In this issue
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Making it count
Nora Kessel: beats cancer and fights back through Relay For Life

Fighting cancer, one integrin at a time
Dr. Cindy Miranti

In memory of her father
Kea Deppe: an all-around ACS volunteer

Fight Back this month at Indiana Lobby Day

What's your New Year's resolution?
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Health Check Quiz
Reduce your cancer risk

Healthy Recipe
Lemon cake with brandied blueberry sauce

GLO Grads
Savanna Rivest
Community Representative
Lakeshore Staff

Health Check Quiz: Reducing your cancer risk
Take the following quiz on the American Cancer Society’s Great American Health Challenge and test your knowledge of the steps you can take to reduce your cancer risk.

Then, visit www.cancer.org/greatamericans to create your personalized action plan, and take the steps you need to reduce your cancer risk.

1. True of False. You have no control over reducing you cancer risk.

            A. True
            B. False

2. Many Americans think that there is little they can do to avoid getting cancer, but in fact, at least ___ percent of cancer deaths could be prevented through healthy lifestyle factors.

            A. 10
            B. 20
            C. 35
            D. 50

3. Research indicates that cutting cancer death rates by 50 percent nationally would save about 280,000 lives every year in the United States, and ___ in Indiana and Michigan.

            A. 100
            B. 8,960
            C. 16,990
            D. 13,600

4. True or false. There are four components of the Great American Challenge.

A. True – The American Cancer Society’s Great American Health Challenge asks Americans to make a commitment to “check, move, nourish and quit” to reduce their cancer risk.|
B. False

5. Taking the Great American Health Check Challenge will allow you to

A. create an individualized action plan that provides guidance on which cancer screening tests are best for you
B. create an individualized action plan that provides guidance to family and friends
C. have day-to-day lifestyle suggestions on how to eat healthy, quit smoking and get the right amount of exercise
D. All of the above

You’ll find the answers below, in a teeny tiny font! For more information on the Great American Health Challenge, call the American Cancer Society, anytime day or night, at 1-800-ACS-2345 or log on to www.cancer.org/greatamericans.

                                                                                Answers: 1. B, 2. D, 3. C, 4. A, 5. D