Women with breast cancer should
avoid meats such as bacon and sausages and instead stick to fruit, vegetables,
and wholegrains, according to largest-ever study into surviving the illness.
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16 October 2014
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Saturday, October 18, 2014
Over-bearing parenting.
Reformed 'tiger mom' on why she ditched her over-bearing
parenting
Tanith Carey, 47, a journalist
based in London, admits she academically over-stretched her daughter Lily, now
12, to the point where she became anxious and self-critical.
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16 October 2014
What heaven's really like.
By a brain surgeon who says he's
been there.
DR EBEN ALEXANDER, a
neurological scientist, recalls how he met his biological sister in heaven
after having spent his entire life being sceptical of patients who spoke of
spiritual experiences.
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18 October 2014
Friday, October 17, 2014
People vs. Ebola
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it - thousands of us have volunteered to risk our lives at the front line of
the Ebola crisis, including hundreds of doctors and health workers! And you
have to see what the volunteers are writing -- it's beautiful.
Dear Avaazers,
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Ebola could threaten us all, and the most urgent need to stop it is for volunteers. If just 120 doctors among us volunteer, it will *double* the number of doctors in Sierra Leone. Other skills - in health, sanitation, logistics - can help too. This is a call to serve humanity in the deepest possible way, to accept serious risk for our fellow human beings. Click to learn more, and show our gratitude to those making this powerful choice:  |
Three
weeks ago, hundreds of thousands of us went offline to fight climate change. This week, we're going
offline to stop Ebola.
The Ebola virus is spiraling out of control. Cases in West Africa are doubling every 2-3 weeks and the latestestimate says that up to 1.4 million people could be infected by mid-January. At that scale, this monster threatens the entire world.
Previous Ebola outbreaks have been repeatedly contained at small numbers. But the scale of this current epidemic has swamped the region's weak health systems. Liberia has less than 1 doctor for every 100,000 people. Governments are providing funds, but there just aren't enough medical staff to stem the epidemic.
That's where we come in. 39 million people are receiving this email. Our polling shows that 6% of us are health workers - doctors or nurses - that's nearly 2 million of us. If just 120 doctors among us volunteer, it will *double* the number of doctors in Sierra Leone.
Other volunteers can help too -- lab technicians, logisticians, water and sanitation workers, and transport workers. Volunteering means more than time. It means risk. Health professionals have already died fighting Ebola. But if there's any group of people that would consider taking this risk for their fellow human beings, it's our community. I and others on the Avaaz team are ready to take that risk with you, traveling to the front lines of this crisis.
Great things come from listening to the deepest voices within us. If you're a health professional, or have other skills that can help, I ask you to take a moment, listen to the part of you that you most trust, and follow it.
Click below to volunteer, see messages from volunteers about why they've made this choice, and leave your own message of appreciation and encouragement for them:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/ebola_volunteers_thank_you_3/?bdbRJab&v=47528
The Ebola virus is spiraling out of control. Cases in West Africa are doubling every 2-3 weeks and the latestestimate says that up to 1.4 million people could be infected by mid-January. At that scale, this monster threatens the entire world.
Previous Ebola outbreaks have been repeatedly contained at small numbers. But the scale of this current epidemic has swamped the region's weak health systems. Liberia has less than 1 doctor for every 100,000 people. Governments are providing funds, but there just aren't enough medical staff to stem the epidemic.
That's where we come in. 39 million people are receiving this email. Our polling shows that 6% of us are health workers - doctors or nurses - that's nearly 2 million of us. If just 120 doctors among us volunteer, it will *double* the number of doctors in Sierra Leone.
Other volunteers can help too -- lab technicians, logisticians, water and sanitation workers, and transport workers. Volunteering means more than time. It means risk. Health professionals have already died fighting Ebola. But if there's any group of people that would consider taking this risk for their fellow human beings, it's our community. I and others on the Avaaz team are ready to take that risk with you, traveling to the front lines of this crisis.
Great things come from listening to the deepest voices within us. If you're a health professional, or have other skills that can help, I ask you to take a moment, listen to the part of you that you most trust, and follow it.
Click below to volunteer, see messages from volunteers about why they've made this choice, and leave your own message of appreciation and encouragement for them:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/ebola_volunteers_thank_you_3/?bdbRJab&v=47528
British 'Ebola' victim may have been joking about disease.
Colin Jaffray, 58, is potentially the first British victim of the Ebola outbreak that has killed thousands in West Africa and has spread to North America and Europe.
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11 October 2014
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Forgiveness by Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu.
Without forgiveness, we remain tethered to
the person who harmed us.
We are bound with chains of bitterness, tied together, trapped.
Until we can forgive the person who harmed us,
that person will hold the keys to our happiness; that person will be our jailor.
When we forgive, we take back control of our own fate and our feelings.
We become our own liberators.
Forgiveness, in other words, is the best form of self-interest.
This is true both spiritually and scientifically.
We don’t forgive to help the other person.
We don’t forgive for others.
We forgive for ourselves.
