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News Release Cancer: It's About Prevention.
April 20, 2007 Please join us at the landmark national conference, CANCER:
It's About Prevention. It's About Time! Over half of all cancers are preventable. Prevent Cancer Now and the Saunders-Matthey Cancer Prevention Coalition are co-sponsoring this national conference in Ottawa to develop practical plans for action to stop the cancer epidemic in Canada. This conference has three main goals: * To raise national awareness about the need for the primary prevention of cancer - stopping cancer before it starts. * To provide tools and strategies to assist local groups with public education & action campaigns. The conference will also include outstanding keynote speakers, regional organizing, 18 participatory workshops, plus the launch of "Cancer: 101 Solutions to a Preventable Epidemic" (New Society Publishers). . Full conference registration is $250 ($300 after April 22) with day rates available; accommodation at University of Ottawa is $33 to $55 per person per night (available to those who register before April 22). For more information & to register, visit: www.preventcancernow.ca. Or contact: Click here to view our Sources Listing Areas of Expertise: Aboriginal Women - Alternative Health Care - Battered Women - Birth - Birth Control - Breast Cancer - Breastfeeding - Breast Implants - Caregiving - Childbirth - Elderly Women - Estrogen - Female Sexuality - Gender Issues - Health Information/Women - Hormone Replacement Therapy - Immigrant Women - Menopause - Menstruation - Mental Health - Midwifery - Minority Women's Issues - Natural Healing - Ovarian Cancer - Publications/Women's Health - Refugee Women - Reproductive Health - Rural Women - Status of Women - Violence against Women & Children - Women - Women & Cancer - Women as Caregivers - Women & Heart Disease - Women & Welfare - Women & Work - Women's Associations/Advocacy Groups - Women's Health - Women's Issues - Women's Issues/Advocacy - Women's Issues/Research Sources |