October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Around this time you will find plenty of pink ribbon hats, scarves, T-Shirts, socks and various other things at Wal-Mart, K-Mart and other stores in your area. I'm sure we have all seen the displays of pink ribbon pens and the such when going through Wal-Mart during the time of October and November. With most of their products the store will donate a portion of the proceeds from the sale of these said items to either the American Cancer Society or a designated Breast Cancer treatment center.

According to the American Cancer Society's website at http://www.cancer.org/ :

"“If you a woman, you are at risk for breast cancer,” Stabilito added. “However, finding it at an early, treatable stage is vital. Unfortunately, some women ignore getting a mammogram. A late stage breast cancer diagnosis is much harder to treat than an early stage diagnosis. The key to treatment for breast cancer and all cancer in fact, is to detect it when it is still at a localized stage.”

"Although some of the risk factors linked to breast cancer are known, it’s not yet known what all of the causes are. It could be that a woman of average risk for breast cancer may lower her risk somewhat by changing some risk factors. These risk factors include giving birth to several children and breast-feeding them for several months, not smoking, not drinking alcohol, exercising regularly, eating nutritious foods and maintaining the proper body weight."

For more of this story please visit this link: http://www.cancer.org/ and search for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.