Elizabeth Edwards' breast cancer recurrence has the disease once again dominating newspapers, magazines, television programs, and conversations. Just two days ago, I heard a run-down of facts about breast cancer. They were shared to raise awareness, and while I was already aware of most of them, it's still quite sobering to hear some of the statistics that surround a disease that lands in the laps of more than 200,000 American women every year.
Think about these -- three powerful truths that happen to stick in my mind at this very moment:
The highest risk of breast cancer belongs to those older than 60.
Nearly 85 percent of women diagnosed with breast cancer have no family history of the disease.
And tragically, every three minutes, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer.
