BLUE SEPTEMBER NEWS

Anthony LaPaglia & Gia Carides

Last Updated: Wednesday 17th of August 2011 at 10:51:55 AM

Without a Trace actor Anthony Lapaglia and his wife and actress Gia Carides are getting blue for Blue September.

Gia painted her lips blue and scattered blue kisses over her husbands face, something that could mean the ‘kiss of life’ for many men.

“Girls sit around and talk about their pap smear or breast check, but men tend to be more reluctant when it comes to their health checks and it could cost them their life” says Gia Carides.

In the United States more than 240,000 men will be diagnose with prostate cancer this year, and more than 33,000 will die from the disease. Many of those deaths could be prevented by early detection. Anthony Lapaglia wants to encourage men to not put off getting checked because it is uncomfortable to talk about:

“I think a lot of men try to avoid talking about prostate cancer and getting checked – I know avoided getting checked for a long time but then realized it was not a wise thing to do. Putting blue paint on my face is me facing up to prostate cancer, and I think it’s time all men faced up” – Anthony Lapaglia

CLICK HERE TO WATCH ANTHONY & GIA’S INTERVIEW.