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Tamoxifen: Are docs changing to 10 years?

3:03 PM, May 17, 2013

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- We checked with local oncologists to see if they're making any changes in light of the study on Tamoxifen, which recommends a 10-year plan instead of the typical 5-year plan. 

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About Buddy Check 12

Everyone knows if you detect breast cancer early, your odds of beating it are better than 90 percent so it makes sense to do self exams. Over a decade ago, First Coast News' Jeannie Blaylock partnered with Baptist Health to create Buddy Check 12 -- designed to promote monthly breast self-examinations and to educate women on the importance of early detection. Watch Jeannie's Buddy Check 12 reports every 12th of the month on First Coast News and remind a buddy to self-check for breast cancer.

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Call (904)202-CARE to our partner, Baptist Health, and we'll mail you the Buddy Check 12 kits with stickers for free.

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Researchers suggest aspirin slows breast cancer

2:47 PM, May 11, 2013

We're learning more about the possible health benefits of a drug that's likely in your medicine cabinet. 

Get movin' to lower your risk of breast cancer

2:00 PM, May 11, 2013

Studies have shown that physical activity can reduce a woman's risk of breast cancer. 

Come snap your pic at new Buddy Check Photo Booth

7:10 PM, May 7, 2013

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Come have your fun picture taken at the new Buddy Check Photo Booth! It's a higher tech version of the photo booths we grew up laughing in and posing with our friends. It's easy to use. You can also get a free refrigerator magnet photo frame.

Buddy Check 12: No more trash bags in the shower!

6:53 PM, Apr 12, 2013

Lisa Crites, a former TV health reporter in Florida, said the day she had to shower in a trash bag after breast cancer surgery was "degrading."  So she's invented something to help other women.

Baptist Health, NFL to offer free mammograms

6:29 PM, Apr 12, 2013

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- First Coast News Buddy Check partner Baptist Health has received a grant from the NFL's "Crucial Catch" program to offer free mammograms.

Not her, not a doc - who found her cancer?

10:43 PM, Mar 12, 2013

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- We encourage women to check. We tell people over and over to get their mammograms and also doctors' checks. All that's important. But that's not how Jacksonville attorney Barbara Cocciolo found her breast cancer.

Fleming Island High joins Buddy Check

8:51 PM, Mar 12, 2013

FLEMING ISLAND, Fla. -- Give her an A+. A student at Fleming Island High is our Buddy Check reporter for a special look at high school teachers and senior women tackling breast cancer.

Miss Rock rocks, students say, on Buddy Check 12 day

9:27 PM, Feb 12, 2013

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- She's a true success.  Peppy, compassionate, loyal to teaching, a mom, a wife and now a Buddy Check 12 success story! Katrina Rock at Bayview Elementary did her check on the 12 and caught her own breast cancer.

Cancer fundraiser finds herself fighting, again

2:33 PM, Feb 4, 2013

When Barb Nelson dove in as a volunteer last fall for Austin's annual "Paint the Town Pink" fundraiser, she could never have predicted how relevant the event would be when it finally rolled around.

Getting a mammogram? Ask for both 2D and 3D screenings

11:08 AM, Jan 16, 2013

New research in the Journal of Radiology says that patients should ask for both 2D and 3D mammogram screenings to increase the possibility of detection.

Buddy Check 12 now available in Braille, large print for free

7:00 PM, Dec 13, 2012

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Buddy Check 12 kits are now available for free in Braille, large print and electronic versions. So if you're visually impaired or you have an aunt, say in New York, who's elderly and can't see small print any more, you can give her the life-saving kit.

Buddy Check 12: Feeling pretty during chemo

4:09 PM, Dec 13, 2012

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- "Hooray!" for feeling pretty during chemo! We love your wig, Cherie! Cherie is our new Buddy Check 12 success story.

Buddy Check 12: From an olive to an egg

5:10 PM, Nov 13, 2012

We were pioneers in talking about breast self exams.

Women get free mammograms on Make a Difference Day

8:57 PM, Oct 27, 2012

On Saturday, volunteers with Baptist Health and First Coast News teamed up with 15 local churches to help save lives through teaching about Buddy Check and getting registering women who qualify for free mammograms. It's all part of Ladies Breast Health Awareness Day.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE: Ladies Breast Health Awareness Day on Saturday, October 27th

5:57 PM, Oct 26, 2012

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The chance of beating breast cancer increases significantly if caught early. Early breast cancer usually causes no pain and may cause no symptoms at all.

Donna Deegan: How Buddy Check 12 saved me

10:35 PM, Oct 16, 2012

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Want a behind the scenes look at First Coast News? Here's a glance at 20 years ago to our breast cancer efforts.

A happy Buddy Check Nexus 7 winner

4:12 PM, Oct 16, 2012

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Julie Foster stopped by FCN to pick up her new Nexus tablet today and has already written us a thank you note for it. Thank you Julie!

Buddy Check 12: Show us your pink

12:24 PM, Oct 12, 2012

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- It's Buddy Check 12 day. If you're wearing pink upload a photo to our Facebook page or here on firstcoastnews.com.

Pink Ribbon Symposium marks five years

8:51 PM, Oct 6, 2012

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Pink balloons and pink banners littered the ballrooms on the second floor at Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Saturday for the Pink Ribbon Symposium. 

