Dagga, hubbly could give you cancer 25.01.2012 Smoking tobacco, using a hubbly bubbly pipe and smoking dagga (marijuana), puts young people at high risk of developing oral- and oro-pharyngeal cancers. This message was highlighted by the South African Dental Association (SADA) at a press briefing in Cape Town this week. In the past, these types [...]
Smoking after Cancer Diagnosis
Many still smoke after cancer diagnosis 23.01.2012 A substantial number of lung and colorectal cancer patients continue to smoke after being diagnosed with cancer, according to a new report published in CANCER. The study provides valuable information on which cancer patients may need help to quit smoking. According the study continuing smoking after a cancer [...]
Vision Cancer Newsletter – January 2012
Here is your “Vision” Cancer Newsletter for January 2012 which I hope you will find useful and informative. Please pass this on to anyone who may be interested. There is no charge to subscribe simply send me an email with “subscribe” as the subject and let me know if you would also like to receive notification of [...]
Vision Cancer Event Calender – 2012
A lovely Event Calender compiled by Chris Olivier and the Vision Newsletter team. Please click on the title to view the calender.
Imerman Angels
Imerman Angels is a not-for-profit organization that connects a person fighting cancer today (cancer fighter) with someone who has beaten the same type of cancer (cancer survivor). The one-on-one relationship provides the cancer fighter the opportunate to ask personal questions and receive encouragement from someone who is uniquely familiar with the situation, and it allows the cancer [...]
Fatigue from Chemotherapy may worsen
Women treating breast cancer with chemotherapy may experience exhaustion for a years following treatment, a new study confirms. The study was published in the American Cancer Society’s current issue of CANCER by researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center. Please read it at http://www.medicaldaily.com/news/20111206/8114/breast-cancer-chemotherapy-study-fatigue-women-treatment-cancer.htm
Breast Cancer and Yoga
Tari Prinster, a yoga instructor at the OM Yoga Center on Broadway, is targeting her classes to a very specific clientel: breast cancer survivors. // <![CDATA[ $(document).ready(function() { if (!(window.history.pushState === undefined)) { link = $(' '); $('.minipicturebox').prepend(link); } }); // ]]> Seventeen years ago, Prinster, now 66, first started practicing yoga because she wanted [...]
Tips for a Healthy Holiday!
’Healthy for the Holidays’– 10 tips for cancer survivors. Surviving the holidays with one’s waistline, bank account and sanity intact can be challenging for everyone, but the season affords specific pitfalls – and opportunities – for cancer survivors who are mindful of staying healthy throughout the season and beyond. One in 20 adults in the [...]
My trip to the chemo room…..
Chris made this mixed media piece about two years before he was diagnosed with colon cancer. Chris is a hard-nosed, stubborn, foul-mouthed, cynical, crude SOB. He gets away with it because he’s also irritatingly smart, talented, cuttingly funny and compassionate. Three years ago I got a call from him as he was waiting for the results [...]
Vision Cancer Newsletter – Nov/Dec 2011
Here is your “Vision” Cancer Newsletter for November/December 2011 which I hope you will find useful and informative. Please pass this on to anyone who may be interested. There is no charge to subscribe simply send me an email with “subscribe” as the subject and let me know if you would also like to receive [...]
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Cancer Survival Study
Some cancer survivors in England and Wales are living nearly six times longer than 40 years ago, figures show. But the Macmillan Cancer Support data highlights a “woeful” lack of progress for some types of the disease, such as lung and stomach cancer. To read more about this interesting study, go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15726810
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