Special Photo <br> Two women partake in last year’s Atlanta Take Steps walk to fight Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
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Two women partake in last year’s Atlanta Take Steps walk to fight Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
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Foundation hosts walk downtown to fight Crohn’s, c...
by Caroline Young
01:05 PM, Wednesday, May 22
Cindy Pickman’s daughter Lauren was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 2009 when she was going into the sixth grade at Pace Academy. “It was awful,” the Sandy Springs resident said. “Things were going perfectly. She was very well-liked, she was...

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