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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
The leading UK breast cancer charity, Breakthrough Breast Cancer, is launching a celebrity fitness DVD "All Star Workout" featuring, among others, Kate Winslet, Amanda Holden, Patsy Palmer, Gordon and Tana Ramsay, Jenny Frost, Jo Whiley, Penny Smith, Melinda Messenger, Sarah Beeny, Faye Tozer, Suzanne Shaw, Nancy Sorrell, Caroline Monk and the Hollyoaks girls - and yours truley!It's all part of Breast Cancer Awareness month. The DVD has 28 day health and fitness plan which includes dance and aerobic workout routines, a stress buster session and secret success tips from the stars themselves. Also Gordon Ramsay and his wife Tana provide top diet and nutrition advice to maintain wellbeing and a healthy weight.
Where to get it
You can buy it from amazon.co.uk : The All Star Workout
For each copy sold Breakthrough Breast Cancer will earn £2.00
Breakthrough is also running a campaign to 'Show your breasts some TLC - Touch, Look, Check'.
Touch your breasts. Feel for anything unusual. Look for changes. Be aware of their shape and texture. Check anything unusual with your doctor. Chat with your friends if you are worried.
My advice is to look for the following when checking your breasts:
- has it changed in shape or size?
- is one larger than the other?
- is the skin dimpling or puckering?
- can you feel a lump of a thickening?
- check your armpit and the base of your neck for swelling
- check the nipple - is there are discharge? itchy skin? is it turning inwards?
For a more detailed description, see Dr Chris Steele's guide to breast self-examination.
These checks are important because:
* 1 in 9 women will get breast cancer at some point in their lives
* Over 41,000 women a year develop breast cancer
* Over 1000 die each month from it
But also remember that 9 out of 10 lumps are not cancer.
More information and resources
Breakthrough Breast Cancer Awareness Web site
The All Star Workout on amazon.co.uk
You can see a video of how to perform a breast self examination here: Breast self examination video from the Susan G Komen foundation
This content was created on Mon 2 October 2006
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