- Desmond Tutu (Archbishop Emeritus and recipient of Nobel Peace Prize)
We are bound with chains of bitterness, tied together, trapped.
Until we can forgive the person who harmed us,
that person will hold the keys to our happiness; that person will be our jailor.
When we forgive, we take back control of our own fate and our feelings.
We become our own liberators.
Forgiveness, in other words, is the best form of self-interest.
This is true both spiritually and scientifically.
We don’t forgive to help the other person.
We don’t forgive for others.
We forgive for ourselves.
- Desmond Tutu (Archbishop Emeritus and recipient of Nobel Peace Prize)
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Frozen poo capsules 'help cure hospital superbug C. Difficile'
Doctors at Massachusetts
General Hospital cured 18 of 20 patients of their severe diarrhoea, the result
of the bacteria C. difficile, using capsules of frozen excrement donated by
four healthy people.
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15
October 2014David Greenglass of Rosenberg spying case dies
David Greenglass served 10
years in prison for his role in the most explosive atomic spying case of the
Cold War and gave testimony that got Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed in
1953.
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15 October 2014
breast cancer check.
Speaking on ITV's Lorraine, Dr
Hilary Jones explained a monthly examination should take several
minutes - much longer than the cursory swipe many women may perform in the
shower.
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15 October 2014
Brigitte Bardot had 100 lovers including women, but she was suicidal.
Brigitte Bardot was 16 when she and director Roger Vadim became lovers. When her parents forbade them to marry, Bardot turned on the oven and buried her head inside.
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15 October 2014
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Battery that can be charged in just TWO minutes
Researchers in Singapore say
their ultra-fast charging batteries that can be recharged up to 70 per cent in
only two minutes.
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14 October 2014
How many years is drinking, drugs and smoking shaving off YOUR life?
A new website,
Treatment4addictions.com, has worked out how much time a smoker, drinker or a
drug addict will lose, each time they use.
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14 October 2014
Smoker's legs are nearly torn off after e-cigarette EXPLODES.
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: David
Aspinall, 48, from Wigan, has described the terrifying moment the device
blasted metal shards into his limbs - causing terrible injuries.
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14 October 2014
Hitler and Eva Braun ‘had sex without touching each other or taking their clothes off’.
because he was so fanatical about hygiene, claims author Martin Amis
Speaking at the Cheltenham Festival of Literature, the novelist claimed he believes the German dictator kept Eva at arm’s length and would achieve orgasm just by watching her lift her skirt.
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13 October 2014
Monday, October 13, 2014
Rainbow and lightening.
Enjoy it while it lasts! Warm weather to be swept away by 50mph
winds
Storm-chasing photographer
Jamie Russell captured the incredible split-second moment that the lightning
struck above the rainbow over Culver, on the Isle of Wight.
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13 October 2014
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali so ill from Parkinson's he can barely speak, says his brother.
The three-time world
heavyweight champion was diagnosed with the disease in 1984 but his condition
has gradually deteriorated and he is now mostly housebound and unable to speak.
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13 October 2014
Should you ditch dairy?
Celebrities like Megan Fox
(inset) put their super-slim figures down to ditching dairy while Victoria
Beckham (inset) is said to have got rid of her bad skin by going vegan
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13 October 2014
What NOT to say to a woman who has incurable cancer.
Lucy O'Donnell, 50, from West Sussex, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011, aged 47, now the mother-of-three writes about her experience during and after chemotherapy.
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13 October 2014
Sunday, October 12, 2014
SLOW DANCE.
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Please
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Thanks
Please
take time to read this.
This
is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. She wants to see how many people get her poem. It is quite the poem Please pass it on. This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital . It was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM. SLOW DANCE Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round? Or listened to the rain slapping on the ground? Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down. Don't dance so fast. Time is short. The music won't last. Do you run through each day on the fly? When you ask, “How are you?” Do you hear the reply? When the day is done, do you lie in your bed,
with the next hundred chores running through your head?
You'd better slow down Don't dance so fast. Time is short The music won't last. Ever told your child, We'll do it tomorrow? And in your haste, Not see his sorrow? Ever lost touch, let a good friendship die Cause you never had time To call and say,'Hi' You'd better slow down. Don't dance so fast. Time is short. The music won't last.. When you run so fast to get somewhere, You miss half the fun of getting there. When you worry and hurry through your day, It is like an unopened gift.... Thrown away. Life is not a race. Do take it slower Hear the music Before the song is over. ------------ -------- FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT. Dear All: PLEASE pass this mail on to everyone you know - even to those you don't know!
It is the request of a special girl, who will soon leave this world
due to cancer. This young girl has 6 months left to live, and as her dying wish, she wanted to send a letter telling everyone to live their life to the fullest, since she never will. She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own. By you sending this to as many people as possible, you can give her and her family a little hope, because with every name that this is sent to, the American Cancer Society will donate 3 cents per name to her treatment and recovery plan. One guy sent this to 500 people! So I know that we can at least send it to 5 or 6.
It's not even your money, just your time!
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