Dr. Susan Love Research
Foundation: The Love/Avon Army of Women Announces Yoga Study

“We need to go beyond a cure.
Weneed to stop people from ever getting breast cancer in
the first place.” — DR. SUSAN LOVE

The Love/Avon Army of Women
Announces Yoga Study

Do you know any breast cancer survivors living in Columbus, Ohio? 
If so, we hope you'll pass this along
to every survivor you know. Or, pass
it on to a friend to pass on to their friend. The Love/Avon Army of Women is an amazing initiative, and, as an affiliate, we're happy we can support their work.

Who is the Love/Avon Army of Women
The Dr. Susan Love Research
Foundation and the Avon Foundation,
a global leader in breast cancer research, joined forces to launch the Love/Avon Army of Women on the Today Show in Oct 2008.  The Army
of Women is enlisting healthy women
to partner with researchers (our goal
is ONE MILLION women) to move research from the lab to real women, and from investigating treatment and cure to seeking prevention by studying what happens before cancer occursand what causes it.  In short, theyare inviting all women to be "one ina million" and help prevent breast cancer.

The Yoga Study
Survivors...Relax, Release, Breathe...
Survivors know better than anyone
that cancer and cancer treatment are stresses that change the body, mind, and spirit. The researchers at the Ohio State University feel that yoga could be a way to begin the recovery process to heal all three.

If you are a breast cancer survivor in the Columbus, Ohio area, READ ON. If you know a friend who might be interested in this study, PASS IT ON.

What's the study about?
Breast cancer survivors can have a lotof post-treatment problems, such as fatigue, depression, and a decrease in physical function. It is possible that physical activities, like yoga, couldhelp ease these symptoms. This is a study about how yoga affects fatigue, immune function, and mood of women treated for breast cancer.

What's involved?
If you join the Yoga for Breast Cancer Survivors Study, you will be assigned to one of two groups: yoga or wait-list. The yoga group will attend yoga sessions twice a week for 12 weeks. The wait-list group will have the opportunity to take yoga after the study participation is complete. In addition you will be asked to visit the Ohio State University 4 times over 6-10 months. These visits include blood draws, questionnaires & completion of mild stress tasks.

Who can participate?
You can join the Yoga for Breast
Cancer Survivors Study if you match
ALL of these categories:

• You are a breast cancer survivor who was treated for stage I, II, or III a disease within the last two years
• You do not have inflammatory breast cancer
• You have not had a recurrence of breast cancer (this is the first time you were diagnosed with breast cancer)
• Aside from your breast cancer diagnosis, you have never had any other cancer diagnosis besides skin cancer
• You have never been diagnosed with diabetes or an autoimmune disease (such as under-active thyroid, over-active thyroid, lupus, multiple sclerosis, or rheumatoid arthritis).
• You live close enough to Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio to be able to attend yoga there two times a week

Who is conducting the study?  
Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, Ph.D. , Ohio
State University

Where? Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

How do I sign up?
Step 1:  Register with the Army of Women by clicking the link below:
http://www.armyofwomen.org/
getinvolved 
Step 2:  Sign up for the Yoga Study
by clicking the link below: http://www.armyofwomen.org/
current/view?grant_id=61

By registering with the Army of
Women, you will be added to our database and continue to be alerted
via email of new and innovative
research studies that you can take
part in.  Don’t wait, sign up today!