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BreastCancerFYI

  1. That BC license plate has provided 8,5000 free mammograms for Hoosier women over 10 years. What are you waiting for? ow.ly/aJixC
  2. Hear Connie Rufenbarger talk about the origins of the Komen Tissue Bank on WFIU's Profiles interview show. ow.ly/aJi1V
  3. That BC license plate has provided 8,5000 free mammograms for Hoosier women over 10 years. What are you waiting for? ow.ly/aJitS
  4. NYTimes: Active Cancer Survivors Live Longer. nyti.ms/JnVrsn
  5. Mindful yoga/body for cancer patients, survivors at the Y this summer. See if you are eligible, then practice star pose....
  6. Huge thanks to B'ton Car Wash for raising $470.17 for Relay for Life WISE Guys/YMCA team Monday. Honk if you love Bloomington Car Wash!
  7. Today: Raise money for WISEGuys Relay for Life team, get a clean car at B'ton Car Wash. 20% goes to cancer services. ow.ly/aNhBK
  8. Raise money for WISEGuys Relay for Life team, get a clean car May 14 at B'ton Car Wash. 20% goes to cancer services. ow.ly/aJifa
  9. Raise money for WISEGuys Relay for Life team, get a clean car May 14 at B'ton Car Wash. 20% goes to cancer services. ow.ly/aJide
  10. Indiana Cancer Facts & Figures offers some chilling stats, but also shows some positive trends. No. 1: Stop smoking! ow.ly/aJiBj
  11. Look Good, Feel Better offers skin, hair tips and a supply of cosmetics. Next sessions are May 9, 23 at Olcott Center, #btown.
  12. Hear Connie Rufenbarger talk about the origins of the Komen Tissue Bank on WFIU's Profiles interview show. ow.ly/aJi0s
  13. Step Ahead meets May 8, 6:30 at the @ScholarsInnBake East. Look for pink tablecloth, happy women. breastcancerfyi.org
  14. 10-year-old Abby Allen is running the Indy marathon for #btown's Michelle Combs today. Go Abby!
  15. WFIU, 103.7FM, 7 p.m. Sunday, one woman's idea led to Komen Tissue Bank, which collects healthy tissue for research. bit.ly/Ij7nuN
  16. ICCMeeting: 59 percent decrease in heart attacks in Monroe County since smoking ban in effect. What's not to like, Hoosiers?
  17. In Indiana, 4,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year and 800 die. (not too diff from previous years).
  18. Preventative behaviors absent among patients (in order): didn't eat vegetables, physically inactive, obese, smoking.
  19. Economic impact of cancer in Indiana is over $1billion.