STATE CAPITOL FOUNTAIN LIT IN PINK FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS

The water in the fountain at the Pennsylvania State Capitol is now pink to serve as a visual reminder about breast cancer.  Doctors and health advocates say it’s important that people get regular mammograms to check for the disease, especially if they have a family history of breast cancer.  In those cases, they recommend getting screenings before age 40, the age that they recommend women begin getting yearly exams.  They also say genetic testing can look for mutations that put people at higher risk.