ROCK DOCS WITH A CAUSE RELEASE PREMIERE CD

WOMEN'S CANCER FOUNDATION TO BENEFIT

THE BAND

They're six doctors you hope to never meet. They are gynecologic oncologists who help women with ovarian, uterine, and cervical cancers. After treatment, they hope to deliver the sweetest words a cancer patient can hear: No Evidence of Disease. The docs are also musicians; their band's name, N.E.D., is an abbreviation for "No Evidence of Disease." These full-time practicing surgeons, researchers, and professors, live around the country: Oregon, Texas, North Carolina, and New York.

THE STORY

In March 2008, the annual conference for the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists called for entertainment. Six docs played some cover songs. A few months later, N.E.D., the rock band with a purpose, was born.

Across the miles, the band wrote music and lyrics while continuing their day jobs. Lyrics are inspirational, honest, and reveal themes of love, loss, and healing. Songs touch genres that would appeal to fans of R.E.M and The Smiths to The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac.

The band signed with New York-based Motema Music to develop and record its premiere CD in May 2009. Motéma enlisted producer/engineer Mario McNulty, whose credits include work with artists including David Bowie, Laurie Anderson, and Linkin Park. Motéma/Mother Cyclone Records recording artist KJ Denhert co-produced the CD.

THE CAUSE

The CD also includes an in-depth educational pamphlet: "What Every Woman Should Know," a pocket guide to gynecologic cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

The release of No Evidence of Disease coincides with Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month. The band will play a prominent role in the launch of the new Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Movement (GCAM), in November 2009 in Washington, D.C.

Cross promotions are planned with a new book, Music and Cancer: A Presciption for Healing, written the band's drummer, Nimesh Nagarsheth. Members of N.E.D. contributed and cancer survivor Fran Drescher (author of the best seller: Cancer Schmancer) wrote the introduction.

Proceeds from CD sales and live performances will benefit the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation (GCF) whose mission is to educate the public about gynecologic cancers and support promising research.

MUSIC AND CANCER

More than 250 journal articles report the beneficial effects of music on pain, anxiety and depression. A recent study at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center revealed that patients who received music therapy while undergoing chemotherapy reported 37% less mood disturbance than other patients and 28% less anxiety.

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