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Version 1.0.6 is live

posted by:
Tim Haslam

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to let you know that Version 1.0.6 is live. This new versions fixes the search widget in the default sidebar. Thanks to Louis for pointing that out to me.

Click HERE to download it.

Thanks,

TH

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WordPress 2.9 Released

posted by:
Tim Haslam

Hey everyone,

WordPress 2.9 has been released and I would highly recommend updating your site to this version. I have tested the theme and didn’t see any errors, but if you notice any, please contact me.

Thanks,

Tim

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Upcoming Versions

posted by:
Tim Haslam

Hey everyone, what are some features you would like to see in upcoming versions?

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Breast Cancer Screening: The Wrong Message

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Tim Haslam

Excellent little article on forbes.com

“On Monday, the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force, an influential group that crafts guidelines for doctors, insurance companies and policymakers, released new recommendations for women getting mammograms. Instead of the annual mammogram beginning at age 40, the USPSTF now says that women who aren’t at risk because they lack a family history of the disease should get them once every two years starting at age 50.”

I think this is ridiculous as does the author, Mary Ellen Egan. They say that getting mammograms before 50 increases unnecessary treatments like simple biopsies that give women anxiety. I also think they missed the mark when they suggest getting a mammogram every two years. This recommendation by the USPSTF is a joke. What do you think?

Article

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Nice Breast Cancer Bracelet

posted by:
Tim Haslam

Check out this really nice bracelet. It is very well done

See it here

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Research links over 100000 cancer cases yearly to obesity

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Tim Haslam

“According to new research from the American Institute for Cancer Research, several types of cancer are linked to obesity. Weight management plays an important role in cancer prevention, yet public awareness of the link between obesity and cancer is low. Estimates show that that more than 100,000 cancer diagnoses each year are linked to obesity.”

Full Article

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Breast Cancer May Change When It Spreads: Study

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Tim Haslam

“About 40 percent of breast tumors change when they spread, which means that many patients with metastatic breast cancer may require treatment alterations, say Scottish researchers.

They examined 211 breast tumors that had traveled to the lymph nodes in the armpit. This is the location breast cancer usually spreads to first, BBC News reported. The researchers were surprised to find that the breast cancer had changed in so many patients and in so many ways.”

Read the rest of the article here

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Constantly search for a cure

posted by:
Tim Haslam

Saw this article out of Wisconsin -

Cancer Cure? UW Research Working on Breast Cancer Vaccine

Hundreds of thousands of women live in fear that someday, breast cancer will come back. Now, some doctors are developing a vaccine for breast cancer which would make those fears a thing of the past.”

Full Article

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Version 1.0.4 is live!

posted by:
Tim Haslam

Hey everyone -

Thanks to some debugging by a user, I have now fixed an issue in Internet Explorer 8 that was making some of the text appear unusually large on the archives pages. This should be fixed now. If you don’t want to go get another copy, go into your archive.php file and find and delete the code that looks like this -

<h1 id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>

Thanks,

Tim

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Vitamin-D lacking in Breast Cancer patients

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Tim Haslam

Very interesting article on lookingfit.com

Researchers from the University of Rochester revealed this week that many women with breast cancer have also tested low for levels of vitamin D. Of the 166 women studied, 70 percent were vitamin D-deficient when blood test results came back. Women who were in the late stages of the disease had the lowest levels of all.”

Click here to read it

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Save your Yoplait lids!

posted by:
Tim Haslam

This article came through the reader recently -

Two Southern Illinois University Carbondale facilities are joining to raise funds to fight breast cancer. They’re collecting pink Yoplait yogurt lids in conjunction with Yoplait’s Save Lids to Save Lives campaign. You’ll find pink drop-off boxes at the Student Recreation Center and the Student Health Center through the end of November. Simply drop off your clean pink Yoplait lids at either location.”

Click here to read the entire article

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Second-hand smoke linked to breast cancer: International study

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Tim Haslam

Very interesting article – every woman I know with breast cancer has been exposed to second-hand smoke at some time in their life:

“A panel of international medical experts has found a link between exposure to second-hand smoke and breast cancer in pre-menopausal women. Meanwhile, other research presented Wednesday suggests that women could “virtually eradicate” their risk of developing breast cancer by raising the levels of vitamin D they have in their blood.”

Click here to read the entire article

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Battling cancer with devastating humor

posted by:
Tim Haslam

This one came through the Salt Lake Tribune – If you know this lady, tell her I will build her a website for her stuff. I am located in Salt Lake..

“ Most people feel lucky if they can survive one type of cancer, but Linda Hill is battling her way through her fourth diagnosis with a healthy dose of laughter. Hill, a 48-year-old single mother of seven from Bountiful, created a line of humorous T-shirts for cancer patients and their families that is gaining popularity in Utah, and at cancer centers around the country.”

Click here to read it

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Breast cancer: Why do some women get it but not their sisters?

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Tim Haslam

Saw this article on chicagotribune.com -

“The ties that bind sisters are the focus of a study by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. For the first time on such a massive scale, researchers are looking at the sisters of women with breast cancer, probing the environmental and genetic factors that trigger the disease.”

Click here to read the entire article.

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Early Stage Breast Cancer Alert

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Tim Haslam

Found this article on caring.com –

“If you or a woman you know has early stage breast cancer that’s HER2-positive, she needs to know about some new research published yesterday in the Journal of Clinical Oncology”

Read the rest here.

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Featured!

posted by:
Tim Haslam

Just wanted to say thanks to Designora for featuring my theme on their site. Check it out here

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Threat of cancer has pushed Desert Cancer Foundation to grow beyond expectations

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Tim Haslam

Great article –

“A dozen years ago, the Desert Cancer Foundation of Arizona began with four women who wanted to raise money to provide breast cancer screening for the uninsured or underinsured.”

Read the rest of the article here

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A Breast Cancer Test that Saves Lives

posted by:
Tim Haslam

A great article from Reuters –

“Dr. Sweeten, a board-certified gynecologist and Fellow of the American College
of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, recently incorporated the Provista Life
Science BT Test®, a blood test for the detection of breast cancer, into her
patient care practice. Sweeten noted a case where a 44-year-old patient called
to schedule her annual mammogram, and in advance of the mammogram Sweeten
ordered the BT Test. When her patient’s BT Score® came back high, indicating
an increased likelihood of the presence of breast cancer, she changed the
order for her patient’s routine screening mammogram to a diagnostic bilateral
mammogram.”

Click here to read the full article.

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Harvard to have a conference on breast cancer

posted by:
Tim Haslam

Saw this on the boston.com website –

“Harvard’s School of Public Health is mounting a powerhouse conference this week on the worsening global problem of breast cancer.”

Looks pretty cool. Wish I could attend.

Click here to read the whole article

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Susan G. Komen launches social networking site – myKomen

posted by:
Tim Haslam

I saw this on the Susan G. Komen news feed –

“DALLAS, TX – October 29, 2009 – Breast cancer activists, survivors and supporters now have their very own online Web community to share unique experiences and insights around breast cancer. Launching this week, the new social networking site “myKomen” centers on individual and shared experiences with a disease that will afflict 200,000 women and men this year alone.”

This is a very cool idea and I think it will really help all those who are involved with breast cancer come together and interact. What do you think about the new social networking site?

Click here to view the press release.

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