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Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2006

General Electric’s Women’s Health and Wellness Tour in Tampa, Fla., Will Feature The Cancer Project's Food for Life Classes

WHAT: GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, is raising awareness on issues that affect women’s health with the “GE Women’s Health and Wellness Tour.” The national, mobile tour designed to educate women about their own health and wellness will be at the Tampa Convention Center as part of the 8 on Your Side Health and Fitness Expo on February 24 and 25. GE is partnering with iMAGE1 Diagnostic Imaging Centers and HCA Hospitals of the Greater Tampa Bay Area to educate women about the importance of disease prevention and early detection.

Contained within a custom-designed, 53-foot vehicle, the tour is fully equipped with state-of-the-art clinical technology to offer education for women regarding breast cancer, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and other health issues. Attendees will have the opportunity to tour the vehicle’s Breast, Bone, and Heart Suites and to learn more about how mammograms are performed and the benefits of digital mammography.

The Cancer Project will be offering free Food for Life cooking class demonstrations designed to help attendees understand how diet affects cancer. The Food for Life cooking classes were designed by physicians, nutrition experts, and registered dietitians, and include information about how certain foods and nutrients work to promote or discourage cancer growth, along with simple cooking demonstrations that can be recreated easily at home.

For more information on the GE tour, visit www.gewomenstour.com.

WHERE: Tampa Convention Center, 333 South Franklin Street, Tampa, Fla.; www.tampaconventioncenter.com.

WHEN: Friday, Feb. 24, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Saturday, Feb. 25, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Cancer Project's Food for Life classes will take place Friday at 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m.

WHO: The class will be taught by Food for Life cooking instructor Ellen Jaffe Jones. Jaffe Jones is a vegan and an organic gardener, and she is the only adult female in her extended family who is free of heart disease and breast cancer. She has been teaching Food for Life courses since August 2005.

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