Throughout October, you will see a lot of pink such as: pink ribbons, pink clothing, and pink versions of normal, everyday products. Breast Cancer Awareness Month is all about the pink but there’s more to beating breast cancer than just awareness. It’s easy to come up with reasons to put off scheduling screenings or a mammogram; you’ll do it later, you’re afraid of receiving bad news, you feel okay right now, no one in your family has had breast cancer and the list goes on. The reality is more than 230,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year and the most common risk factors for breast cancer are 1) Being Female and 2) Getting Older. However, early detection and early treatment saves lives every day. Be proactive and schedule your screenings