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I don't know that we have any 40+ women in Avian as gamers but no doubt everyone knows someone who fits that description.

As many of you know, I work for Fujifilm Medical Systems (FMSU), a daughter company of the Fuji film and camera company you may recognize. About a month ago, Fujifilm Medical began an initiative in cooperation with the National Breast Cancer Foundation and Linens-N-Things called Images of Health: Mammograms for a Million Moms. The idea is to get 1,000,000 women pledge to have a mammogram. Of one million women to have mammograms, 1,000 of their lives could be saved.

I want to make very clear this is not a request for money or donations, simply a conversation with a 40+ woman who is important to you.

Fuji was a pioneer in Computed Radiography (CR, a.k.a. x-rays that you look at with a computer instead of a piece of film) and the first to market that technology in North America in 1983.

What do I get out of this? Nothing. I work on our software image-display technology, Synapse and have little to nothing to do with CR. In fact, FMSU doesn't even profit directly. We sell the underlying technology that may be used in doing a mammogram but any equipment used for this initiative would already be purchased and installed. This is just one of those things I'm proud to be able to say my company is doing and wanted to post this here to get the word out a little more.

What do you get out of this? You could win a spa getaway... I've stayed at Canyon Ranch in Tuscon and it...is...awesome.

I can't say I've ever really been a huge proponent of mammograms but after realizing that a lot can be done for individual women like my mom and sister to help them avoid breast cancer by just making use of existing technology, why not encourage them to have a mammogram? It's not like years and years of research need to happen before something can be done...it can be done now - just make use of what's currently available. Early detection of breast cancer can make the difference of life and death.

Fujifilm Medical Systems
Images of Health: Mammograms for a Million Moms

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"The english language is not a wedding gown, it doesn't get better the more lace you add. It is instead a thong. Less is more." From /.
I need to remind myself of this regularly.

I am an over 40 woman, and the holidays are a great time to take care of the health of your loved ones. I think I will sign up all the men I know, and have them volunteer to have a "scrotumgram". Maybe more women would be willing to have their mammaries smashed between 2 cold hard slabs of metal if the men in their lives were truly able to share the experience

All joking aside, as hideous a torture as it sounds, mammograms can save lives and are an important part of staying healthy. Thank you for posting this, I hope it is taken to heart by everyone here.

Merry Christmas to all, and a very safe and happy New Year

I don't suppose this applies in Japan. I wonder if all the women around here get checked regularly.

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Good post Rocky!

My mother-in-law is recovering from Brest Cancer. They ditected it early and sucessfuly removed it. The key is early detection, and that is what a Mammogram is all about.

I will pass this along. Thanks Rocky!

Happy to do it, Cy - and very glad to hear of an early-detection success story!

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Liro
"The english language is not a wedding gown, it doesn't get better the more lace you add. It is instead a thong. Less is more." From /.
I need to remind myself of this regularly.

This is my wife's biggest problem with having a mammogram, honestly she is afraid the the squishing will damage her tissue and she doesn't like the amount of pain involved with a traditional mammogram. I do wish she would go have another one though; as breast cancer is in her family history.

If it matters she is WAY over 40....

HEY I fit that description, but I have to completely agree with Kbee, on all counts, I had my very first mammogram last year, lord the things women go through.

Daimania

My grandmother has had one radical masectomy, and the cancer has already spread. Trust me when I say this, a little discomfort now is nowhere near as bad as masectomies and chemo. Please, do all you can to assist the women in your lives to get this done post haste.

And men, the same thing goes for you guys and Prostrate exams.

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