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Today is Friday, February 10, 2012 |
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When this edition of Words To Live By was originally published, the links below opened active web pages. |
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For a different take on the Relays for Life being held around the country over the coming months, here's a new one - Bark for Life. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writes about Jodie Mohnkhern, who organized a Cure Retreivers team for her cancer-survivor husband, Aaron. It makes perfect sense given the research under way into the role dogs might play in detecting some cancers. (They can sniff them out before other signs are apparent.) Read the Mohnkerns' story here. |
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The Department of Homeland Security has taken the
lead in marshalling a US response to imminent H1N1 (swine) flu
pandemic. All the new communication tools of the 21st century have been
employed including email listserves, twitter, blogging, podcasting, and live
webcasting to name just a few. The link above takes you to
the all-purpose government web site with everything you will want to know
about how to protect yourself and your familiy, workplace issues, antiviral
medications that are available, where the new H1N1 flu has been
detected, live briefings, etc.
The threat of bird
flu (H5N1) gave the world a good scare and prepared it for this pandemic.
According to the World Health Organization, the globe is well
prepared because of the threat of bird
flu.
Sebelius Takes Helm at
HHS
Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius was sworn in as
Secretary of Health and Human Services on Wednesday after a mostly party-line
confirmation vote in the US Senate. She is the last member of the Obama
cabinet to be confirmed and sworn in. As she was sworn in, the CDC
was confirming the first US death attributed to the H1N1 (swine)
flu.
Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness
Week
Is
wrapping up. Tens of thousands of Americans are diagnosed
annually with head and neck cancers, but many adults are unaware of doctors who
specialize in treating these conditions, according to a recent survey by the
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS).
Hard to Quit - Don't Start Even kids who haven't been smoking for long find it
really hard to stop smoking. A study of high school students who tried to stop
smoking has found that nearly 2/3rds of them failed in their attempts
to kick the habit. Younger smokers do seem more successful at shaking the
habit. According to 2007 study results released by the Centers for Disease
Control Thursday, more students in 9th grade (22.9 percent) than in 10th grade
(10.7 percent), 11th grade (8.8 percent) and 12th grade (10.0 percent) were
successful at quitting.
You can
find out more about these cancers on cancerpage.
Head
and Neck Cancer Page
Oral
Cancer Page
In the Lab/In the Clinic
A closer look finds that two tumors thought to be
different kinds are actually just variations of the same disease. That's the
news from molecular biologists who were looking at the different looking kidney
tumors - adult cystic nephroma (CN) and mixed epithelial and stromal tumors
(MEST). One of the researchers, Dr. Bin Tean Teh of the Van Andel Research
Institute, said "molecular
information can allow us to make the determination that two tumors of dissimilar
appearance and cell type are, in fact, the same disease. This has important
implications for the diagnosis of cancer in
general
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