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  1. Maintaining a healthy weight can help to reduce your risk of cancer. Calculate your body mass index (#BMI) here: ow.ly/53QXa about 11 hours ago via web
  2. How do we stop #cancer from ever happening in the first place? Only by 1st understanding how it starts. #PreventCancer 5:37 PM May 24th via web
  3. Heads up! Get your head (and back & legs) checked for skin cancer at Stanford for free June 2! ow.ly/b6Yr8 4:28 PM May 23rd via web
  4. May's Cancer Research Month! We recognize our partners who do basic research & the role we all play in beating cancer bit.ly/bNEVOF 5:32 PM May 22nd via HootSuite
  5. Check out useful fact sheets about specific types of#cancer on our #CPIC website: ow.ly/54QHv 4:40 PM May 21st via web
  6. @meghnaparikh Totally agree! The best hope of beating cancer is not getting it in the first place: @GetInFront 11:39 AM May 20th via HootSuite in reply to meghnaparikh
  7. The power of exercise. Read more about it here: ow.ly/b0ILI #CancerSurvivorship 11:36 AM May 20th via HootSuite
  8. Prop 29 is a new CA ballot initiative that, if passed, would provide more than $700 million/year for cancer research. ow.ly/9NLCL 5:46 PM May 18th via HootSuite
  9. It is so much less expensive to PREVENT #cancer than to treat it. 6:29 PM May 17th via HootSuite
  10. Here's what an MIT-trained mathematician has learned about #obesity, what caused & how to stop the epidemic. ow.ly/aXLwm 5:27 PM May 16th via web
  11. Did you miss The Weight of the Nation on HBO? It's ok, it's available to watch online for free at theweightofthenation.hbo.com 3:00 PM May 16th via HootSuite
  12. Sitting. Just don’t do it. ow.ly/aRrAg 10:15 AM May 15th via HootSuite
  13. Tell us in 140 characters what you do to you Get in Front of Cancer and you might win 2 tix to the Get in Front Performance in SF on June 6. 12:52 PM May 14th via HootSuite
  14. Happy Mother's Day! Honor your mother by encouraging her to take better care of their health. 8:17 PM May 13th via HootSuite
  15. Sun damage in childhood is the most preventable risk factor for melanoma & other skin cancers. ow.ly/aRqYE 8:05 AM May 12th via HootSuite
  16. CA making some progress against childhood obesity! Schools serve less junk food, students are consuming less calories ow.ly/aRp6O 3:18 PM May 11th via web
  17. Check out the AMAZING dancers scheduled for the Get in Front Performance on June 6th at The Herbst. ow.ly/aRmbQ #getinfrontofcancer 2:29 PM May 11th via HootSuite
  • Name CPIC
  • Location California
  • Web http://www.cpic.org
  • Bio The Cancer Prevention Institute of California is the only center in the U.S. solely dedicated to cancer prevention research.
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