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Cindy Abbott Trains for Iditarod 2013 to Raise Awareness of Rare Disease

  • May 13, 2012
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It took Cindy Abbott 14 years to learn she had Wegener’s granulomatosis, a rare vascular disease that affects about 1 in 20,000 to 30,000 people. In an attempt to raise awareness about rare diseases, Abbott will attempt to do something incredible in far less time: run the 2013 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.Read more here: http://newsminer.com/bookmark/18575463-Extreme-dream-Cindy-Abbott-trains-for-Iditarod-to-raise-awareness-of-rare-disease

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