{"id":657,"date":"2011-10-08T21:14:08","date_gmt":"2011-10-09T04:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sistahology.com\/blog\/?p=657"},"modified":"2011-10-08T21:14:08","modified_gmt":"2011-10-09T04:14:08","slug":"october-is-breast-cancer-awareness-month-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sistahology.com\/blog\/october-is-breast-cancer-awareness-month-3\/","title":{"rendered":"October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background-repeat: no-repeat;\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>We must do more than think pink this October.\u00a0 The statistics can be very disheartening, while Black women are less likely to get breast cancer; they\u2019re more likely to die from it. Obesity is the second leading contributing factor after tobacco. Some studies showed that women of 40 don\u2019t even remember when their last mammogram was.\u00a0 Some experts are now recommending women have their first mammogram before 40 and possibly as early as 33 this according to a recent study published in the Journal of American College of Surgeons. To find a center near you please visit Cancer.org.\u00a0 If you haven\u2019t schedule your first or next mammogram please take time to do so.\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Some small things that will help you stay healthy; walking one to two hours weekly cuts your breast cancer risk by 18 to 20 percent.\u00a0 Eating smart, research shows that that the greater variety of fruits and vegetables you eat, the more phytonutrients you consume.\u00a0 Remember to do monthly breast exams, for more information on this please visit ww5.komen.org.\u00a0 For more information regarding Breast Cancer please visit www.BCRFCURE.ORG.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Cheers to staying healthy and finding a cure!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We must do more than think pink this October.\u00a0 The statistics can be very disheartening, while Black women are less likely to get breast cancer; they\u2019re more likely to die from it. Obesity is the second leading contributing factor after tobacco. Some studies showed that women of 40 don\u2019t even remember when their last mammogram [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sistahology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sistahology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sistahology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sistahology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sistahology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sistahology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":659,"href":"https:\/\/sistahology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657\/revisions\/659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sistahology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sistahology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sistahology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}