by Woody Weingarten | Oct 7, 2015 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
Why best-selling book writer Jackie Collins kept her breast cancer a secret for yearsBest-selling steamy-book author Jackie Collins may have given away one of her best stories.Or, at least, one of her longest held secrets.Only days before she died last month, Collins...
by Woody Weingarten | Oct 6, 2015 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
TV anchor’s marriage survives breast cancer, mastectomy, ‘hurtful’ People mag headlineAmy Robach, Andrew Shue at BreastCancer Research Foundation gala.Statistically speaking, nine out of every 10 relationships will survive breast cancer,...
by Woody Weingarten | Oct 1, 2015 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
‘Rollercoaster’ author to speak at Novato men’s breakfast club about being a male caregiverWoody WeingartenI, Woody Weingarten, have been running a weekly men’s support group — Marin Man to Man — for 20 years. It’s mainly...
by Woody Weingarten | Sep 26, 2015 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
Author, now fighting breast cancer, urges Jews with gene mutation to get mastectomyElizabeth WurzelAuthor-journalist Elizabeth Wurzel can’t understand “why anyone with the BRCA mutation…would not opt for a prophylactic mastectomy.”The...
by Woody Weingarten | Sep 20, 2015 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
13th annual Zero Breast Cancer fundraising hike up Dipsea steps set for Sept. 26 The 13th annual Dipsea Hike fundraiser for Zero Breast Cancer, a Marin County-based nonprofit, has been scheduled for Sept. 26.Registration starts at 8 a.m.,...