Battling Cancer

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Growing shortage of gastroenterologists to affect screening capacity for #2 cancer killer
Last January 7, 2009, data from researched conducted by the Lewin Group as commissioned by medical technology company Olympus, were presented in a telenews event. The study report entitled “The Impact of Improved Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates on Adequacy of Future Supply of Gastroenterologists that the US” concludes that the US is facing a shortage of gastroenterologists (GIs). This shortage can have some serious consequences in the screening of colorectal cancer. News event speakers were: F. Mark Gumz, President and CEO, Olympus Corporation of the Americas; Tim Dall, vice president and lead study author, The Lewin Group; Robert Reinhardt, Chief of Strategy, Medical and Surgical Business, Olympus America; and Dr. Patrick Okolo, Chief of Endoscopy, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The report is available at http://www.olympusamerica.com/crcadvocacy/.

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The Mediterranean diet is well-known for its cardiovascular benefits. It consists mainly of fresh fruit, vegetable, nuts, a little of fish and wine -and lots of olive oil.

Olives and olive oil are especially said to be good for the heart and the vascular system. Olive oil is the main component of European salad dressings as well as other delicacies. Olive oil is extracted from the fruit of the olive plant Olea europaea, which is cultivated in large numbers in the Mediterranean area. There are several grades of olive oil depending on the production method. Some of these are: More →

This is a bit of old news. However, I think this is worth posting, if only to inform people on films about cancer that they should see. And I am not referring only to “The Bucket List“  which starred Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman.

There is actually a film festival focusing solely on documentaries about cancer - the first one ever! And it was held last August 2008 with an astonishingly large number of entries - over 250 from 40 different countries. Reel Lives - the Cancer Chronicles Film Festival took place during the World Cancer Congress in Geneva last summer. The film festival was organized by the International Union Against Cancer (UICC), the leading international non-governmental organization dedicated exclusively to global cancer control.

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