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Thought:   The recent report from the President’s Cancer Panel, entitled “Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk,” took the bold step of focusing on environmental toxins and their role in causing cancer. In it, the authors charge that “the grievous harm from this group of carcinogens has not been addressed adequately by the National Cancer Program” and they urge the President “to use the power of your office to remove the carcinogens and ...” ||  http://bit.ly/dtwudx  ||  http://bit.ly/dd2UJg

From an unexpected source, a blog that promotes radiation therapy careers, comes this wisdom: There are many exciting careers in the growing medical field. One of these is the field of radiation therapy. Individuals who enjoy helping patients, working with technology, and working on the front lines of the medical battlefield to eradicate cancer should consider entering a career in radiation therapy. What is Radiation Therapy? Radiation therapy is primarily used in treatment plans for cancer patients. Radiation therapists operate machines known as linear accelerators to target cancerous cells and shrink or eliminate them. Linear accelerators use high energy x-rays to kill off the cancerous cells. clipped from radiationtherapyschools.org 25 Ways to use Aging to your Advantage Don’t let anyone fool you – aging is an inevitable part of life. Botox couldn’t save the trickling Colorado River from becoming the Grand Canyon. The best Beverly Hills boob surgeon couldn’t keep Yosemite National ...

BLOGGER Jeff Stier is the Associate Director of the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH). He is responsible for external affairs, including media and government relations, policy, legal affairs and development. ACSH is a not-for-profit, public health, consumer advocacy organization dedicated to promoting sound science in public health. If you’ve looked at online, print or broadcast news in the past 48 hours, you’ve probably seen coverage of the President’s Cancer Panel report that hypes potential environmental causes of cancer. To not notice alarming headlines like, “Cancers from Environment ‘Grossly Underestimated,’” “Americans Bombarded with Cancer Causes,” and “‘Grievous Harm’ Posed by Unchecked Chemicals,” it would take a stock market crash, an attempted terrorist attack in Times Square, and a huge oil spill, all in the same week.

Thought:   Cancer experts say for the most part that we already know what causes most cases of cancer and it's not pollution or chemicals lurking in our water bottles. Should we be focusing more on risk factors the average person can control, such as tobacco use and obesity, or should we be paying more attention to possible environmental factors? What do you think? |  http://bit.ly/agr4pT  ||  http://bit.ly/dd2UJg

A mother’s love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking. ~ Helen Rice clipped from www.dailygood.org A Mother's Love There are mothers who will spend today missing sons and daughters fighting overseas. There are women who have lost children in those wars, for whom Mother's Day will never be the same. And then there is Eva Briseno. Joesph Briseno Jr., Eva's 27-year-old son, is one of the most severely wounded soldiers ever to survive. A bullet to the back of his head in Baghdad marketplace in 2003 left him paralyzed, brain-damaged and blind, but awake and aware of his condition. Instead of putting Jay in a nursing home, Eva, a small, doe-eyed woman of 100 pounds, spends her days brushing his teeth, suctioning fluid from his lungs, and turning him every other hour to prevent bedsores. What keeps her going? Love and hope for a cure. "I do believe in miracles," Eva says. And Jay's father...