Womens Health

Message to the VFRW

Here’s to a Healthy 2010! Thanks’ to all the clubs that are now making Women’s Health part of your monthly meetings.

Need help finding a topic? Listed are some topics for you to choose from to make Women’s Health part of your monthly meeting.

Information on the free programs and services for women with cancer, information provided by the American Cancer Society;
Go Red For Women program and Women’s Heart Health Act, information provided by the American Heart Association;
Your Heart is in your Hands, a Lieutenant Governors’ Challenge, designated to provide heart health and education; and
Women’s Health and Girl’s Health free information provided by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health.

For more information contact Marie Quinn.

American Cancer Society

Go Red For Women & American Heart Association

Lieutenant Governors Challenge “Your Heart is in Your Hands”

Mesothelioma

The Breast Cancer Site

Women’s Health and Girl’s Health

American Cancer Society

Beginning this year American Cancer Society Day will be celebrated on February 5^th. If you missed the day this year, mark your calendar now to celebrate this event next year.

American Cancer Society represents HOPE.

I encourage all clubs to honor our survivors, and remember those that have lost their battle to cancer. The American Cancer Society offers many programs, like Hope Lodge, Road to Recovery, Look Good Feel Better, Men to Men, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer and Relay for Life just to name a few. These programs exist through the dedication of many volunteers. Remember to say “Thanks” to those who dedicate their lives to volunteering for such a wonderful cause.

Go Red For Women & American Heart Association

Congratulation to our own Jean Ann Bolling who is this year’s spokes woman for “Go Red for Women” in Virginia. Jean Ann is also a member of the Hanover Republican Women’s Club. These ladies are sponsoring a Dinner, Fashion Show and Silent Auction for their Caring for America project. The evening will focus on the American Heart Association Go Red for Women programs and Your Heart is in Your Hands LG Challenge. A portion of our proceeds will go to the American Heart Association for the Go Red for Women program.

GO RED FOR WOMEN celebrates the energy, passion and power we have as women to band together to wipe out heart disease and stroke.

Thanks to the participation of millions of people across the country, the color red and the red dress now stand for the ability all women have to improve their heart health and live stronger, longer lives. You can register for the free Go Red movement and find out more about ways to get involved at www.GoRedForWomen.org.

Right now, advocates across the country are working to advance public policy on a number of issues which will improve the cardiovascular health of all women. You can help by learning about the issues the American Heart Association advocates for and taking action on the ones that matter most to you and your loved ones.

Join us in supporting National Heart Month in February:

The HEART for Women Act: Support the HEART for Women Act, legislation before Congress to improve screening and treatment of heart disease in women. Nearly 30,000 messages have been sent to Capitol Hill in support of this bill and we must keep the pressure on until it is passed. Visit www.heartforwomen.org to take action today!

Research Saves Lives: You don’t have the be a researcher to save lives -- just an advocate willing to contact your Members of Congress with a simple math lesson. More research funding = more lives saved. Just last year, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), our nation’s leading funder of medical research, announced that the number of women who died from heart disease declined by nearly 17,000 deaths in 2004, due in large part to the advances in medical research and treatment, as well as greater awareness among women about their risk. Yet, despite this tremendous progress, there continues to be inadequate funding for the NIH, stalling or postponing promising studies that could potentially save countless lives.
Take Action: by visiting www.researchsaveslives.org today to ask your legislators to make National Institutes of Health funding a priority.

Lieutenant Governors Challenge “Your Heart is in Your Hands”

Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling, joined by leading health care organizations and heart health advocates, has announced the Lieutenant Governor's Challenge: "Your Heart is in Your Hands" initiative, a heart and cardiovascular health campaign sponsored by the National Lieutenant Governor's Association designed to promote heart health education, healthier living, increased physical activity and improved diet and nutrition.

The Lieutenant Governor's Challenge is an incentive based physical fitness and nutrition program where Virginians set individual, attainable goals of 30-minutes of daily exercise, track their progress on a personal webpage and receive a Gold, Silver or Bronze medal for achieving their goal.

