Supporting Women's Health at Race for the Cure

On Sunday, I attended the 2009 Komen NYC Race for the Cure, which is raising money to support 'community-based organizations providing life-saving breast health, education, screening and treatment to people in New York City, Long Island, Rockland and Westchester Counties.' At the kick-off event, I spoke with Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman (pictured above); singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper; Mayor Bloomberg and others.

As always, I urge New York women to make an appointment for an annual physical checkup. Current studies suggest that one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. The older the woman, the greater the risk: women under forty should schedule a clinical breast exam every three years; women older than forty should have one every year and augment with an annual screening mammogram. Anyone at risk because of family history may need to be tested more frequently.

On Sunday, I attended the 2009 Komen NYC Race for the Cure, which is raising money to support 'community-based organizations providing life-saving breast health, education, screening and treatment to people in New York City, Long Island, Rockland and Westchester Counties.' At the kick-off event, I spoke with Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman (pictured above); singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper; Mayor Bloomberg and others.

As always, I urge New York women to make an appointment for an annual physical checkup. Current studies suggest that one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. The older the woman, the greater the risk: women under forty should schedule a clinical breast exam every three years; women older than forty should have one every year and augment with an annual screening mammogram. Anyone at risk because of family history may need to be tested more frequently.