That's what Meredith and NBC Universal discovered in their study, "What do Women Want?"
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"Many women are skipping important medicalexaminations, annual physicals and screenings:
"Many women are skipping important medicalexaminations, annual physicals and screenings:• Less than two-thirds (59%) of all women get an annual physical, even fewer Gen Y women (44%).
• Nearly one-third of Boomer women are not getting their annual mammograms, cholesterol checks or physicals.
• 62% of women regularly give themselves a breast self-examination, while only 14% of all women get a skin cancer screening at least once a year.
Read more at Meredith. Ironically, Women's Check-Up Day was earlier this month. Love yourself? Take
care of yourself.
Between self-image and staying alive, this may be our biggest Procrastination Error, as
women. Perhaps Hilda L. Solis, Arianna Huffington, AnnaDeavere Smith and Ann Curry can spearhead a "Love Yourself" campaign to inspire more women to get vital health check-ups.
care of yourself.Between self-image and staying alive, this may be our biggest Procrastination Error, as women. Perhaps Hilda L. Solis, Arianna Huffington, AnnaDeavere Smith and Ann Curry can spearhead a "Love Yourself" campaign to inspire more women to get vital health check-ups. FromMe2We, let's recruit apt allies, including BlogHer, The Women's Ad Network, WIMN, Our Bodies Our Blog,
AMWA and the Downtown Women's Club. (Have you gotten your check-ups?)
AMWA and the Downtown Women's Club. (Have you gotten your check-ups?)
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