October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

"What You Do Matters" is a new call to action for women urged by sanofi-aventis in conjunction with the company's sponsorship of the television and multimedia program Frosted Pink with a Twist. To address results of a recent survey revealing a need for greater education about women's cancers, one of the stars of Frosted Pink with a Twist, 2008 Olympic champion and granddaughter of a breast cancer survivor, Shawn Johnson, urges women of all ages that "What You Do Matters" – to look ahead to the future by getting the facts about their cancer risk today.

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Talk with others about health and wellness issues specific to women's needs in the Women's Health Forum.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• Why Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension And Cardiovascular Disease in Women Is So Important • Healthy Diet And Lifestyle Behaviors Associated With Decreased Risk Of Heart Attack In Women • Simple Lifestyle Changes Contribute To Stroke Prevention For Women • February Is National Heart Month • Healthy Lifestyle Reduces Women's Stroke Risk • Just Like Men, Women Need To Check Their Hearts • Mother and Baby Both Winners at the Weight Loss Game • More than Half of Teenage Girls May Be Leading Sedentary Lives, Research Finds • Mother and Baby Both Winners at the Weight Loss Game • 10 Habits That Mess up a Woman's Diet • UCLA Study Finds a Low Fat, High-Fiber Diet Lowers Breast Cancer Risk Factors - Slows Tumor Cell Growth • Why Women Must Increase Physical Activity - Build Healthy Habits • Women More Concerned about Losing Weight than Men, New Research Finds • Women Often Neglect Health When Prevention is Most Important • The Facts: Women and Heart Disease • Women and Heart Disease: The Great Equalizer • New Report Maps Women's Health in the United States Shows Patterns by State for Key Indicators • Women More Aware of Cardiovascular Disease But Knowledge Gap Remains • Highly Educated Workers May Be At Greater Risk For Poor Mental Health • Physicians Less Likely to Screen, But More Likely to Intervene On Domestic Violence • Osteoporosis Education and Advice Needed • Foreign-Born Women More Likely to Die From Heart Disease Than American Women • Resistance Training Complements Aerobics for Women • Sexual Preference Should Have No Part in Regular Pap Smears • Differences Between Sexes Extend to Knees • Gender Gap: Women Win on Endurance? • Genes Play Increasing Role in Tobacco Use Risk for Women • Thumbs Up to Overweight Moms Losing Weight While Breastfeeding • Teenaged Hot Flashes • Hepatitis C Alert: Women Who Gave Birth Prior to 1992, Beware • Connection Recognized Between Abortion and Breast Cancer • Breastfeeding Woman Fights for Her Rights • Great News for Women Who Experience Disabling Cramps and PMS • Women's Health Issues Making Strides • Survey Finds Women Are Under-Evaluated and Under-Treated • Quick Tips To Fight Osteoporosis • Let's Get "Spiritual": Women's Health America Offers Exercises for the Spirit • Women Aren't Following National Mammography Screening Guidelines, Study Finds • Need for Women's Health Education is Strong • Specific Education Needed To Correct Myths About Breast Cancer