Here is how YOU can get involved:

1) Visit the Lt. Governor's Challenge website at http://www.ltgovernorschallenge.us/
2) Click Register to create a personalized login.
3) Follow the instructions to create an activity goal and a nutrition goal.
4) Set the standard for 2009 by making the next 12-weeks your best wellness months yet!

Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma is a cancer of the lining of the lung caused by exposure to asbestos. Mesothelioma cases among women are likely caused by secondary asbestos exposure, also called paraoccupational exposure.

Men who worked in direct contact with asbestos or asbestos containing materials would unknowingly bring loose fibers back home from their clothing, hair or skin. The asbestos fibers would then be released into the home when their clothing was laundered or even when their children hugged them. Adding to the problem is that women who would launder their clothes would often shake them before washing to get some of the fibers off, exposing them even more.

Mesothelioma can have a dormancy period of up to 50 years; therefore, a person can be diagnosed with mesothelioma many years after they have been exposed.

For more information, visit http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Sites-Types/mesothelioma.

The Breast Cancer Site

A favor to ask, it only takes a minute....

Please tell ten friends to tell ten today! The Breast Cancer site is having trouble getting enough people to click on their site daily to meet their quota of donating at least one free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman. It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on 'donating a mammogram' for free (pink window in the middle).

This doesn't cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate mammogram in exchange for advertising.

Here's the web site! Pass it along to people you know.

http://www.thebreastcancersite.com

Women’s Health and Girl’s Health

Did you know about the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service information on Women’s Health and Girl’s Health? You can access information by calling 1-800-994-9662 or visiting the web sites at www.Womenshealth.gov and www.gifrlshealth.gov.

Both web sites provide free reliable, accurate, commercial-free information on the health of women and girls. With over 800 topics covered on issues from adolescent health to reproductive health to older women’s health. You can receive clear answers to frequently asked question, links to thousands of health publications, breastfeeding, how to read a drug label and when to have general screenings and immunizations are just a few of the many topics.


