Published: September 14, 2018

MAURY REGIONAL HEALTH HAS LAUNCHED A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN CALLED PINKING OF YOU TO ENCOURAGE WOMEN TO BE SCREENED FOR BREST CANCER.  ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, THE CAMPAIGN REMINDS FACEBOOK USERS TO GET THEIR OWN MAMMOGRAM AND ALLOWS THEM TO SHARE THE LIFE-SAVING MESSAGE TO ENCOURAGE OTHER WOMEN TO GET THEIR ANNUAL SCREENING.  THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE ADVISES MORE THAN 12 PERCENT OF WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER.  RESEARCH SHOWS THAT MORE THAN 90% OF BREAST CANCERS DIAGNOSED AT AN EARLY STAGE ARE TREATABLE AND UNLIKELY TO SPREAD TO OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY.  TO BE PART OF THE PINKING OF YOU CAMPAIGN, LIKE MAURY REGIONAL HEALTH ON FACEBOOK AND SHARE THE PINKING OF YOU GRAPHIC.