Have You Felt Your Boobies Lately?
I found Feel Your Boobies by accident this week, and I’m so glad I did. They’re an organization dedicated to raising awareness about the value of breast self-exams in early breast cancer detection. It’s serious stuff, but they try to keep it fun. And although Feel Your Boobies is aimed at a younger crowd (women in their 40s), the information is solid and the message is beyond important.
If you’re not sure how to do a breast self-exam, make an appointment with your OB/GYN right away, and take a look at this excellent instructional tool* from the Susan G. Komen Foundation. (And for the tool in Spanish, click here.)
* Note that the tool has a video component with a real person demonstrating a breast self-exam, so you don’t want to click on this at work. Well, maybe you do, but I’d advise against it.
Tags: Breast cancer, breast-self-exam, Feel-Your-Boobies, Health, Susan-G.-Komen-Foundation, woman, women, Womens-HealthRelated Stories
POSTED IN: Aging, Body, Cancer, Health, Prevention, Women's Issues
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4 opinions for Have You Felt Your Boobies Lately?
Jessica
Feb 19, 2007 at 8:17 pm
I actually did watch this and learned a lot. Thanks for the heads up KK.
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