminating the need for what is typically weeks of post-surgery radiation. For patients this means shorter treatment times, fewer side effects, reduced costs, added convenience and an improved quality of life. The procedure also limits radiation exposure to the heart. Candidates for breas…

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Tarrytown-SleepyHollow, NY
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Sleepy Hollow Singer Puts Life Experiences To Music Sleepy Hollow Singer Puts Life Experiences To Music Sleepy Hollow Singer Puts Life Experiences To Music
Sleepy Hollow Singer Puts Life Experiences To Music She's only 23 but in a way, she's lived a lot of lives. Now, Bianca Muñiz is taking those experiences and putting them to music: The Sleepy Hollow resident -- and two-time cancer survivor -- has her first full-length album, "For You" set to debut in summer, 2018.  It's dedicated to her longtime friend, Miles Applebaum, who she met at Lagond Music School in Elmsford when they were 15-years-old, and who passed away in 2014. She credits Applebaum, in fact, for turning her onto different kinds of music, many of which can be heard in her recent works. Her style is described as “Avant…

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by James Miranda
White Plains, NY
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Breast Surgeon Alice Police, Cancer 'Game-Changer,' Joins Northwell Health Breast Surgeon Alice Police, Cancer 'Game-Changer,' Joins Northwell Health Breast Surgeon Alice Police, Cancer 'Game-Changer,' Joins Northwell Health
Breast Surgeon Alice Police, Cancer 'Game-Changer,' Joins Northwell Health Renowned breast surgeon Alice M. Police, MD, FACS, has joined the Northwell Health Cancer Institute as regional director of breast surgery in Westchester County.  Widely recognized as a "game-changer" in the surgical treatment of breast cancer, Dr. Police is now accepting patients at the Northwell Health Cancer Institute at Phelps Hospital in Sleepy Hollow and The Breast Institute at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, further strengthening the comprehensive teams of medical, surgical and radiation oncologists at both facilities. Based on her patients’ needs, Dr. Police …

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by Jon Craig
Scarsdale, NY
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Two Moms, One Mission: Scarsdale Boutique Is All About Offering 'More' Two Moms, One Mission: Scarsdale Boutique Is All About Offering 'More' Two Moms, One Mission: Scarsdale Boutique Is All About Offering 'More'
Two Moms, One Mission: Scarsdale Boutique Is All About Offering 'More' Abbey Solomon and Marcy Berman-Goldstein don't care if you come to their shop just to chat or window shop. What they want, is for you to feel good. I Am More Scarsdale, their new Scarsdale boutique, is all about female empowerment and knowledge. It's also, of course, about enjoying fabulous clothes and accessories. The store, which opened in mid-October 2017, is built around the concept of "I am more." To that end, the two women -- the "am" comes from their first initials --  do more than offer great merchandise. They also offer in-store events; their first was on breast…

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by Jeanne Muchnick