Local breast cancer survivors honored at Pink October ceremony
“So for everybody out here listening, especially the women out here — those who have the pronouns she and her — remember that you cannot pour from an empty cup,” Shelby County Health Department Director and cancer survivor Dr. Michelle Taylor said at a Pink October Breast Cancer Observance on Thursday, Oct. 24. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Shelby County Health Department Director Dr. Michelle Taylor said risk increases with age and that women, who are more often caregivers, should make their own health a priority.
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