New analysis from this 5 year old study is making news according to the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. http://www.sabcs.org/. Taking HRT, estrogen and progesterone pills, increases the chance of breast cancer. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/whi/ The good news of the analysis is that if you stop taking HRT, your chance for breast cancer decreases!So like life, no…
DetailsAs we age or watch our parents age, various subjects come to mind. One such thought is becoming an organ donor? I know it sounds morbid and may have some religious barriers to overcome, but read on. Last year a friend’s adult nephew had a heart transplant. While recouping he met a woman who also…
DetailsEating cruciferous vegetables, cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower can help protect women against breast cancer. UCSB professors, Wilson, Jordan and Azarenko have shown “how the healing powers of these vegetables work at the cellular level”. http://www.ucsb.edu/. Their paper was published in the December Journal of Carcinogenesis. http://www.carcinogenesis.com/. So much has already been written about the virtues…
DetailsI mean not to whine too much, but the weather here is truly frightful. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow is tedious. I’m dreaming of a White Christmas, any where but here. All those Christmas songs are fun to sing, but living them is NOT FUN! It rarely snows in…
DetailsI have been very fortunate to be a participant in an exercise study for breast cancer survivors for the last 23 months. The study just ended and the preliminary results are significant. Looking at bone density, and the impact of exercise looks very positive. The study was funded by the American Cancer Society, www.cancer.org and…
DetailsIt is that time of year for ‘The Party’. That means gifts, party clothes and socializing. Not to sound like a big old Scrooge, but spare me the forced party this year. Whether that is the official work party or the fund raising party sponsored by a business colleague, let’s not kid ourselves, they are…
DetailsIt is that time of year for ‘The Party’. That means gifts, party clothes and socializing. Not to sound like a big old Scrooge, but spare me the forced party this year. Whether that is the official work party or the fund raising party sponsored by a business colleague, let’s not kid ourselves, they are…
DetailsRed is a powerful color. It is a color that gets your attention. It is associated with seduction, romance, and now a study from the University of Rochester shows men find women wearing red more attractive. The study on men measured the affects of color in assessing a woman’s attractiveness, and red won. An interesting…
DetailsWho ever said that the topic of cancer is depressing and no one would want to read about it has not read about Cancer genomes. Cancer genomes research is getting exciting. Really! According to Richard Wilson of Washington University in St. Louis, in the next decade or two, a blood sample will determine which drugs…
DetailsNational Tie One on Day, an apron of course, is November 26, 2008. EllynAnne Geisel of Apron Memories, http://www.apronmemories.com/, started this giving day tradition the day before Thanksgiving three years ago. She encourages embracing a “giving opportunity that has nothing to do with shopping or even getting into a car, but everything to do with…
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