Do you know what your body is telling you?
As cancer survivors, I reckon we are all very tuned into what our bodies are telling us. Perhaps too tuned in at times, when every slight ache and twinge can lead to fears… Continue reading
Monthly Archive: September, 2009
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The breast cancer survivor on a mission to save lives one house at a time
I love this story from the CNN heroes series about breast cancer survivor, Andrea Ivory, who is on a mission to save lives one house at a time. Ivory formed the Florida Breast… Continue reading
Honoring Naomi Sims
Long before Naomi Campbell, another Naomi, Naomi Sims, made her mark as the first black model to gain world wide recognition in the Sixties. Naomi rocketed to the top of the fashion world when she… Continue reading
Booby Innovation Grant for Survivors with BIG ideas
In my day job, I work as a communications officer for a leading academic institution, so I am used to the world of grant proposals, but I never saw a grant title like this one –… Continue reading
Poetry Friday
Today’s poem is the first cancer poem I have featured. Thanks to those who have sent me in their poems and I look forward to posting many more of these over the coming… Continue reading
Shaking the branches of the family tree
I have just spent the last hour happily picking my way through my family history online. The 1911 Irish census is now online and it makes for fascinating reading. Family history was never… Continue reading
Public talk on gene therapy for cancer
The new cancer treatments offered by gene therapy will be discussed in a public talk on Thursday at 6.30pm in the Lifetime Lab, UCC, Cork. Five specialists will share their knowledge of new… Continue reading
Study confirms lifestyle link to breast cancer
From today’s Irish Times Experts have gathered the strongest evidence yet that a woman’s lifestyle is linked to her risk of developing breast cancer.The biggest ever review of research into the issue has… Continue reading
