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Please pass a glass of red

Pre-diagnostic wine consumption may reduce the risk of death and relapse among non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients, according to an epidemiology study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research 100th Annual Meeting 2009.

Limit Pesticides and Cut Lymphoma Risk

Keep your use of indoor pesticides — such as insect sprays and pest strips — to a minimum, eliminate them altogether, or use less toxic pesticides such as pyrethrins and boric acid.

If your workplace is sprayed with pesticides, find out whether your office or workspace can be spared this treatment. Often, there are no insects in office areas, especially if food is not stored or eaten there.

Lymphoma and Pesticides

What causes lymphoma?

The causes of cancer are complex and not altogether known. There are many things to consider: our heredity, viruses, our exposures to toxic substances in the environment (including chemicals that can cause cancer) and other factors. Anyone who could answer this question with certainty would surely win the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

And yet, there is so much we do know. Over the years, many researchers have done studies to see if pesticides cause lymphoma. Although they do not all agree, many scientists believe this is a serious problem.

'Climb of Hope' Reaches Summit for Lymphoma

Taking the fight against lymphoma to 29,000 feet and the top of the world, South African climber Robby Kojetin, along with his climbing companion and countryman John Black, reached the summit of Nepal's towering Mount Everest recently—a climb Kojetin achieved under the auspices of his "Climb of Hope", raising money and awareness for lymphoma and for South Africa's volunteer organization Childhood Cancer Foundation.

Looking in the Mirror

I came across Jen Ford’s blog recently (http://jforddesigns.blogspot.com/) and was struck by her story. She reminded me that in some ways, cancer can change what you look like. Your hair, your weight, even your eyebrows are affected

Does Sugar Feed Cancer?

Regarding sugar restrictions, the body, particularly the brain, requires glucose (sugar) for normal functioning. Thus having sufficient glucose in the blood is essential to health. Cancer cells will sequester sugar (take up what's available) no matter what dietary changes you make. Therefore sugar restriction is not a plausible way to restrict the growth of cancer cells. Basically this good-sounding idea is junk science. That's not to say we should eat donuts and cake with abandon, but an occasional dessert will not make a difference one way or the other.

Lesbians’ Rights and Cancer

Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender women with Cancer have the:

1. Right to the provision of sensitive, culturally appropriate care that is not diminished, altered or impacted by biases, stereotypes or assumptions held by providers. In addition, LBT women with cancer should have access to providers trained in lesbian, bisexual, and transgender cultural competency and who are knowledgeable about the specific health care needs of LBT patients.

Cancer and Careers

Once you’ve beaten cancer, you jut go back to work and everything is fine, right? Not necessarily. Most people say they are anxious about how their work life will play out. In a survey of 29 cancer survivors, researchers found that:

• One-third found it difficult to cope and concentrate initially and worried about their productivity once they got back to work.

• The more stressful the job, the more difficult the re-entry.

• The larger the company, in general, the easier the transition because accommodations were often more plentiful.

A New Must-Read Blog: Cancerous Capers

“I'm Jamie Ross.

I'm twenty, and I was an English student until last August when my doctor threw a giant cancerous spanner in the works. This blog tracks my little fracas with Hodgkin's Lymphoma and is a reading experience that will make you laugh, cry and possibly physically sick as I mention my testicles more times than social convention deems acceptable.”

Now that’s a blog. How can anyone resist following his adventures? http://cancerouscapers.blogspot.com/

Oral Health and Lymphoma

When patients are receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy, the local defense mechanisms in the mouth are reduced. This means that oral infections are common.

Oral candidosis (also known as ‘thrush’) is the most common type of infection. Symptoms include: