October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Inova Loudoun Hospital is your Link to Pink

LEESBURG, VA – (October 1, 2012) – To celebrate the growing awareness around breast cancer, Inova Breast Care Institute is hosting two events at Inova Loudoun Hospital in October.

Breast Cancer Retreat ~ Survivorship: Thriving through Integrative Strategies on Saturday, Oct. 6 from 9:15 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at Inova Loudoun Hospital, 44045 Riverside Parkway, Conference Rooms A & B, Leesburg. The educational session will feature sessions on life beyond diagnosis; healthy eating after cancer treatment; maintaining mind/body wellness using integrative tools, chair exercises; sexuality and intimacy after treatment and a Q&A segment.

The Survivors Retreat Open House will showcase information and community resources; free wigs, bras, scarves and hats; free soft pocket prostheses; makeup kits and makeovers; healthy cooking demonstrations by Wegmans; free seated massages and yoga demonstrations; door prizes and giveaways; refreshments and appetizers and much more.

The Inova Breast Care Institute and Inova Loudoun Hospital are partnering with the American Cancer Society and the Loudoun Breast Health Network (LBHN) on this event.

Participation is free, but registration is requested. For more information or to register for the event, visit www.inovalinktopink.org or call 1.855.My.Inova (1.855.694.6682).

Free Screening Mammogram Day is Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 (please note free mammogram event is not occurring in 2013) at the following locations:

Inova Loudoun Hospital, 44045 Riverside Parkway, Leesburg
Inova Imaging Center – Leesburg, 224 Cornwall Street, NW, Leesburg
Inova Imaging Center – Dulles South, 24801 Pinebrook Road, Chantilly

The American Cancer Society recommends women begin screening by age 40 – even earlier if there is a family history of breast cancer – and schedule yearly mammograms after that.

This free screening mammogram is available to all women over 40 who have a physician order. Registration is required. Please call 571.423.5400 (please note free mammogram event is not occurring in 2013).

Inova Loudoun Hospital, serving Loudoun County for 100 years, is part of Inova, a not-for-profit healthcare system based in Northern Virginia that consists of hospitals and other health services, including emergency- and urgent-care centers, home care, nursing homes, mental health and blood donor services, and wellness classes. Governed by a voluntary board of community members, Inova’s mission is to improve the health of the diverse community it serves through excellence in patient care, education and research. Visit us on the web at www.inova.org/ilh. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/InovaLoudounHospital.
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