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  1. "For the Rest of Your Life, Babe"

    10/31/11 10:08am by apietrangelo
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    I sing and dance when I feel good. Not well, mind you. My younger son was but a toddler, trapped in a moving vehicle with his off-key mother, when he said, "Mom, can you please sing inside your head?" That about sums up my talent. My singing is important, though. It's a sign that I feel good. It's not just a good mood thing -- it means I feel healthy and have extra energy to burn -- and that's not always the case.  Read more >

  2. Beyond the Pink: Breast Cancer Awareness is in the Details

    10/7/11 7:14am by apietrangelo
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    It's pink ribbon time again. That time of year when we're bombarded with all things pink to bring attention to breast cancer, it's causes, treatment, and funding for research.There's a lot of talk about "boobies" and "ta-tas," but there's a whole lot more to it than saving breasts -- it's about saving lives.  Read more >

  3. A Breast Cancer Follow-up Book? I Think Not

    9/23/11 1:00pm by apietrangelo
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    "Are you going to write a follow-up book about your experiences with triple-negative breast cancer?" A freelance writer asked me that question during an interview about my book, No More Secs! Living, Laughing & Loving Despite Multiple Sclerosis.She wasn't the first person to ask me that question and I wasn't aware that I had made up my mind until I heard my own voice answer without hesitation. "No. I don't think I want to do another personal, health-based book. I've got my sights set on fiction."  Read more >

  4. How to Read an ebook without a Kindle or a Nook

    9/16/11 8:01am by apietrangelo
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    Is there an ebook you'd like to read ... but you're still not sold on the idea of a Kindle or a Nook? You don't have to go out and buy a new electronic reader if you have an iPad, or some other electronic device on which you can read.Both Amazon and Barnes & Noble offer free apps that allow you to download and read ebooks on a variety of devices you may already own. Also, many books offer free sample chapters so you can get a taste of what you're in for before making a purchase. It's all so easy!  Read more >

  5. "No More Secs! Living, Laughing & Loving Despite Multiple Sclerosis" debuts

    6/13/11 8:01am by apietrangelo
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    When I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) at the age of 44, all previous assumptions about health, work, and my new romance were suddenly up for grabs. My memoir, No More Secs! Living, Laughing & Loving Despite Multiple Sclerosis, is a story of acceptance and change and a basic truth -- good health and life are fleeting, but love and humor trump all. Every second matters, a point driven home by yet another life-altering diagnosis.  Read more >

  6. Living with Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

    5/28/11 5:06am by apietrangelo
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    Triple-negative breast cancer. I never heard that phrase until my October diagnosis. Triple-negative represents only about 10 to 20 percent of breast cancers, and information and support for this particular type of breast cancer seems harder to come by.  Read more >

  7. OrganizedWisdom: Health Experts and Advocates (I'm Listed!)

    3/11/11 12:34pm by apietrangelo
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    It is a pleasure to report that the OrganizedWisdom Medical Review team has selected me to be included in the Top Health Communicators online. OrganizedWisdom aggregates, organizes, and promotes online wisdom shared across the Web by more than 5,000 vetted health experts and advocates.  Read more >

  8. What it's come to: Mocking the Disabled

    3/20/10 6:09am by apietrangelo
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    On what basis can you justify mocking the ill or disabled? Someone please tell me because I really want to know. Earlier this week, The Columbus Dispatch captured anti-reform protesters -- bullies, really -- on film mocking a health care reform advocate with Parkinson’s disease.  The man sat on the ground alone, peacefully holding a sign, and was surrounded by men leaning in toward him and throwing money at him. “Communist!” they called him. “You have to work for everything you get!”  If he was intimidated, he didn’t let it show.  Read more >

  9. Size Does Matter

    2/21/10 8:25pm by apietrangelo
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    Since the dawn of time, women have been telling men that size doesn’t matter but, oh, how times have changed. Size does matter, at least when it comes to your benefits package. These days, as you stroll out into the single scene, you just might want to dangle your group health insurance card as a tantalizing offering to the opposite sex. For maximum appeal, make sure the side with the co-pay amount is clearly visible.  Read more >

  10. 6 Shockers About Women's Health Care

    10/21/09 11:34am by apietrangelo
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    What is at stake for women in health care reform? Plenty. Should being born female be considered a pre-existing condition that translates into higher health insurance premiums... or a C-section be classified as a pre-existing condition... or basic maternity care require a special rider on a woman’s insurance policy? Does it seem even remotely fair that a victim of domestic violence be denied health insurance coverage? The insurance industry certainly thinks so.  Read more >

Ann Pietrangelo

Full Name
Ann Pietrangelo
Member Since
August 2008
About Me: 

A member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors and The Author's Guild, Ann's writing covers a wide range of issues, most notably multiple sclerosis patient advocacy, her Living with Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Series, health care policy, healthy and green living, and her book, No More Secs! Living, Laughing & Loving with Multiple Sclerosis.

Currently a regular contributing writer for Care2 Healthy & Green Living, Care2 Causes, Natural Choice Directory, and Family Health Guide U.K., she has also contributed to MSFocus Magazine and was formerly a contributing writer for In The Trenches Productions and The Health Central Network. She is also a freelance copywriter for Nextag.

For more information, please visit AnnPietrangelo.com

Ann and her husband, Jim, are partners in WebCamp One LLC, a full-service website design, management, and development company, expert in standards compliant design, with clients throughout the USA.

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