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[Read more](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/benefits-for-donating-blood) [![Race for the Cure 2023](https://fittestsurvivors.com/hubfs/IMG_5558.jpeg)](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/five-unique-things-about-the-susan-g-komen-foundation) [Komen Triangle Race for the Cure, Survivorship](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/tag/komen-triangle-race-for-the-cure-survivorship) ## [Five Unique Things About the  Susan G Komen Foundation](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/five-unique-things-about-the-susan-g-komen-foundation) ![Picture of Connie Nehls, MS, PT, CLT, Certified Cancer Rehab Specialist](https://fittestsurvivors.com/hs-fs/hubfs/241063222_919965218951989_4312371010532033684_n.jpg?width=50&name=241063222_919965218951989_4312371010532033684_n.jpg) [Connie Nehls, MS, PT, CLT, Certified Cancer Rehab Specialist](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/author/connie-nehls-ms-pt-clt-certified-cancer-rehab-specialist) Apr 25, 2025 12:55:49 PM The Susan G Komen Foundation has been active since 1982. That is 43 years of fighting breast cancer ... [Read more](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/five-unique-things-about-the-susan-g-komen-foundation) [menopause](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/tag/menopause), [calciumsupplements](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/tag/calciumsupplements), [dietandosteoporosis](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/tag/dietandosteoporosis), [cancertreatments](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/tag/cancertreatments), [strongbones](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/tag/strongbones), [osteoporosis](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/tag/osteoporosis), [exerciseandbonehealth](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/tag/exerciseandbonehealth) ## [Winning the Bone Density Battle](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/winning-the-bone-density-battle) ![Picture of Connie Nehls, MS, PT, CLT, Certified Cancer Rehab Specialist](https://fittestsurvivors.com/hs-fs/hubfs/241063222_919965218951989_4312371010532033684_n.jpg?width=50&name=241063222_919965218951989_4312371010532033684_n.jpg) [Connie Nehls, MS, PT, CLT, Certified Cancer Rehab Specialist](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/author/connie-nehls-ms-pt-clt-certified-cancer-rehab-specialist) Mar 17, 2025 12:26:37 PM Osteoporosis is a condition that results from a decrease in bone mineral density (BMD). BMD is an in... [Read more](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/winning-the-bone-density-battle) [![](https://fittestsurvivors.com/hubfs/favicon.ico)](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/hope) [hope, survivorship, cancer, fitness](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/tag/hope-survivorship-cancer-fitness) ## [HOPE](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/hope) ![Picture of Connie Nehls, MS, PT, CLT, Certified Cancer Rehab Specialist](https://fittestsurvivors.com/hs-fs/hubfs/241063222_919965218951989_4312371010532033684_n.jpg?width=50&name=241063222_919965218951989_4312371010532033684_n.jpg) [Connie Nehls, MS, PT, CLT, Certified Cancer Rehab Specialist](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/author/connie-nehls-ms-pt-clt-certified-cancer-rehab-specialist) Dec 31, 2024 6:03:21 PM HOPE [Read more](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/hope) [pumpkin, antioxidants, fiber, low calorie, cancer](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/tag/pumpkin-antioxidants-fiber-low-calorie-cancer), [pumpkin, cancer, antioxidants, nutrients, food](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/tag/pumpkin-cancer-antioxidants-nutrients-food) ## [The Power of Pumpkin](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/the-power-of-pumpkin) ![Picture of Connie Nehls, MS, PT, CLT, Certified Cancer Rehab Specialist](https://fittestsurvivors.com/hs-fs/hubfs/241063222_919965218951989_4312371010532033684_n.jpg?width=50&name=241063222_919965218951989_4312371010532033684_n.jpg) [Connie Nehls, MS, PT, CLT, Certified Cancer Rehab Specialist](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/author/connie-nehls-ms-pt-clt-certified-cancer-rehab-specialist) Dec 18, 2024 7:43:37 PM I have had a love/hate relationship with pumpkin my whole life. One has to love pumpkin as synonymou... [Read more](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/the-power-of-pumpkin) [![](https://fittestsurvivors.com/hubfs/fslogo-original2%20copy.png)](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/the-golden-age-of-cancer-research) ## [The Golden Age of Cancer Research](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/the-golden-age-of-cancer-research) ![Picture of Connie Nehls, MS, PT, CLT, Certified Cancer Rehab Specialist](https://fittestsurvivors.com/hs-fs/hubfs/241063222_919965218951989_4312371010532033684_n.jpg?width=50&name=241063222_919965218951989_4312371010532033684_n.jpg) [Connie Nehls, MS, PT, CLT, Certified Cancer Rehab Specialist](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/author/connie-nehls-ms-pt-clt-certified-cancer-rehab-specialist) Oct 9, 2024 2:57:56 PM THE GOLDEN AGE OF CANCER RESEARCH [Read more](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/the-golden-age-of-cancer-research) [exercise, brain, survivorship](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/tag/exercise-brain-survivorship) ## [EXERCISE AND YOUR BRAIN](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/exercise-and-your-brain) ![Picture of Connie Nehls, MS, PT, CLT, Certified Cancer Rehab Specialist](https://fittestsurvivors.com/hs-fs/hubfs/241063222_919965218951989_4312371010532033684_n.jpg?width=50&name=241063222_919965218951989_4312371010532033684_n.jpg) [Connie Nehls, MS, PT, CLT, Certified Cancer Rehab Specialist](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/author/connie-nehls-ms-pt-clt-certified-cancer-rehab-specialist) Jun 29, 2024 9:17:50 PM June is Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month. I did not know this until I began researching the eff... [Read more](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/exercise-and-your-brain) [![](https://fittestsurvivors.com/hubfs/pexels-kampus-production-6111626.jpg)](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/reviews) [Reviews](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/tag/reviews) ## [Reviews](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/reviews) ![Picture of Connie Nehls, MS, PT, CLT, Certified Cancer Rehab Specialist](https://fittestsurvivors.com/hs-fs/hubfs/241063222_919965218951989_4312371010532033684_n.jpg?width=50&name=241063222_919965218951989_4312371010532033684_n.jpg) [Connie Nehls, MS, PT, CLT, Certified Cancer Rehab Specialist](https://fittestsurvivors.com/fittest-survivors-blog/author/connie-nehls-ms-pt-clt-certified-cancer-rehab-specialist) Mar 9, 2023 12:41:32 PM To all Fittest of Survivors participants and "graduates": Please post your comments here. Sharing yo... 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