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Committed to making a difference in the world around them, BBYO teen leaders will be working hand-in-hand with Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Shultz’s (D- FL) office to support her proposed bill, The EARLY Act—legislation advocating breast cancer awareness and early detection education. Through a series of awareness campaigns and events, BBYO will make The EARLY Act an integral part of its service and advocacy agenda through its new Stand Up for Those in Need Campaign.

The EARLY Act provides BBYO teens hands-on experience with real policy work on an issue that is vitally important, particularly due to the increased risk for the disease in Jewish women. Througout the year, several national initiatives will take place such as:

• A letter writing campaign to Congress to help push the legislation.

• Educational programs to teach teens about the dangers of breast cancer.

• A ‘Think Pink’ gala at BBYO’s International Convention in February to give back to the cause and raise awareness for young women and men.

The goal of these programs is make sure that our youth are proactive in the fight against breast cancer. Education is the key to fighting this deadly disease, as outlined in the EARLY Act.

“It feels wonderful to raise awareness about something that means so much for so many,” said Ilana Avergun, 17, from Rockville, MD. “Because this legislation is focused on young people, it is important that we get out and do something to help spread the word.”

In 2008, the American Cancer Society estimated that there would be 182,460 new cases of breast cancer in women. Of these cases, more than 10,000 – 11,000 of these women would be under 40 years of age. Additionally, certain ethnic groups, including Ashkenazi Jews, and African American young women, have an increased risk of breast cancer. In fact, breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in young women under the age of 40.

The Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act, or EARLY Act directs the Centers for Disease Control to develop and implement a national education campaign about the threat breast cancer poses to young women of all ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and the particular heightened risks of certain groups. The campaign will help educate young women and better enable health care professionals to identify the specific threats and warning signs of breast cancer, which will lead to early diagnoses and saved lives.

Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz, whose husband is a BBYO alum, describes her personal battle with breast cancer in the following way, “Some people might say I was lucky. While I certainly was fortunate enough to have access to good health care, I didn’t find my tumor early because of luck. I found my tumor early because of knowledge and awareness.”

Click Jewish Youth Program to visit the official EARLY Act website or click Jewish Youth Program to learn more about BBYO’s Stand Up for Those in Need Campaign.
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Early detection, thanks to regular self-exams and mammograms, ups the chances of successfully treating and surviving breast cancer.

While finding the disease early is important, what if you could help prevent it from ever developing?

Research is mounting that women may be able to do just that – or, at least, greatly lower their risk of breast cancer — by paying attention to what they eat and choosing foods that actually have breast cancer fighting properties.

“These are not exotic, medicinal tasting or hard-to-find items, but foods you can get at the grocery store,” says cancer expert and researcher Keith I. Block, MD, medical/scientific director of the Block Center for Integrative Cancer Care and Optimal Health in Evanston, Illinois. “The key is to incorporate them into your diet and eat them regularly.”

Dr. Block, Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pharmacognosy (the branch of pharmacology that deals with drugs in their natural state and with medicinal herbs and other plants) has researched data from numerous studies and come up with a list of “super foods” that may hold the key to preventing many breast cancers.

For example, “mangoes are rich in cancer-fighting phytochemicals and spinach contains a carotenoid called lutein that may inhibit breast cancer growth,” says Block. “Garlic and onions also contain a host of substances (including flavonols called quercetin and kaempferol and the antioxidant glutathione) that reduce breast cancer risk. Red peppers and tomatoes are loaded with lycopene, a phytochemical that appears to have tumor blocking properties. Other ‘super foods’ with potent cancer preventing properties include corn, tofu, brown basmati rice, whole wheat, red beans, lemon juice and olive oil. In fact, use olive oil instead of other fats for salad dressing and cooking. According to a study released earlier this year, oleic acid, which is found in olive oil, may help inactivate a cancer gene that is responsible for up to 30% of all breast cancers.”

