| Select Gowns Creates SoftTouch Mammography Exami-Gowns to ...
Select Gowns features SoftTouch Mammography gowns, OB/Gyn gowns, MRI gowns and other hospital gowns that are great for hospitals and clinics that emphasize patient care and comfort. (PRWEB) November 29, 2006 -- Select Gowns (www.selectgownsinc.com), an authorized distributor of Exami-Gowns, recently announced its line of SoftTouch Mammography tops and capes. The capes, available in a variety of sizes, are made of an exclusive pink-ribbon fabric, designed to symbolize National Breast Cancer Awareness. .
Art Contest Promotes Breast Cancer Research
TheOtaku.com is sponsoring a breast cancer awareness fan art contest on behalf of of AnimeFF and Anime Vegas. Through December 20, artists based in the United States may submit fan art relating to breast cancer awareness through theOtaku.com. "You can use the color pink prolifically," Publisher dam Ghahramani says. "You can feature the breast cancer awareness ribbon, or you can go all-out on the subject." AnimeFF attendees will select eight winners at the convention. Pre-registration is $20, with all ticket proceeds going to breast cancer research. .
Cranberry woman's fund-raiser is a runaway success
Patricia Hodder is the optimist's optimist. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer last year, she knew she would be fine. "I never thought I was going to die," she said. "I just thought of it as a bump in the road." And when she decided to raise money for breast cancer research, she said she would raise $50,000. "That's exactly what we got," said Ms. Hodder, 59, of Cranberry. Last month, she presented a check for $50,000 to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. The money was raised Oct. 6 and 7 during the Pink Ribbon Round-up, an equestrian-themed event organized by Ms. Hodder and her friends. It all started as a joke when a few friends were visiting Ms. Hodder during her recovery from cancer surgery. She was diagnosed in 2005, and it has been a year since her last surgery.
Idea is pants, but it's going to help charity
BURLESQUE performer Immodesty Blaize has offered to sign a set of underwear which is being auctioned by an Edinburgh company to raise money for breast cancer patients and their families. The auction, which is taking place on auction website eBay, is set to raise hundreds of pounds for the Pink Ribbon Foundation. .
Are men getting shorted on health?
In recent years, women's health has been a national priority. Pink ribbons warn of breast cancer. Pins shaped like red dresses raise awareness about heart disease. Offices of women's health have sprung up at every level of government to offer information and free screenings, and one of the largest government studies on hormones and diet in aging focused entirely on older women. Yet statistics show that men are more likely than women to suffer an early death. Now some advocates and medical scientists are beginning to ask a question that in some circles might be considered politically incorrect: Is men's health getting short shrift? "We've got men dying at higher rates of just about every disease, and we don't know why," said Dr. Demetrius J. Porche, an associate dean at Louisiana State University's Health Sciences Center School of Nursing in New Orleans, and the editor of a new quarterly, American Journal of Men's Health, that will publish its first issue in March.
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