Susan notes: This is an interesting and useful graphic. I love the funky facts. Unfortunately, some of the text (grey on black) is tough to read, but it's worth taking a closer look to get the full gist of the piece...On a personal note, the average breast may weigh 1.1 pounds, but
I'm the proud owner of much lighter ones (pictured below lol). I love
their size, just as I love the rest of my body, in which I have happily
lived for the past 50+ years.(Oh yeah, obviously I was meant to have lived in the Middle Ages...)
New Test For Cancers Sufferers Should Be More Widely Available
A molecular test that analyzed a piece of Coree Hanczyk's breast tumour told her something no oncologist in the Canadian health-care system could – she didn't require chemotherapy after all.
And she paid for it out of pocket: Ms. Hanczyk had a chunk of tumour couriered from a Toronto hospital to a California laboratory, where the test cost her $3,776 (U.S.). In so doing, she saved medicare an estimated $10,000 in unnecessary treatment and spared herself such gruelling side effects as nausea and hair loss.
The test, whose analysis of 21 genes can help predict whether a cancer is likely to return within the next decade, represents an emerging field of personalized medicine that is moving at such velocity that sluggish health-care bureaucracies can't keep pace.
“I watched my mom die because of the chemotherapy; it completely shut her body down, organ by organ,” said Ms. Hanczyk, a 45-year-old flight attendant who lives outside Toronto. “… This test has been a godsend to me.”
Each year, more than 12,000 Canadian women find themselves in the same medical grey zone: In cases of small, estrogen-receptor positive tumours, with lymph nodes free of cancer, chemotherapy is beneficial to only a few – but determining who they are is often impossible.
See The World Through A Rapist's Eyes For Safety's Sake
Susan notes: the email in which this advice came said it was gathered as a result of interviews with a group of rapists and date rapists in prison. Here’s what they said they looked for in potential victim as well as some interesting facts that might help to keep you more safe and secure:
1) The first thing men look for in a potential victim is hairstyle. They
are most likely to go after a woman with a ponytail, bun, braid or other
hairstyle that can easily be grabbed. They are also likely to go after a
woman with long hair. Women with short hair are not common targets.
2) The second thing men look for is clothing. They will look for women
who's clothing is easy to remove quickly . Many of them carry scissors
around specifically to cut clothing.
3) They also look for women on their cell phone, searching through their
purse, ordoing other activities while walking because they are off-guard
and can be easily overpowered.
4) Men are most likely to attack &rape in the early morning, between
5:00a.m. and 8:30a.m.
5) The number one place women are abducted from/attacked is grocery store
parking lots. Number two: is office parking lots/garages. Number three: is
public restrooms.
Susan notes: My friend Yang-May Ooi recently started running. She asked her Fusion View blog
readers to share their experiences around how they had begun to run. So
I created my first-ever podcast for her to include in HER podcast. This
is the follow-up, the second in a series of three. Click on the player
to hear my experience; read on if you want more detail.
I had been working for twenty-five years and apart from the occasional trip to the beauty saloon, I never had time for myself.
Not happy with my current job, I decided to check the market and bagged
a very good job. On my first day, (1st March 2008), on my way to work I
was walking towards my pool car when I stopped dead in my tracks and
decided that enough was enough.
I needed to look after my family and
that would not be possible if I continued working in a 8 am to 6 pm
daily office schedule, not forgetting the one hour drive to work and
another one hour drive back from work.
To cut a long story short, I trained with the Coaches Training
Institute in Knowledge Village, Dubai. During the six month training,
we were taught to coach each other and invariably my desire to write a
book kept coming up in our coaching sessions. One coach challenged me
to start writing my book and much to his surprise, I did write the
first draft within a month.
You are invited to attend a FREE workshop on July 11 entitled Fantastic Menopause!
For those of us in peri-menopause, we are starting to wonder and perhaps worry about what we are experiencing and what lies ahead. For you younger women, come on out and hear women's stories and experiences and start preparing for the next wonderful stage of your life. The workshop is 2.5 hours long.
You will get a chance to explore where you are now in your life and where you want to be. It will be a highly interactive, fun learning experience. Limited space, so sign up now.
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Donna Needs is an educator, training professional, and life coach. Her passion is to help others reach their full potential.
AWR launched two years ago. To keep it subscription-free, I need to migrate the site to a new platform that will more easily allow advertising. I don't have the funds to do it alone, so I'm inviting visitors and fans to invest in the future of AWR with me. If AWR inspires you, please make a donation to take it to the next level. Even $5 - $10 will help. Thanks for your support, Susan
AWR launched two years ago. To keep it subscription-free, I need to migrate the site to a new platform that will more easily allow advertising. I don't have the funds to do it alone, so I'm inviting visitors and fans to invest in the future of AWR with me. If AWR inspires you, please make a donation to take it to the next level. Even $5 - $10 will help. Thanks for your support, Susan
