Health Advocate Joyce Veda Abel Dies at 79

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After Joyce Veda Abel beat rectal cancer, she dedicated herself to spreading awareness about the condition. At Honeywell, she established colon screening programs, and her master’s thesis, “The Cancer No One Wants to Talk About: Preventing Colon Cancer,” focused on the disease. After years of battling Parkinson’s disease, Abel, 79, died quietly in her St. … Read more

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