		Message to the VFRW Here’s to a Healthy 2010! Thanks’ to all the clubs that are now making Women’s Health part of your monthly meetings. Need help finding a topic? Listed are some topics for you to choose from to make Women’s Health part of your monthly meeting. Information on the free programs and services for women with cancer, information provided by the American Cancer Society; Go Red For Women program and Women’s Heart Health Act, information provided by the American Heart Association; Your Heart is in your Hands, a Lieutenant Governors’ Challenge, designated to provide heart health and education; and Women’s Health and Girl’s Health free information provided by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health.				*For more information contact Marie Quinn*.
		American Cancer Society Go Red For Women & American Heart Association Lieutenant Governors Challenge “Your Heart is in Your Hands” Mesothelioma The Breast Cancer Site Women’s Health and Girl’s Health
		American Cancer Society Beginning this year American Cancer Society Day will be celebrated on February 5^th. If you missed the day this year, mark your calendar now to celebrate this event next year. American Cancer Society represents HOPE. I encourage all clubs to honor our survivors, and remember those that have lost their battle to cancer. The American Cancer Society offers many programs, like Hope Lodge, Road to Recovery, Look Good Feel Better, Men to Men, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer and Relay for Life just to name a few. These programs exist through the dedication of many volunteers. Remember to say “Thanks” to those who dedicate their lives to volunteering for such a wonderful cause.
		Go Red For Women & American Heart Association Congratulation to our own Jean Ann Bolling who is this year’s spokes woman for “Go Red for Women” in Virginia. Jean Ann is also a member of the Hanover Republican Women’s Club. These ladies are sponsoring a Dinner, Fashion Show and Silent Auction for their Caring for America project. The evening will focus on the American Heart Association Go Red for Women programs and Your Heart is in Your Hands LG Challenge. A portion of our proceeds will go to the American Heart Association for the Go Red for Women program. GO RED FOR WOMEN celebrates the energy, passion and power we have as women to band together to wipe out heart disease and stroke. Thanks to the participation of millions of people across the country, the color red and the red dress now stand for the ability all women have to improve their heart health and live stronger, longer lives. You can register for the free Go Red movement and find out more about ways to get involved at www.GoRedForWomen.org. Right now, advocates across the country are working to advance public policy on a number of issues which will improve the cardiovascular health of all women. You can help by learning about the issues the American Heart Association advocates for and taking action on the ones that matter most to you and your loved ones. Join us in supporting National Heart Month in February:
		The HEART for Women Act: Support the HEART for Women Act, legislation before Congress to improve screening and treatment of heart disease in women. Nearly 30,000 messages have been sent to Capitol Hill in support of this bill and we must keep the pressure on until it is passed. Visit www.heartforwomen.org to take action today!
		Research Saves Lives: You don’t have the be a researcher to save lives -- just an advocate willing to contact your Members of Congress with a simple math lesson. More research funding = more lives saved. Just last year, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), our nation’s leading funder of medical research, announced that the number of women who died from heart disease declined by nearly 17,000 deaths in 2004, due in large part to the advances in medical research and treatment, as well as greater awareness among women about their risk. Yet, despite this tremendous progress, there continues to be inadequate funding for the NIH, stalling or postponing promising studies that could potentially save countless lives. Take Action: by visiting www.researchsaveslives.org today to ask your legislators to make National Institutes of Health funding a priority.
		Lieutenant Governors Challenge “Your Heart is in Your Hands” Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling, joined by leading health care organizations and heart health advocates, has announced the Lieutenant Governor's Challenge: "Your Heart is in Your Hands" initiative, a heart and cardiovascular health campaign sponsored by the National Lieutenant Governor's Association designed to promote heart health education, healthier living, increased physical activity and improved diet and nutrition. The Lieutenant Governor's Challenge is an incentive based physical fitness and nutrition program where Virginians set individual, attainable goals of 30-minutes of daily exercise, track their progress on a personal webpage and receive a Gold, Silver or Bronze medal for achieving their goal. Here is how YOU can get involved: 1) Visit the Lt. Governor's Challenge website at http://www.ltgovernorschallenge.us/ 2) Click Register to create a personalized login. 3) Follow the instructions to create an activity goal and a nutrition goal. 4) Set the standard for 2009 by making the next 12-weeks your best wellness months yet!
		Mesothelioma Mesothelioma is a cancer of the lining of the lung caused by exposure to asbestos. Mesothelioma cases among women are likely caused by secondary asbestos exposure, also called paraoccupational exposure. Men who worked in direct contact with asbestos or asbestos containing materials would unknowingly bring loose fibers back home from their clothing, hair or skin. The asbestos fibers would then be released into the home when their clothing was laundered or even when their children hugged them. Adding to the problem is that women who would launder their clothes would often shake them before washing to get some of the fibers off, exposing them even more. Mesothelioma can have a dormancy period of up to 50 years; therefore, a person can be diagnosed with mesothelioma many years after they have been exposed. For more information, visit http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Sites-Types/mesothelioma.
		The Breast Cancer Site A favor to ask, it only takes a minute.... Please tell ten friends to tell ten today! The Breast Cancer site is having trouble getting enough people to click on their site daily to meet their quota of donating at least one free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman. It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on 'donating a mammogram' for free (pink window in the middle). This doesn't cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate mammogram in exchange for advertising. Here's the web site! Pass it along to people you know. http://www.thebreastcancersite.com
		Women’s Health and Girl’s Health Did you know about the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service information on Women’s Health and Girl’s Health? You can access information by calling 1-800-994-9662 or visiting the web sites at www.Womenshealth.gov and www.gifrlshealth.gov. Both web sites provide free reliable, accurate, commercial-free information on the health of women and girls. With over 800 topics covered on issues from adolescent health to reproductive health to older women’s health. You can receive clear answers to frequently asked question, links to thousands of health publications, breastfeeding, how to read a drug label and when to have general screenings and immunizations are just a few of the many topics.