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 "Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, which sponsors the annual "Race for the Cure," took up the cause. With the help of transplant doctors like Peters, they lobbied state legislatures and the federal government to mandate insurance coverage for the procedure.
Insurers were in a bind. Paying for transplants could cost them millions of dollars a year. But if they refused to cover them, they faced court cases like Health Net or irate legislatures. Most chose to pay, and as the insurance money flowed, the number of breast cancer patients who were transplanted soared."- Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.) |
 "When this is considered against the multimillion-dollar race for the cure waged by the Alzheimer's empire, we must demand that our public officials use our resources to further identify the neurotoxicity of industrial chemicals in our food, drinking water, and environment, and that they strictly regulate those with known neurotoxic effects. The "fight" against Alzheimer's disease means avoiding exposures to toxins, and defending our younger generations from the ravages of industrial chemicals on their developing brains.
Why does aluminum have a bad rap?"- Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.) |
 "Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, which sponsors the annual "Race for the Cure," took up the cause. With the help of transplant doctors like Peters, they lobbied state legislatures and the federal government to mandate insurance coverage for the procedure.
Insurers were in a bind. Paying for transplants could cost them millions of dollars a year. But if they refused to cover them, they faced court cases like Health Net or irate legislatures. Most chose to pay, and as the insurance money flowed, the number of breast cancer patients who were transplanted soared."- Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.) |
 "In 1997, he was named chair of Three MUes of Men, a group whose purpose was to support women participating in the New York City edition of the race for the cure, a 5K (3.1 mile) race designed to raise funds and awareness about breast cancer prevention and education. Three Miles of Men recruited spouses and friends to be spectators along the three-mile course of the race.
With or without the men, the race for the cure is a phenomenally successful event. This nationwide series, which benefits the Susan G."- Jeff Berman, Fran Fleegler, John Hanc, The Force Program: The Proven Way to Fight Cancer Through Physical Activity and Exercise (Get the book.) "In 1999, according to USA Track & Field Road Running Information Center in Santa Barbara, a total of 688,000 women crossed the finish line of at least one of the 107 race for the cure events held annually in the United States. The individual events themselves attract staggering numbers of participants. The largest race for the cure, held in Washington, D.C., had 46,060 finishers in 1999, making it the third largest race of any kind in the United States. All of these women, whether walkers or runners, are concerned about breast cancer." - Jeff Berman, Fran Fleegler, John Hanc, The Force Program: The Proven Way to Fight Cancer Through Physical Activity and Exercise (Get the book.) "By emphasizing activity and fitness, it epitomizes the spirit and principles of the FORCE program. The race for the cure invites women to vote with their feet, so to speak: to show that women with breast cancer can still be healthy and vital. Indeed, many of the women who have come through the FORCE program are breast cancer survivors, and many of them participate regu- larly in the local race for the cure. Chances are, there's one not far from you. If you're a woman, we encourage you to participate in it. Use it as the culmination of your three-phase exercise program." - Jeff Berman, Fran Fleegler, John Hanc, The Force Program: The Proven Way to Fight Cancer Through Physical Activity and Exercise (Get the book.) |
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