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By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The pink ribbon symbol of breast cancer awareness is now 30 years old. Co-created by businesswoman Evelyn Lauder, the ribbon reminds women to get medical checkups and appears on products sold with a promise that part of the proceeds will be donated to support breast cancer awareness or research. Lauder, who died in 2011, was inspired by the red ribbon symbol for AIDS awareness, and founded The Breast Cancer Research Foundation in 1993. “My mother said that there are more women diagnosed with breast cancer every day than there are people who are diagnosed w…