Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Cancer and Iraq

Two subjects dominate the TV news tonight and, in the calculus of American death, they are related.

As the medical profession reports new hope for breast-cancer detection through MRIs, Congress and the President draw battle lines over funding the war in Iraq.

But the money to save lives here is being used to destroy lives there. CBS News reports that funding for cancer research has been hampered by budget cuts over the past four years, and where will we get the money to pay for expensive MRIs for women who can’t afford them?

Cancer and Iraq are both life-and-death issues, but we have a White House that is committed to only one of them.

3 comments:

Watch 'n Wait said...

You couldn't be more right. And that's a pretty sad state of affairs.

Anonymous said...

Breast Cancer detection
Common Breast Cancer Myths

The first myth pertaining to this disease is that it only affects women.

Second myth that is associated with this disease is that if one has found a lump during an examination, it is cancer.

Third is that it is solely hereditary

The next myth associated with breast cancer is downright ridiculous. Would you believe, that in this day and age, some individuals still think that breast cancer is contagious?

Conversely, some individuals foolishly believe that breast size determines whether or not one gets cancer.

Finally, another myth that is associated with this disease is that it only affects older people. This is not so. Although the chance of getting breast cancer increases with age, women as young as 18 have been diagnosed with the disease.

You can find a number of helpful informative articles on Breast Cancer detection at breast-cancer1.com

Breast Cancer detection

Anonymous said...

Breast Cancer detection
Common Breast Cancer Myths

The first myth pertaining to this disease is that it only affects women.

Second myth that is associated with this disease is that if one has found a lump during an examination, it is cancer.

Third is that it is solely hereditary

The next myth associated with breast cancer is downright ridiculous. Would you believe, that in this day and age, some individuals still think that breast cancer is contagious?

Conversely, some individuals foolishly believe that breast size determines whether or not one gets cancer.

Finally, another myth that is associated with this disease is that it only affects older people. This is not so. Although the chance of getting breast cancer increases with age, women as young as 18 have been diagnosed with the disease.

You can find a number of helpful informative articles on Breast Cancer detection at breast-cancer1.com

Breast Cancer detection