11.30.09
Posted in health at 1:11 pm by site admin
This article on USA Today talks about how routing cancer screenings do more harm then good. Sometimes its not that simple to know what is going on with the body.
There’s growing evidence that cancer screenings aren’t always helpful — and can sometimes be harmful, say Lisa Schwartz and Steve Woloshin of the Veterans Affairs Outcomes Group in White River Junction, Vt.
•Last year, the task force said men over age 75 shouldn’t be screened for prostate cancer, noting that men this age are more likely to die of something else before a prostate tumor could harm them. In March, two long-running and highly anticipated studies found that prostate cancer screening saves few, if any, lives but may hurt countless men by leading them to undergo therapies that can cause impotence, incontinence and even death.
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Posted in Unfiled at 1:06 pm by site admin
Check out this short article about spicing up your life by moving out of your comfort zone. Just a reminder to not simply go through life on autopilot….
If you want a more interesting life then you have to take some risks. If you want to be more adventurous in your thinking then you should be more adventurous in your activities. Deliberately push yourself out of your routine. Try things that you do not normally try. Do things that you have never done before. Do things that scare you.
Here are some ideas for pushing yourself out of your personal rut.
* Take salsa dancing lessons
* Try a new sport.
* Drive a different route to work every day for a month.
* Learn to knit.
* Perform in a karaoke bar.
* Learn a foreign language.
* Talk to somebody new every day. Listen to them carefully.
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