Living Beyond:The Woman Inside Project
When I first read about the Woman Inside Project I was so impressed by the beauty of the task that creator Lissa Rankin has taken on, that I contacted her to find out more.… Continue reading
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Poetry Friday
I died from minerality and became vegetable; And from vegetativeness I died and became animal. I died from animality and became man. Then why fear disappearance through death? Next time I shall… Continue reading
Become a cancer warrior
Cancer Warrior Coalition is creating a powerful unified collaboration of citizens and organizational entities to pool resources, talent, information, research and efforts in order to effect necessary change in the way we… Continue reading
Meat Free Monday
Today’s Meat Free Monday dish is from one of my favourite food writers, Nigel Slater. He was writing about his glut of home grown courgettes in last Sunday’s Observer and offered this delicious… Continue reading
Laura Linney taking on the “C” word
First we had the “L word”….now comes the “C word” on TV. According to Showtime sources, actress Laura Linney, an actress I always enjoy watching, is to star in a “dark comedy about cancer”.… Continue reading
LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit Starts
I spent this morning at a volunteer induction session for the LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit which starts tomorrow at the RDS, Dublin. It was a terrific introduction to the work of the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Their global… Continue reading
I need your help!
UPDATE! Today is the last day of voting – I am running in second place so I really need your vote. You can vote more than once! Voting ends 12pm Eastern. Just click… Continue reading
Woman whose breast reduction operation saved her life
A breast reduction operation saved a mother of four’s life after it revealed cancer missed by a routine screening only a few weeks earlier. Angela Martinelli, 54, chose surgery because her 34J chest… Continue reading
Taking the stand for beauty
Some of you may remember that I commented last month on Riam Dien, the young law student, who took Abercrombie & Fitch to an industrial tribunal for unfair dismissal. Although Dien’s case has nothing… Continue reading
How to stay safe during a hospital stay
I have just been watching a very interesting CNN report which hightlights the frightening fact that medical errors kill up to 98,000 U.S. hospital patients a year. Wow that is some figure. I… Continue reading
