“Players support breast cancer awareness - ESPN.com” plus 4 more |
- Players support breast cancer awareness - ESPN.com
- More than $2 million raised at Denver Race for the Cure - Denver Post
- Mission Control: Philadephia - Salon
- Moms share tales of breast-cancer battles - Post-Crescent
- Purple and black attack with a hint of pink - Weblogs.baltimoresun.com
| Players support breast cancer awareness - ESPN.com Posted: 04 Oct 2009 12:43 PM PDT |
| More than $2 million raised at Denver Race for the Cure - Denver Post Posted: 04 Oct 2009 12:58 PM PDT The Susan G. Komen Denver Race for the Cure kicked off early this morning at the Pepsi Center. There were about 53,849 participants and over $2 million was raised for breast cancer research and breast health projects, said Michele Ostrander, executive director for the Komen Denver Affiliate. The morning's three events started at 7 a.m. with an untimed 5K co-ed run, followed by the 5K co-ed walk and the one-mile family walk. The top three participating cancer survivors to cross the finish line were Diane Groff in first place, Susan Perrigo in second place and Hellen Hertzog-Mang in third place, Ostrander said. Jordan Steffen: 303-954-1638 or jsteffen@denverpost.com  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Mission Control: Philadephia - Salon Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:32 AM PDT What is causing all of this breast cancer in all of these women around the world? What causes inflammatory breast cancer? Does a virus cause breast cancer in women? The Breast Health & Healing Foundation is getting ready to answer these questions and others that have lingered on the back burners of breast cancer research for far too long. Join us on Capitol Hill this coming Friday, October 9th at 11:00 a.m. for the Breast Cancer Summit for the Pink Virus Project taking place in the Senate Hearing Room #285 in the Russell Building on Constitution Avenue. Scientists from all over the country who are working on the possible viral cause of human breast cancer will be meeting with national and local stakeholders to summarize and discuss decades of research on this subject. Exercise your power. Show up. Help the Breast Health & Healing Foundation answer the question about the possible viral cause of human breast cancer. Do your part. Join us. Become part of the solution to the problem of the tsunami of new cases of breast cancer everywhere in this country and around the world. RSVP: summit@breasthealthandhealing.com Registration: free Share the vision. Join the mission. ASKWHY.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Moms share tales of breast-cancer battles - Post-Crescent Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:53 AM PDT (3 of 3) A report released in 2006 by the Wisconsin Cancer Reporting System, a branch of the American Cancer Society, identifies Outagamie and Winnebago counties as having breast cancer rates significantly above the state average of 483 per 100,000 women. Calumet, Brown and Waupaca counties fall at or just slightly above the state average. Sikich, 54, said she now realizes that during her treatment she worried about her family too much. "I was exhausted. I had chemo brain; I couldn't read a book. I could watch TV and sleep so my husband and kids had to step up and do things around the house. My daughter since then has been interested in health and medicine." The experience left Sikich more aware of artificial ingredients and chemicals in food, spurring her to eat as natural and local as possible. As they navigated the cancer challenge, both women were keenly aware of how their children were impacted. "I felt like I wished I had more energy and could be the same type of supermom I had tried to be before, yet I knew it was time and other people had told me but I knew it was time to take care of myself," Sikich said. Having cancer drove home a message for Dias as well. "It said to me, 'Jane Dias, you need to slow down and enjoy life. Take the time to read; the laundry will still be there tomorrow. Do the bike ride with the kids.' All those little things. That was a big wake-up call for me. You're faced with your own mortality. All of a sudden, it's what if I don't see my kids graduate from high school? What are they going to look like next year? "The one thing I regret doing is that we chose to say, 'Mommy had a sickness' (to the kids). When you're 5 and 6, that makes sense," Dias said. "Then I was in treatment and I had bandages and a port in my chest. When Jordan got a cold and said, 'Do I have to go to the hospital and get medicine too because I have a sickness?,' we said, OK, back up. We need to respect our children and let them know what really is happening. We're going to call it cancer, tell them it's in my breast, show them, have them come to chemo and watch the medicine going into Mom. "We just really made it a part of our lives. "The other thing I think is so important and I would encourage everybody to do is I didn't want the neighbor kids or my children to be afraid, so I had a friend come over, and I let (our kids) cut my hair, shave my head. We let the neighbor kids watch. We took pictures and had a big party," Dias said. "This is life, and life goes on."  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Purple and black attack with a hint of pink - Weblogs.baltimoresun.com Posted: 04 Oct 2009 09:59 AM PDT There's no need to adjust your television screens as you watch the Ravens take on the New England Patriots today. Several Ravens players will indeed be wearing pink in an effort to raise awareness about breast cancer. Quarterback Joe Flacco, wide receiver Derrick Mason, tight end Todd Heap and center Matt Birk will be wearing pink cleats and wristbands as representatives for the Ravens. Mason and Heap may also be wearing pink gloves, but a team official wasn't certain. The cleats worn by those four players will eventually be auctioned off with proceeds being donated to breast cancer research. UPDATE: Mason and Heap aren't wearing pink gloves, but a host of other Ravens are. Wide receivers Mark Clayton and Kelley Washington, cornerback Fabian Washington, fullback Le'Ron McClain and offensive lineman David Hale are sporting the additional attire. In addition, a plethora of players are wearing the pink wristbands.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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