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Archive for May 2008

May 21st, 2008

Winners of “Take The Test” HPV Awareness Bracelet Contest

Okay, moment of truth…
Earlier today I asked my 59-year-old mother and 5-year-old son to draw the 2 winners of the “Take The Test” HPV Awareness Bracelet Contest.
…and the winners are:
Kendra
Alicia
Before I can take an evidence of the little draw, my son tore the little pieces of paper where the winners’ names were.
But then, you ladies […]

By Gloria Gamat -- 1 comment

May 20th, 2008

Firefighters and Bladder Cancer Risk

The well known major risk factors for developing bladder cancer are prolonged exposure to certain environmental pollutants and chemicals.
As the body absorbs carcinogenic chemicals, such as cigarette smoke, the chemicals are transferred to the blood, filtered out by the kidneys and expelled from the body through the urine.
Greater concentrations of chemicals in the urine can […]

By Gloria Gamat -- 0 comments

May 16th, 2008

Ooopss…I almost forgot about the blog contest!

Yes..I was about to get up and call it a weekend when I suddenly remembered the contest I was running here: The “Take The Test” HPV Awareness Bracelet contest.
So far, i have four valid contestants. Because of that and because I wouldn’t be online much, I will extend the contest to Monday, 19th May […]

By Gloria Gamat -- 0 comments

May 16th, 2008

Cancer Commentary @IHM Health Blogs and This Blogger’s Online Presence

Just a quick shout out to Lia Emrich for coming up with a list on health blogs - IHM Health Blogs, Part 6 at hr multiple sclerosis blog: Brass and Ivory.
Cancer Commentary made it to the list under the Misc. Consumer Health category. Thanks again, Lisa!
Also, just a short notice that i only had intermittent […]

By Gloria Gamat -- 0 comments

May 15th, 2008

Cancer and College Education

Paul McGee of American Cancer Society has pointed me to a report from The Washington Post, entitled: The Less the Education, The Higher Risk of Dying Cancer.
Quite catchy eh? I totally agree. From the said report, it says: “The difference in death rates between highly educated and poorly educated people in the United States is […]

By Gloria Gamat -- 2 comments

May 15th, 2008

On Faking Cancer

Nobody would like to have a brush with the big “C” right? As people used to say, cancer is something like a thing that happens to other people. But when it happens to you and your circle of friends and family, you still find yourself shocked, surprised with remorse and all the mixed emotions one […]

By Gloria Gamat -- 4 comments

May 14th, 2008

Health and Wellness Channel on Mental Health

I already said that this channel’s theme day is on mental health inieu of May being Mental Health Month.
Mental Health Notes’ Alicia Sparks,  hosted. Great job Alicia, and thanks!
Read it all here: Join the Health & Wellness Channel In Recognizing Mental Health Month.
Tags: Health and Wellness Channel, mental health, Mental Health Month, Mental Health Notes, […]

By Gloria Gamat -- 0 comments

May 14th, 2008

PTSD, Cancer Patients, Mental Health Month and Channel Theme Day

Mental health is important to every individual, whether you have a serious condition such as cancer or not.
Sometimes, I believe that one’s mental health is overlooked even though it too play a critical part how a patient manages to live with the disease or how survival is willed.
May is Mental Health Month and here at […]

By Gloria Gamat -- 3 comments

May 12th, 2008

Stanford Is Investigating The Pathwork® Tissue of Origin Test

In a separate post, I already mentioned The Pathwork® Tissue of Origin Test.
It is interesting to know that Stanford University School of Medicine is investigating an investigational study of the this genomics-based diagnostic test for hard-to-identify tumors — The Pathwork® Tissue of Origin Test.
The new test uses advanced genomics-based technology to help physicians determine a […]

By Gloria Gamat -- 0 comments

May 11th, 2008

StepMom: A Must See Cancer-Mothers’ Day-Related Movie

First of all, today is Mothers’ day. Earlier today I watched the movie StepMom, it was on at HBO and I accidentally saw it while channel surfing. I’ve seen this movie several times when I was younger (during my pre-mom days).
Motherhood changes a woman life is an understatement. You just see everything under a new […]

By Gloria Gamat -- 0 comments