Changing your diet to include foods that may substantially lower your risk of breast cancer is not only a smart choice – it can be a delicious one, according to Penny Block, Co-founder of the Block Center and author of the cook book, A Banquet of Health which features over 200 tantalizing recipes including many of the world’s favorite traditional dishes, only with a healthy twist. “The ‘super foods’ can be incorporated into everything from entrees to dips and salsas and even desserts. How you prepare food can also help lower your cancer risk,” Penny adds.

Another reason to pay attention to what you eat comes from a study recently published in the International Journal of Cancer concluded that eating foods that have a high glycemic index may raise the risk of breast cancer among older women. “The glycemic index measures how fast and how high blood sugar rises after you eat foods containing carbohydrates. For example, white bread, sugar and potato chips are high glycemic foods that are converted almost immediately to a rapid spike in blood sugar,” Dr. Block explains. “Brown rice and whole wheat, on the other hand, have a lower glycemic index. They are digested more gradually, leading to a lower and more gentle change in blood sugar. These are the kinds of foods you want to incorporate into a healthy and cancer preventative lifestyle.”

According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), American women have a one in eight chance of developing breast cancer during their lifetime. ACS data show that more than 45,500 Americans, almost all women, died from the disease last year and about three million US women currently have breast cancer.

Betty Hoeffner has been writing articles for various media outlets for the past 30 years. She is currently producer of a patient safety film called Things You Should Know Before You Enter the Hospital and president of Hey U.G.L.Y., Inc. NFP, a 501C3 nonprofit organization that empowers teens with self-esteem building tools, to help them counter challenges such as eating disorders, bullying, violence, substance abuse and suicide. U.G.L.Y. is an acronym meaning Unique Gifted Lovable You.
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Try a little experiment next time you’re out and about. Stop any woman on the street. It doesn’t matter if the woman is of Asian, Indian, European or African descent, any random woman will do. Ask her if she knows someone who either has had or has survived breast cancer. Odds are she does. She may have had it herself. Or, it might be her mother, her sister, her best friend or even her daughter. Despite advances in early detection, prevention and cure, those two words still strike fear into the hearts of women all over the world.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Offices and schools all over the U.S. will hold “Denim Day” on October 2. Runners in Houston will “race for the cure” in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Walkers in San Francisco and Atlanta will “walk for the cure” in two- or three-day walkathons. Talk show hosts will mention the significance of the month. Yogurt manufacturers will run campaigns to collect pink lids. Pen makers and cleaning supply manufacturers will donate part of the purchase price of select pink items to breast cancer research. During October, breast cancer will be front and center in our national awareness.

What are your feelings about dedicating an entire month to focus on this sometimes deadly disease, pass out small pink ribbons and raise awareness? Apathetic maybe? Totally involved? Jealous that a disease impacting your own life doesn’t get equal treatment? Does it matter to you at all, and should it? That is something only you can answer.

Many younger women with no family history, myself included, remain distanced from it – until a mammogram comes back with abnormal findings or a friend is diagnosed. Then it hits home that you could be vulnerable to this disease also. Up until then there is a certain amount of denial. We may wear the ribbon or even donate to the cause, but our hearts aren’t really in it. But when it hits home, it’s a rare woman who ever looks at breast cancer half-heartedly again.

Don’t wait until you or someone you know gets breast cancer to begin caring about its cure and prevention. Make this the October to help raise awareness. Learn something new about it. (Did you know that you don’t need a lump to have breast cancer? It’s true.) Wear a pink ribbon, save the yogurt tops, when you have a choice to purchase a product that has part of the price donated to breast cancer research, choose that product. Make a donation directly. Volunteer at a hospice. Drive a woman to her chemotherapy treatment. Participate in some way. Thousands of women, maybe someone you love, might benefit in the future from your act of caring right now.

Deborrah Walker lives in northern New Hampshire with her family of people and pets. She is a distributor for Fuller Brush and Watkins, and writes for Examiner.com as the Northern New Hampshire Everyday People Editor. She also writes for http://Triond.com and publishes several blogs, including Thoughts From Rural America. She is involved in her local women’s club and Grafton County 4H programs. Visit http://FullerBrushAmerica.com for more information about Inflammatory Breast Cancer and Fuller Brush products.
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