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Reconstruction Post-Breast Cancer Surgery Is Not a Given, Anymore Sabrina Emms In 2016, Kim Bowles, then 35 years old and a mother of two, was facing the loss of both breasts due to cancer. Going into the surgery Bowles told her doctor she did not want breast reconstruction, instead to leave her chest flat. Her decision, clearly communicated to her surgeon, was not honored.  “I brought photos, I brought a witness, I did everything I could to protect my choice,” said Ms. Bow...

I began to write this essay in January 2020, what feels like years ago. The issues I wanted to raise are no longer even partly hidden. The effects of racism on the body, especially the black body, are in plain sight. Most of these problems have been there for centuries, but are now called pandemics. Pandemics of murder, of disease and of social inequality. In the face of new waves of deaths, including those that precipitated the Black Lives Matter movement, the world is reawakening to the power...

Not anymore. Earlier this month, the clinic — with offices in Doylestown and Langhorne — severed its county agreement, alerting the Bucks County Drug and Alcohol Commission Jan. 14 that it would no longer accept residents funded by the county. "This year we’ve had plenty of setbacks; you couldn’t have chosen a worse time to do something like this," said current patient Rachael Jones, 33, who credits Aldie and the county funding that paid for her treatment for her seven years of succ...

A Bensalem man will spend up to 14 years in state prison for causing a crash that killed a father of four last year. On Wednesday, more than a dozen friends and family members gathered to honor Ron "Ronnie" Swanson, who was killed when Cooper Finley, 32, crashed head-on into his vehicle in Bensalem in March. Finley was sentenced to six to 14 years in prison, followed by seven years of probation. Family members recalled "Coach Ronnie," as a man who would do anything for anyone, and had a great ...

WYSO In this conversation from The Race Project, Cate Brinnon and Gyamfi Gyamerah talk about parenting, privilege and science. Cate Brinnon: My name is Cate Brinnon. I am a white cis female. Im a mother of two. I am a teacher, having taught at university level now teaching yoga. Im a business owner. Gyamfi Gyamerah: My name is Gyamfi Gyamerah, and Im an African-American first generation. My father was from Ghana and my mother is from Columbus, Ohio. [Im the]father of three grown adult young men...

MARION CALLAHAN Bucks County Courier Times, via AP Michele Haddon/Bucks County Courier Times via AP Maureen McGuire, left, and Megan Cohen, walk along Kensington Avenue, under the lights of the El tracks in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. PHILADELPHIA — Under the weight of a soaked blanket, Megan Cohen inched her way, on foot, along a stretch of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia, the rain beating against her frail body. She wasn’t looking to be saved. �...

Catch-up on the weekend news: Democrats move to impeach President Trump. The president seeks to replace his Twitter platform.

Strangers helped Megan Cohen find her way out of addiction. Now the Bucks County woman is reaching out to others in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood, where she wallowed in her addiction.

Former opioid addict gives back through random acts of kindness WPVI Replay Video UP NEXT It took many twists and turns for Megan Cohen to find the grace she needed to bring her life back from the brink. "Ive been in over 70 treatment centers. Ive been homeless in different states," she said. Cohen says nothing compares to the time she spent homeless on the streets of Kensington, Philadelphia. "Theres trash everywhere, theres people everywhere, like, I was sleeping in abandoned...

Under the weight of a soaked blanket, Megan Cohen inched her way, on foot, along a stretch of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia, the rain beating against her frail body.