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Proceeds will support the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and Roswell Park Cancer Institute's initiatives against breast cancer. There will be a basket auction and opportunities for education about breast cancer. This year, in addition to the annual activities, there will be a "Strike Out Breast Cancer Scratch Shootout." The entry fee is $40 for this event ($5 will be donated). For more information, please contact tournament coordinator Bruce Harrison at 807-1225.� On Valentine's night, Bowl-O-Drome hosted its annual Sweetheart Mixed Doubles No-Tap Tournament. The tournament was a huge success as the maximum of 48 teams competed, compared to 30 teams from last year. The popularity of this tournament has grown each year and plans are already being made for next year's event. The team of Cathy Rickard and Tim Rickard emerged as the champions this year as they rolled a 1,653 3-game total, with handicap.
Petro loses battle with ovarian cancer
Gornak said Petro encouraged her to tell other women to get tested for ovarian cancer. "You hear a lot about breast cancer, but she said that whenever you go you need to get your doctor to draw blood for the cancer testing," she said. "She was always adamant about that, not to let it fall by the wayside." Petro graduated from North Forrest High School in 1982 where she was a cheerleader and crowned Miss North Forrest High. She went on to cheer at Pearl River Community College and attend the University of Southern Mississippi. Woodard said many would remember her as a kickboxing instructor before her diagnosis. She also drove a delivery truck many years for Fed-Ex before marrying Tony Petro. .
Voyage through the colon at the Detroit Science Center
"We don't talk about colorectal cancer like we talk about breast cancer and prostate cancer," says Andrea Layman, manager of community education for Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit and event co-chair. "We're embarrassed to talk about blood in the stool, diarrhea and uncontrolled bowel movements. We don't talk about it with our family, friends and sometimes not even our doctors. "But when you're putting a 40-foot colon in front of our face, you can't ignore it, and you may think, 'I did have some blood in my stool. Maybe I need to see a doctor.'" Nationally, about 50,000 people die from colorectal cancer each year. But it can be prevented with early screening and early detection. To prevent colorectal cancer, the American Cancer Society recommends: • Colonoscopies starting at age 50.
Stroke risk doubles each decade for females after age 55
"Quite honestly, women still worry more about breast cancer than cardiovascular disease," he said. "But cardiovascular disease kills more women than all female cancers combined." As to unique risk factors that only women experience, the idea makes him cringe, he said. "Women have the same risk factors for stroke as men. We need more education." Stroke affects sexes equally Several local physicians echoed that sentiment, including Dr. Sachin Shenoy, a neurologist and stroke director at Parrish Medical Center in Titusville. "There is no gender difference in the most important sense," Shenoy stressed. "Stroke affects both sexes equally in terms of the location in the brain where we see them" and the type of stroke "" ischemic, when a clot shuts off blood flow to the brain, or hemorrhagic, when blood vessels rupture inside the brain.
Alcohol may increase cancer risk in women
A little bit of alcohol is good for your heart, but the latest research shows it also increases the risk of breast cancer."It's about the same as if they were taking hormone therapy," says Dr. Anne McTiernan with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. McTiernan says it doesn't matter if you're drinking beer, wine or hard liquor. "Alcohol increases estrogen and alcohol may cause a little bit of DNA damage and it may reduce the body's ability to absorb vitamins."Clearly, alcohol is not the biggest risk factor for breast cancer, but..."Women who drink 3 to 6 drinks of alcohol a week increase their risk by about 20 percent and women who drink more than 15 drinks increase their risk by about 30 percent."Her advice: women should limit themselves to one alcoholic beverage a day. If you're concerned about breast cancer, you may want to stop drinking alcohol altogether.This new research shouldn't be a cause for alarm -- simply information to help women talk to their doctors and make a more informed choice.
Health Calendar: Beating breast cancer
Join Dr. Radha Iyengar, medical director of the Breast Center at Texas Health Presbyterian of Allen, for "10 Things You May Not Know About Breast Cancer" on Thursday. The free presentation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. at the hospital, 1105 Central Expressway North, Allen. Reply required. Call Gilda's Club North Texas at 214-219-8877. LIFE AFTER CANCER: The Virginia R. Cvetko Patient Education Center will host a program on life after cancer on Saturday featuring licensed clinical social worker Page Tolbert. Tolbert, of the post-treatment resource program at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, is author of 100 Questions & Answers About Life After Cancer: A Survivor's Guide. The free program, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., will be held in the Beasley Auditorium, Truett Hospital, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, 3500 Gaston Ave.
HPV immunisation
Annually, 160 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 60 women die of it. It is the 10th most common cancer for women (breast cancer is most common). More than 99% of cases are linked to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. HPV contributes to about 30,000 abnormal smears and 27,000 colposcopy visits annually. Gardasil vaccination Protects against four HPV types responsible for approximately 70% of cervical cancer and 90% of genital warts. It is approved for use in more than 100 countries 26 million doses have been distributed worldwide. It is available for 12-year-olds at participating schools. For those born in 1990 and 1991, it is available from their immunising health care provider.
'Miraculous' Effects, Pain Relief Of Osteoplasty Shown For Those
Metastatic bone disease is a painful condition that can develop in conjunction with cancers of the breast, bladder, kidney, lung or other organs. It occurs when cancer cells at an original site metastasize or travel to the bone. These metastases can become widespread throughout the skeletal system. Some bone metastases become painful because the tumor eats away at the bone (ostelolysis), creating holes that make the bone thin and weak. As the bones are replaced with tumor, nerve endings in and around the bone send pain signals to the brain and the bone loses its functional strength. If left untreated, bone metastases can eventually cause the bone to fracture and seriously affect a patient's quality of life. Each year, about 100,000 cases of bone metastasis are reported in the United States.
Crime writer Reg McKay reveals his battle with cancer
Two years before she had developed breast cancer. That month, she was due her second annual check. It had been the most important thing in our lives until my diagnosis. I'd forgotten about her. I sat alone in my study, where for 10 years I had written books about the horrors of humanity, and thought about my wife. I sat there and wept for her. From that minute, self-pity went out the door. What a waste of a life. I was going to spend every second living my life to the full with the people I love. It is the only way to be. The only way to live. Then there are the books I'm writing, including the one that will wipe the smiles off the smug faces of those pleased to hear of my doom. The real deal, warts and all. Too much to feel and do to mope. Thank God it only took me two days to buck up.
Clarient Renews and Expands Mezzanine Credit Facility With Safeguard
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