Buddy Bracelet Spreads Awareness Of Colorectal Cancer
January 31, 2009 by admin
Filed under General Health
Colorectal cancer is the second largest life taking cancer disease after lung cancer and an estimated two-lakh people have been diagnosed this year of which about fifty thousand people were reported dead. Looking at the above figures, one can easily estimate of how life threatening is this cancer even today. Colorectal cancer, when detected at early stages can be easily cured by removing polyps, which is the cause of this type of cancer. To be on the safer side, doctors always recommend screening through which this cancer can be detected and successfully cured.
National Colorectal cancer awareness month was founded by Cancer research and prevention foundation in the year 2004 to bring out awareness among the people about the vitality of detecting the cancer at early stages and prevent it from becoming hazardous. As part of the program, this organization along with it’s partners have introduced a unique concept called “Buddy Bracelet”.
The theory behind this concept is that a person should wear a blue colored buddy bracelet in order to bring awareness among the public about the problems of colorectal cancer. A person who wears this bracelet is supposed to get screened for colorectal cancer and after his work is done, he has to pass this bracelet to his friend, relative or a member of the family conveying him the message of the important tips to be considered for preventing colorectal cancer. Then this person after getting screened will pass it to other person following the same process. This way, the message about the importance of colorectal cancer can be spread from one person to the other and finally reaching out to the maximum.
“Wear it, share it, because you care” is the slogan of this buddy bracelet which exactly reflects to what this buddy bracelet is meant for. It’s almost been half a decade that this unique concept has been launched and the statistics reveal that it has reached out to many people across the globe. This Buddy bracelet acts as a catalyst in saving many precious lives and has been very successful since its launch.
Some of the preventive steps to be considered in detecting this cancer at early stage is to get screened regularly and maintain healthy food habits like taking lots of fiber content like fruits, green vegetables, etc. Even smoking and drinking is highly prohibited as it has larger risks of getting infected with this deadly disease. Live and let live by spreading the message of awareness among public through this wonderful concept “Buddy Bracelet” and make this world a happy place to live. Even the youth can take part in this social service by wearing this bracelet and letting people know of the care to be taken with this type of cancer.
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