Smoking Increases Strokes and Death
Today I actually saw a bum empty out all the cigarettes onto the side walk from the cigarette holder. He actually dumped it all on the sidewalk. If you are addicted you will do whatever you can to fix your addiction. Green jacket with a hood; that was him. In a study of those who smoked 14 [...]
Health Insurance, Health Care
What is the Commonwealth Fund? It is a private foundation established in 1918 to promote high performing health care systems. www.commonwealthfund.org American Cancer is going to conduct a 20 year study with up to 300,000 people to learn more about disease that half of Minnesota men and a third of Minnesota women contract. Go to [...]
My Husband is Glad to Have Cancer Behind Him
It sure seems like many people get cancer, especially as they get older. My husband is glad he is done with his treatments. He got his graduation certificate last Thursday from radiation. Know he is radiated! He seems to still be losing weight, not that he can’t lose a few pounds, but he is losing [...]
Are Diamonds Forever?
We look in the mirror and notice that we are not the same. We all know at times that is not a pretty picture. Some of us get better looking with age but most of us get buldges in places that we would prefer to not have them. Are we like diamonds in the ruff? [...]
What’s Some Good Reading Behind The Headlines?
There are so many good  sources of reading behind the headlines: http://www.cdc.gov/ http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/breast/ http://health.nih.gov/ http://health.nih.gov/topic/BreastCancer/Cancers http://www.cacner.gov/cancerinfo/wyntk/breast http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medicineplus/ http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medicineplus/breastcancer.html There’s also the Journal of the American Medical Assocation There is the New England Journal of Medicine. Where should we spent our research money in this country? Is there a conflict of interest in the research? Should [...]
What’s New In The Breast Cancer Arena
You Probably Heard About The Toddler Who Survived Breast Cancer February 9th, the Today Show talked on about Aleisha Hunter who survived a full mastectomy at  only four years old. At age 2 she had breast cancer. She  must be the youngest to have had breast cancer in the United States and maybe the world. Her [...]
Being An American
Sometimes we see things “ as we see them, not as they are.” I think our minister said this before he retired from our church. He went on a medical disability for cancer. It’s hard at times to walk in someone else’s shoes or boots when you don’t understand their stuff, right? I am going to miss him. He had [...]
