{"id":47707,"date":"2016-09-12T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T13:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo2016.hispanicprwire.com\/english-are-you-dense-inc-launches-hispaniclatina-breast-health-program\/"},"modified":"2016-09-12T11:53:38","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T15:53:38","slug":"are-you-dense-inc-lanza-su-programa-de-salud-de-mama-para-mujeres-hispanaslatinas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/are-you-dense-inc-lanza-su-programa-de-salud-de-mama-para-mujeres-hispanaslatinas\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Dense Inc. Launches Hispanic\/Latina Breast Health Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WOODBURY, Connecticut<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 12, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Are You Dense, Inc., global nonprofit breast health organization, in collaboration with Madre Latina Inc., announces educational breast health resources in Spanish named E.M.P.O.W.E.R.E.D. &#8211; <b>E<\/b>arly <b>M<\/b>atters: <b>P<\/b>roviding <b>O<\/b>pportunities <b>W<\/b>ith <b>E<\/b>ducational <b>R<\/b>esources for <b>E<\/b>arly <b>D<\/b>etection. Along with educational literature (<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2c3WJ0Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2c3WJ0Z<\/a>), a video, with English Captions, urging women to be smart about breast cancer screening options, including knowledge of their breast density for optimum breast health, is featured. A survivor&#8217;s poignant story, a call to breast health action from a Latina leader and a physician, frame the compelling short video.<\/p>\n<p>Video &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F9oiJbKVdLY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F9oiJbKVdLY<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Yoellie Iglesias, director of Madre Latina Inc., reports, &#8220;The video is empowering, giving women the ability to be ambassadors of our breast health.&#8221; Obstetrician\/gynecologist <span class=\"xn-person\">Claudia Grogean<\/span>, M.D., concurs, &#8220;This video is a welcomed educational resource for my Hispanic and Latina patients and women across the globe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-person\">Nancy M. Cappello<\/span>, Ph.D., founder and director of nonprofits, Are You Dense, Inc. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.areyoudense.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.AreYouDense.org<\/a>) and Are You Dense Advocacy, Inc., (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.areyoudenseadvocacy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.AreYouDenseAdvocacy.org<\/a>) also a video contributor, explains that dense breast tissue hides cancerous tumors on mammogram, making cancer difficult to detect until much further along. &#8220;Our mission is clear, first, ensuring that no woman suffers the tragedy of a preventable late-stage diagnosis and second, eliminating barriers to adjunct screening, such as ultrasound and MRI. We are especially grateful to the Connecticut Community Foundation for funding this targeted outreach effort.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>American Cancer Society reports (<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2c3UpHu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2c3UpHu<\/a>) breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer deaths in Hispanic\/Latina women as they are more likely to be diagnosed with advanced disease compared to white non-Hispanic population. A preliminary study by <span class=\"xn-person\">Beth A. Jones<\/span>, Ph.D., MPH director, Smilow Screening &amp; Prevention Program, assistant director Diversity\/Health Equity, Yale Cancer Center and a collaborator on the EMPOWERED project, furthered these findings in <span class=\"xn-location\">Connecticut<\/span> by examining mammography screening and understanding of dense breast tissue in this population. &#8220;I am gratified that our research motivated the launching of the EMPOWERED program for this population,&#8221; adds Jones. <\/p>\n<p>Dr. Cappello and the Board of Directors of Are You Dense, Inc. are active participants in improving breast health in their community, supporting local breast centers\/hospitals with funds for adjunct screening for underserved women. Motivated by Cappello&#8217;s late-stage cancer diagnosis, invisible by mammogram, <span class=\"xn-location\">Connecticut<\/span> became the first state in the nation to enact density reporting legislation; twenty-eight states have since passed laws as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WOODBURY, Connecticut<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 12, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Are You Dense, Inc., global nonprofit breast health organization, in collaboration with Madre Latina Inc., announces educational breast health resources in Spanish named E.M.P.O.W.E.R.E.D. &#8211; <b>E<\/b>arly <b>M<\/b>atters: <b>P<\/b>roviding <b>O<\/b>pportunities <b>W<\/b>ith <b>E<\/b>ducational <b>R<\/b>esources for <b>E<\/b>arly <b>D<\/b>etection. 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