The YMCA of Greater Rochester will host the 2nd annual Westside District 5K, Cancer Survivor Walk and Family Fun Run.

The event will be located at YMCA Camp Northpoint at 249 North Greece Road this Friday, June 7 at 6:00 p.m.
Registration for the event will be from 5:00 to 5:45 p.m.

The event will include a certified 5K, one-mile cancer survivors' walk and a one-mile family run. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Y's Invest in Youth Campaign which supports programs like LIVESTRONG, a 12-week exercise program designed for adult cancer survivors.

The event itself will be held in memory of the Northwest Y's friend Linda Nettnin. Nettnin passed away on February 4 after a 10-month battle with pancreatic cancer, she completed the LIVESTRONG program back in December 2012.

Families at the event can enjoy activities and food-truck vendors including food from Brick-N-Motor, Michelle's Catering and Bakery, Stingray Sushi and Macarollin'.

Cancer is a word heard too often and that's why the American Cancer Society wants you to considering taking part in the Cancer Prevention Study-3. The study will help researchers better understand the lifestyle, environmental and genetic factors that cause or prevent cancer and will save lives.

From Tuesday May 14 to Saturday May 18, enrollment for the study will take place at Rochester General Hospital, UR Medical Center and the YMCA Carlson Metro, Bay View and Northwest branches.

Researchers are looking for people who want to make a long-term commitment to the study(which involves completing surveys at home periodically over the next 20 to 30 years), are between the ages of 30 and 65-years-old and have never been diagnosed with cancer.

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A patient at Unity Hospital is the first person across the region to receive a new ankle implant. It's something Diane Briggs hopes will keep her moving for a long time.

Diane Briggs says she was vacuuming her pool 15 years ago when she rolled her ankle and ended up breaking off a piece of bone that was in the ankle joint.

She was getting ready for another surgery that would have fused the joint together. Something this horseback rider, volunteer firefighter and research nurse wasn't quite comfortable with.

Briggs said, “Fusing is permanent, taking a joint that moves and making it stiff. I have horses and that would make riding difficult. It would make doing a lot of things difficult.

But Dr. Luke Loveys, the Chief of Orthopedics at Unity Hospital, found another possible option. A new ankle implant introduced in March.