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Pink is the recommended color for Greenback fans when Pratt High hosts Nickerson at 7 p.m. Friday at Zerger Field.
For the second year, the PHS cheerleaders are sponsoring a Pink Out campaign to bring attention to breast cancer and the need for women age 35 and older to have an annual examination and mammogram. They ordered more than 400 pink T-shirts, provided in exchange for a $10 donation to the Pratt Health Foundation.
Last year, they raised a little over $3,600, which helped purchase digital mammography equipment at Pratt Regional Medical Center. This year’s campaign is directed to the establishment of a Women’s Health Center at PRMC.
In addition to the T-shirts, cheerleaders are also selling chances for a Nook electronic book, provided by the Pratt Health Foundation. Tickets will be sold through halftime of the game Friday; however, the winner does not need to be present.
Anyone who wishes to be contacted by a cheerleader can contact Susan Pixler at the high school, 672-4540.
Lifestyle risk factors for breast cancer
• Having first child after 30 — slight increase
• Recent use of birth control pills
• Using hormone therapy after menopause
• Not breast feeding — slight increase
• Alcohol use clearly linked — 1 drink per day, slight increase; 2-5 drinks, 1.5 times more likely than abstainers
• Being overweight or obese
• Lack of exercise —1.25 to 2.5 hours brisk walking per week decreases risk 18%
American Cancer Society
By the numbers, for 2011
230,480 new cases of invasive breast cancer in women.
57,560 new cases of non-invasive, earliest form of cancer.
39,580 deaths from cancer (women, although men can get it also)
1 in 8 women will have breast cancer in their lifetime.
1 in 35 women will die from breast cancer. This number is decreasing, probably because of earlier detection and better treatment.
Source: American Cancer Society
Pink is the recommended color for Greenback fans when Pratt High hosts Nickerson at 7 p.m. Friday at Zerger Field.
For the second year, the PHS cheerleaders are sponsoring a Pink Out campaign to bring attention to breast cancer and the need for women age 35 and older to have an annual examination and mammogram. They ordered more than 400 pink T-shirts, provided in exchange for a $10 donation to the Pratt Health Foundation.
Last year, they raised a little over $3,600, which helped purchase digital mammography equipment at Pratt Regional Medical Center. This year’s campaign is directed to the establishment of a Women’s Health Center at PRMC.
In addition to the T-shirts, cheerleaders are also selling chances for a Nook electronic book, provided by the Pratt Health Foundation. Tickets will be sold through halftime of the game Friday; however, the winner does not need to be present.
Anyone who wishes to be contacted by a cheerleader can contact Susan Pixler at the high school, 672-4540.
Lifestyle risk factors for breast cancer
• Having first child after 30 — slight increase
• Recent use of birth control pills
• Using hormone therapy after menopause
• Not breast feeding — slight increase
• Alcohol use clearly linked — 1 drink per day, slight increase; 2-5 drinks, 1.5 times more likely than abstainers
• Being overweight or obese
• Lack of exercise —1.25 to 2.5 hours brisk walking per week decreases risk 18%
American Cancer Society
By the numbers, for 2011
230,480 new cases of invasive breast cancer in women.
57,560 new cases of non-invasive, earliest form of cancer.
39,580 deaths from cancer (women, although men can get it also)
1 in 8 women will have breast cancer in their lifetime.
1 in 35 women will die from breast cancer. This number is decreasing, probably because of earlier detection and better treatment.
Source: American Cancer Society
