Pink Ribbon Facts 🎀
This month of the year is dedicated to Breast Cancer Awareness.
What is October?
A group of this fluffy mammal is known as a fluffle or a colony.
What is a rabbit?
The only food that never spoils, archeologists have found edible pots of it in ancient Egyptian tombs.
What is honey?
For many women, this is the best way to find breast cancer early, often before it's large enough to feel.
What is a mammogram?
This is the name of Verily's CMO.
Who is Alix Hart?
Other than skin cancer, this is the most common cancer among American women.
What is breast cancer?
This aquatic creature has three hearts: two pump blood to the gills, and one pumps it to the rest of the body.
What is an octopus?
This famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci is also known by the official title La Gioconda.
What is the Mona Lisa?
For women at average risk, the American Cancer Society generally recommends they begin yearly mammograms by this age.
What is 45?
Verily was originally founded as a "moonshot" division of this organization, known for ambitious, long-term projects.
What is Google X?
This risk factor results in about 1 in 726 breast cancer cases.
What is being male (or gender)? (Accept "men get breast cancer too.")
This apex predator is the only animal with no bones in its body.
What is a shark?
This South American country is home to the Amazon River's headwaters and the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu.
What is Peru?
This lifestyle factor, especially after menopause, is a risk factor for breast cancer because it can increase estrogen levels and create an inflammatory environment.
What is being overweight or obesity?
Verily is launching this consumer app to help people track all their health data in one place and better promote personalized insights.
What is VerilyMe?
Though this is the most common symptom, breast cancer may also appear as swelling, nipple changes, or a change in skin texture that looks like an orange peel.
What is a lump? (Accept other signs like skin changes or nipple discharge.)
A group of these striped equids, known for their unique black and white patterns, is called a "dazzle."
What is a zebra?
The Earth's largest desert is this frozen continent, due to its extremely low precipitation levels.
What is Antarctica?
Women are often told not to use deodorant or antiperspirant on the day of a mammogram, how can these products make an X-ray difficult to read.
What are calcifications or white spots? (Accept shadows or artifacts.)
Wastewater tests this for a variety of infectious diseases that can impact local public health.
What is sewage?
This is the five-year relative survival rate for breast cancer when it is diagnosed at the localized (early) stage.
What is 99%?
This mythical creature, symbolizing purity and strength, is the national animal of Scotland.
What is a unicorn?
The Sargasso Sea is unique because it's the only sea in the world that does not have any of these.
What are coastlines?
Mutations in this gene significantly increase a woman's lifetime risk of developing breast cancer.
What are BRCA genes?
This organization was highlighted in Bharat's most recent commercial highlight as a strategic renewal for the next 2 years.
Who is NIH (NIH SysBio FAIRplex)?