| Cancer is one of the most feared illnesses around, | | | | have advanced stages of the disease. |
| and I believe there is no better way to help raise | | | | A mammogram is literally an x-ray of the breast that |
| awareness than by sending out free e-cards. | | | | can show abnormal formations and help diagnose |
| The best thing about using free e-cards is that it | | | | breast cancer before it spreads to other parts of the |
| doesn't cost you a penny, and you can send an | | | | body or becomes life-threatening. |
| unlimited amount of them. | | | | Women with a history of breast cancer in their |
| Also if you use free e-cards, you could personalise it | | | | families are encouraged to undergo an annual |
| so that it contains the message of your choice about | | | | mammogram to offset the risks. Unfortunately, the |
| cancer or anything else. You could send your free | | | | rate of women diagnosed with breast cancer is still |
| e-crad to any one you want as long as you have | | | | rising, which is why National Breast Cancer |
| their email address. | | | | Awareness Month is a crucial factor in distributing |
| Also, very importantly, free e-cards are very eco | | | | information about the disease itself, prevention and |
| friendly, for a normal card loads of trees have to be | | | | early detection methods, and raising mindfulness and |
| felled to make them. Another good thing is that, free | | | | funds to research for a much-needed cure. |
| e-cards can be sent around the world, and they'll | | | | Show some care and commemorate this month by |
| arrive prity much instantly for no extra cost. So you | | | | joining the fight to save the lives of women |
| could be in the U.S.A, and then could send a free | | | | everywhere. |
| e-card to New Zealand, and it would arrive within | | | | For information about breast cancer ask your doctor |
| seconds. | | | | or contact the National Breast Cancer Institute and |
| What started as National Breast Cancer Awareness | | | | various other organizations concerned with the |
| Week in October of 1985 has since become a | | | | disease. |
| well-known and important tradition in the United | | | | Though deaths as a result of breast cancer have |
| States. The impact of breast cancer on our society is | | | | decreased significantly especially since 1990, over |
| evident, with more than 175,000 women diagnosed | | | | forty thousand women are expected to die this year |
| annually. | | | | of the disease in the United States alone. |
| The purpose of the holiday, however, is not so much | | | | I like to send hundreds and hundreds of free e-cards |
| to mourn the losses to breast cancer though that is | | | | each year, I really like to promote charities with them |
| an aspect of the observance, but to inform people | | | | as well, so if I am sending a free e-card to celebrate |
| of the risks and the available methods of screening | | | | a birthday, I will slip in a message about a chosen |
| and treatment. Since it was first made popular, | | | | charity. |
| mammography has helped countless women escape | | | | Millions of other people like to also send out free |
| drastic measures, invasive surgeries, and other | | | | e-cards annually, and quite frankly I am not surprised, |
| operations performed on breast cancer patients that | | | | they are great. |