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LifeBridge Health is proud to be a part of many exciting events celebrating breast cancer awareness in October.
- Lifebridge Health Goes Pink
If you?ve been to Northwest Hospital after dark the last few weeks, you may have noticed a rosy glow cast over the main entrance. That?s because pink lights have been installed to mark October?s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It sounds simple,...
- Pilates For Pink At Lifebridge Health & Fitness
Pilates exercises can help you improve your range of motion, become more flexible, increase circulation, and strengthen your posture, while decreasing your back, neck and joint pain. Now there's a way to try out Pilates while giving back to a great...
- Breast Cancer Is A Global Issue
By Deb Kirkland, RN, BSN, MPH Nurse Navigator, Herman & Walter Samuelson Breast Center at Northwest Hospital Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women around the globe. In 2002, there were 1.2 million cases globally, and over 400,000 deaths....
- Breast Cancer Screening Offered
If you're a woman, mark your calender for Wednesday, October 7. That's when we're inviting you to join us for an evening of frank and honest discussion about women?s breast health hosted by WJZ-TV 13 news anchor Mary Bubala. Clinical breast...
- Genes And Breast Cancer
By Deb Kirkland, RN, BSN, MPH Nurse Navigator, Herman & Walter Samuelson Breast Center at Northwest Hospital Cancer is caused by mutations in our genes. Sometimes our body can repair these changes, but other times it cannot. About 90 percent of cancers...
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October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
LifeBridge Health is proud to be a part of many exciting events celebrating breast cancer awareness in October.
- Wednesday, October 7: A Women's Evening of Breast Health at the Herman & Walter Samuelson Breast Care Center at Northwest Hospital. Join breast surgeon Dawn Leonard, M.D., nurse navigator Deb Kirkland, R.N., and genetic counselor Shannan DeLany Dixon, M.S., C.G.C. at 7 p.m. as they discuss the hot topics in breast health.
- Saturday, October 17: Pilates for Pink! Join Pilates instructer PJ O'Clair at LifeBridge Health & Fitness at 10:30 a.m. A $30 donation for the Pilates class goes to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and the Herman & Walter Samuelson Breast Care Center at Northwest Hospital. Call Kimberlee Strome at 410-318-6831 for more information.
- Sunday, October 18: Join the LifeBridge Health team for the 2009 Komen Maryland Race for the Cure! This year's race is in Hunt Valley. There is a $35 donation registration fee before race day/$40 on race day.
- Friday, October 23: 9 a.m. braVo! breakfast at Regalo, 1848 Reisterstown Road. Tickets are $25. Reserve early, as seating is limited. Call Tiffany at 410.484.9640 or at regalo (at) regaloframes.com. A portion of the proceeds from items purchased at the event will benefit the braVo! Financial Assistance Fund at LifeBridge Health.
- Saturday, October 24: The Red Devils Swim for Survivors! Register to swim as a team or join a team of four for the event, held at LifeBridge Health & Fitness. Each team will be assigned a lane for their 30-minute swim between 8 and 11 p.m. Prizes will be given to the team and individual raising the most money. A $30 registration includes food and beverages, T-shirt and raffle tickets. Click here to register.
- Lifebridge Health Goes Pink
If you?ve been to Northwest Hospital after dark the last few weeks, you may have noticed a rosy glow cast over the main entrance. That?s because pink lights have been installed to mark October?s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It sounds simple,...
- Pilates For Pink At Lifebridge Health & Fitness
Pilates exercises can help you improve your range of motion, become more flexible, increase circulation, and strengthen your posture, while decreasing your back, neck and joint pain. Now there's a way to try out Pilates while giving back to a great...
- Breast Cancer Is A Global Issue
By Deb Kirkland, RN, BSN, MPH Nurse Navigator, Herman & Walter Samuelson Breast Center at Northwest Hospital Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women around the globe. In 2002, there were 1.2 million cases globally, and over 400,000 deaths....
- Breast Cancer Screening Offered
If you're a woman, mark your calender for Wednesday, October 7. That's when we're inviting you to join us for an evening of frank and honest discussion about women?s breast health hosted by WJZ-TV 13 news anchor Mary Bubala. Clinical breast...
- Genes And Breast Cancer
By Deb Kirkland, RN, BSN, MPH Nurse Navigator, Herman & Walter Samuelson Breast Center at Northwest Hospital Cancer is caused by mutations in our genes. Sometimes our body can repair these changes, but other times it cannot. About 90 percent of cancers...