In honor of National Women’s Health Week
By Sarah Ford on May 11, 2014
Source: Prevent Cancer Foundation

Today marks two occasions: Mother’s Day and the beginning of National Women’s Health Week, a week devoted to educating women about how to live longer and healthier lives.
One in three women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. The three most common cancers among women – breast, lung and colorectal – will take the lives of over 136,370 women in this year alone.
Let’s celebrate Mother’s Day and National Women’s Health Week by talking about prevention. Listen up, ladies: