It may seem callous, but symbolically at least, I have to ask, “Does Elizabeth Edwards have a sister?”

We need research to end the scourge of breast cancer and one of the most critical studies
is in desperate need of volunteers.

The Sister Study (under the National Institutes of Health, NIH) is studying the healthy sisters of women diagnosed with breast cancer. Thus, I wind up asking women, like Elizabeth Edwards, the peculiar question (under the circumstances) “Do you have a sister?”

Like the Framingham heart study the Sister Study is a large scale study designed to identify the risk factors (genetic, behavioral and environmental) of a disease.

PLEASE play the video,”Sister By Sister: Discovering the Causes of Breast Cancer” (click “continue reading” and then click Quicktime blue Q) and/or visit the http://www.SisterStudy.org web site.