In the News: Savannah’s 5K
DeDe Cargill from Every Steps Counts was on WTOC TV in Savannah this morning talking about the Savannah Get Your Rear in Gear 5K and the importance of colonoscopy screenings, healthy living and cancer...
View ArticleIn the Media: Savannah on WTOC Fit Club
The Savannah Get Your Rear in Gear 5K committee continues to pepper the airwaves with the message of colon cancer being preventable, treatable and beatable. Watch DeDe Cargill, from Every Step Counts...
View ArticleFriends raise awareness in Oklahoma
Start of 2012 Get Your Rear in Gear Tulsa 5K Co-workers and friends Carrie LaFollette and Christy Hileman both stage III colon cancer survivors participated in the Get Your Rear in Gear Tulsa 5k on...
View ArticleCancer survivor encourages others
Paula Bussey holds a picture of her friends who supported her during her recent cancer treatment. Kevin Harvison Colon cancer survivor and Get Your Rear in Gear Tulsa participant, Paula Bussey, was...
View ArticleEvent organizers urge “scheduled maintenance”
Toledo’s inaugural Get Your Rear in Gear 5K presented by the Lucas County Colorectal Cancer Coalition will be held on Saturday, June 2. Lucas County in Ohio has an unusually high number of late-stage...
View ArticleCharlotte GYRIG looks to change views of colon cancer
Ad run by Charlotte Get Your Rear in Gear, featuring colorectal cancer survivors from the Charlotte area. (Click to enlarge.) In their continuing mission to spread the word about the importance of...
View ArticleNews about Colonoscopies and Insurance Co-Pays
We received some great news regarding colonoscopy screening from the National Colorectal Cancer Round Table (NCCRT) today. From NCCRT: Health and Human Services has released final guidance today on...
View ArticleBaby boomers embacing colonoscopy – Star Tribune
In advance of the 2013 Get Your Rear in Gear – Twin Cities event on April 21, the Star Tribune published a story highlighting the importance of colonoscopy in prevention and early detection of colon...
View ArticleBaton Rouge grant receives national recognition
Huge kudos to Get Your Rear in Gear – Baton Rouge. They partnered with local television station WBRZ TV (ABC) in March 2012 for an on-air PSA and news story campaign to increase awareness of colon...
View ArticleGetting Closer to a Blood Test for Colon Cancer
Preliminary reserach released today (Friday, June 7, 2013) in the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics suggests that scientists are getting closer to creating a blood test that could detect colon cancers....
View ArticleMIT: Research points toward better colonoscopy
MIT researchers have developed a new type of endoscopy that can produce three-dimensional images of the surface of the colon. Researchers at MIT have developed a new technology that may make it easier...
View ArticleDes Moines Register: Young cancer survivor touts awareness
From DesMoinesRegister.com: Ethan Hansen / Tonya Scarcello/Special to The Register In advance of Get Your Rear in Gear – Des Moines, colon cancer survivor, Ethan Hansen, 24, is telling his story to...
View ArticleGrant Will Enable More Patients to Be Screened
A $37,500 grant from the Colon Cancer Coalition will help Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) improve colon cancer screening and detection for its patients. The Boston Health Care for...
View ArticleTake a Stand for the Can!
For our founder Kristin Lindquist’s milestone birthday next month she is inviting you to Take a Stand for the Can. Here’s her challenge: Kristin speaks at a Get Your Rear in Gear event For my big...
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