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A Look at Charity Wristbands
 
Charity wristbands have become hugely popular over the last year. Countless charitable organizations representing everything from breast cancer awareness, to the Red Cross, to patriotic and religious groups, to the Lance Armstrong Foundation sell uniquely colored wristbands to raise money and awareness. The charity wristband phenomenon is not just happening in the United States, either. People as far away as Europe and even Australia are becoming entranced by this popular trend.

Charity wristbands offer people the option of helping out causes they believe in. People who may not have much money to give away to charity can buy a wristband for a very reasonable price and know that they are doing their part to help. Most charity wristbands sell for under five dollars, with some going for as little as one dollar. The wristbands are sold for so little because they are usually made of inexpensive silicone or rubber. Many manufacturers offer discounts for organizations that buy large numbers of wristbands.

Charity wristbands can come in nearly any color and can have any type of slogan or name embossed on them. Certain colors are known to represent particular charities or causes. One of the most popular is the yellow wristband that is sold by the Lance Armstrong Foundation. People around the world recognize that people wearing these bands donated money to help people living with cancer. Pink charity wristbands signify breast cancer awareness. People who buy these wristbands help support breast cancer research and treatment. After the catastrophic tsunami, the Red Cross began selling red wristbands to help fund the rescue and recovery efforts in the area.

Charity wristbands are popular worldwide. They are trendy fashion accessories as well as fundraising tools. When the first quantity of yellow wristbands sold out in Australia, people bought the bands off of eBay at huge markups.

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Breast Cancer News



Researchers Find Breast Cancer Gene, Spur Hope for New Drugs (Bloomberg)
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Researchers discovered a gene involved in the spread of breast cancer, which may lead to new treatments for a disease that kills about 1 in 35 women.

Budget crisis may shut Adelphi breast cancer hotline (Newsday)
For the last 28 years, the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline and Support Program has been providing advice, support and screening to women with breast cancer.

Diet tied to survival in breast cancer patients (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Women with early-stage breast cancer may live longer if they maintain a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat dairy, a new study suggests.

Daily Women's Health Policy Report Summarizes Latest Breast Cancer News (Medical News Today)
The following summarizes recent news coverage related to breast cancer. ~ Genetic testing: NPR's "All Things Considered" on Wednesday profiled members of a family as they decided whether to undergo genetic testing for mutations of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, which are strongly linked to an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer.

Efforts increase to prevent lymphedema after breast cancer (Jefferson City News Tribune)
Lymphedema specialist Johanna Murphy Murphy (facing camera) guides breast cancer survivor Anne Holman through her program at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington.

Inflammatory Breast Cancer: A Complex Disease (Medical News Today)
This article reviews the following: "Molecular Determinants of the Inflammatory Breast Cancer Phenotype". The recognition of the existence of an aggressive, lethal subtype of breast cancer known as inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) dates back to 1924, when the first comprehensive assessment of IBC, based on a series of 28 patients, was presented by Lee and Tannenbaum.

Team Finds Breast Cancer Gene Linked To Disease Spread (Medical News Today)
A team of researchers at Princeton University and The Cancer Institute of New Jersey has identified a long-sought gene that is fatefully switched on in 30 to 40 percent of all breast cancer patients, spreading the disease, resisting traditional chemotherapies and eventually leading to death.

Princeton team IDs gene that makes breast cancer such a killer (The Times of Trenton)
Princeton University scientists working with the Cancer Institute of New Jersey say they have identified a gene that causes breast cancer tumors to spread and makes them resistant to chemotherapy.

Gene Helps Breast Cancer Spread And Resist Chemo (Medical News Today)
Scientists in the US looking for genomic changes in breast tumor samples found that a gene called metadherin (MTDH) appears to play a dual role in both helping cancer spread (metastasis) and maintain resistance to chemotherapy. They said this research identifies MTDH as an important new target for the treatment of high risk breast cancers.

Molecular Determinants Of The Inflammatory Breast Cancer Phenotype (Medical News Today)
Despite advances in multimodality treatment, inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) remains the most aggressive and lethal form of breast cancer. The use of primary human IBC cell lines and functional in vivo xenograft cancer models have revealed characteristics innate to IBC thought to confer a strong metastatic potential and aggressive phenotype.