SUGABABES RAISE CERVICAL CANCER AWARENESS
SUGABABES are helping to raise awareness of cervical cancer - because the= British band was shocked to learn about the severity of the disease.
The Push the Button hitmakers are headlining the Fight Cervical Cancer = In Style event in London on Wednesday (27Jan10) in a bid to educate women= about the disease.
The trio is calling for females to make sure they undergo regular smear= tests to check their health.
Speaking on U.K. TV show Live From Studio Five, singer Heidi Range says= , "We’re just really pleased to be part of the campaign, raising awarenes= s for girls to go and get regular smears and just raise awareness." Bandmate Amelle Berrabah adds, "We work for a lot of charities anyway a= nd as soon as we heard about it we were really interested… and just for= the simple fact as well that we learned so much. When they told us some = of the facts, we were like, ‘Are you joking?’ "Three people a day die from cervical cancer… it’s the most common ca= ncer in women from the age of 20 to 29, the second most common cancer fro= m under 35. You might as well go and get a smear and check it out because= it’s your life you’re playing with here and it’s so easy, it takes five = minutes out of your time and you could save yourself a lot of trouble in = the future."
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