Two young breast cancer survivors help others who are young

11:56 AM, Oct 3, 2012

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Cindy Chaconas of St. Augustine Beach remembers when she was diagnosed with breast cancer just a few years ago.

Buddy Check 20th anniversary events

12:14 PM, Sep 27, 2012

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Buddy Check 12 is celebrating 20 years of saving lives through early breast cancer detection via monthly breast self-examinations.

Ta-Ta Cha-Cha celebrates 20 years of Buddy Check 12

7:54 PM, Sep 21, 2012

Hats off to Florida Blue employees who did the Ta-Ta Cha-Cha. We  even had guests join us and women in their work clothes dancing in high heels.

Aimee Copeland gets new high-tech hands

In a major milestone, Aimee Copeland, the Georgia graduate student who contracted flesh-eating bacteria after a zip-lining accident, is learning to use two state-of-the art prosthetic hands.

10:27 PM, May 17, 2013

Clay County boy killed in tragic electric reclining chair accident

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. -- A 4-year-old in Clay County died Thursday in a tragic accident.

10:30 PM, May 17, 2013

Is there a secret formula to winning the lottery?

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Many successful companies have them: secret formulas to their success. So does the lottery have a secret formula too?

10:16 PM, May 17, 2013

Former Jacksonville pastor pleads guilty to molestation charges

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A former pastor at Christ's Church on Greenland Road has pleaded guilty to three counts of lewd and lascivious molestation on a victim older than 12 but younger than 16.

11:00 PM, May 17, 2013

Jaguars' new look jerseys are hard to find in stores

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A new coach and a new logo: It's been a busy off-season for the Jacksonville Jaguars and momentum is building now that Nike has unveiled the new uniforms. But the new look, introduced more than more weeks ago, is hard to find.

11:25 PM, May 16, 2013

Duval County Public Schools budget shrinks due to turning over charter school funds

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Duval County School Board has begun the budget process for next school year.

11:06 PM, May 16, 2013

First Coast News sales manager Ken LeSesne retires after 41 years

On Friday, First Coast News had to say goodbye to one of its own.

7:12 PM, May 17, 2013

Tim Tebow speaks at The Providence School

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Tim Tebow was in town Friday night, speaking at The Providence School.

10:57 PM, May 17, 2013

Florida Offers Tool to Find Best Homeowners' Insurance Rates

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida consumers have a new tool to help them shop for the best property insurance rates.

4:58 PM, Aug 8, 2011

ACPS is overcrowded and animals face being euthanized

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The clock is ticking for animals at Animal Control and Protective Services in Jacksonville.

6:33 PM, May 17, 2013

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18-year-old Alexa Parsons, a senior from Creekside High School and recipient of a $1,000 scholarship, was nominated by her dad Mike for her academic success and work with at-risk youth.

Hero Next Door Student Scholarship winners

1. (1) Taylor Swift; $1,766,850; $81.34. (Photo by Sandra Mu/Getty Images)

Top 20 Concert Tours by avg. box office gross

FCN weather team behind the scenes

JT Townsend graduates from UNF

Great Grads

Polk County Sheriff's Department arrests 92

Flagler Hospital given 'all clear' by bomb squad

RICHARD BROOKS ADAMS - Charged with possession of marijuana

Putnam County probation compliance checks bust 14

Photo courteous of Jessica Clark

St. Johns County Law Enforcement Memorial

Photo courtesy of Michael Heeder

Fire at a Bradford County Corrections Facility

Dr. Joyce Brothers, who first interviewed the Beatles, during the 40th Anniversary of the Beatles coming to America media conference January 16, 2004 in New York City. Brothers died May 13, 2013. (Photo by Peter Kramer/Getty Images)

Celebrities who have died in 2013

Behind the scenes with FCN at THE PLAYERS

Plenty of pink at THE PLAYERS final round

Cush getting ready for a live shot with Chris Porter. 5/7/13

Behind the scenes with FCN at THE PLAYERS

Marching to find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis

Ben Bowersox in hyperbaric chamber

Enormous fire destroys potato plant in Hastings

Reporter Kaitlyn Ross (right) and her mom (center) and sister.

FCN moms photo gallery

Car chase gone bad

Fans at the THE PLAYERS

Players at THE PLAYERS

Fashion trends at THE PLAYERS

Player Fan Clubs at THE PLAYERS

Vehicle plunges into I-295 retention pond, 1 dead

THE PLAYERS Championship 2013 - The Fan Perspective

Pens, Pics and Players part 2

Dierks Bentley Concert at TPC Sawgrass

THE PLAYERS Championship Caddie Competition

The must have accessory at THE PLAYERS: Sunglasses

Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall

THE PLAYERS hosts Military Appreciation Day

Tiger Woods practice for THE PLAYERS

Surprise military spouse makeover

Woman and child rescued from car in pond

Pens, Pics and Players at THE PLAYERS

Wednesday on FCN: Military appreciation day

Tempting your tastebuds at THE PLAYERS

THE PLAYERS - PwC First Tee Challenge

At TPC Sawgrass after the rains

Ashley Givens

The Players Operation Shower

Candidate for teacher of the year surprised

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