September 2nd, 2010 by admin
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By Robert Preidt
In conjunction with National Mammography Day on Friday, the American Cancer Society is urging people to support legislation that would boost funding for a program designed to reduce racial and ethnic disparities among breast cancer patients in the United States.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Breast Cancer and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) offers breast cancer screening and treatment to low-income, uninsured, and underinsured women.
However, due to inadequate funding, the program can only assist one in five eligible women, the ACS reported. That’s why the agency is urging Americans to show their support for this program so that all women have access to breast cancer screening and treatment.
» Read more: Breast Cancer Experts Urge Funding for Minority Screenings
September 1st, 2010 by admin
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By Serena Gordon
HealthDay Reporter
(HealthDay News) — A cold winter followed by a sudden and sustained warming trend, not to mention the botanical blossoming that global warming has brought, has boosted pollen counts to near-record highs across the United States this spring, experts say.
All of that has led to one of the most miserable allergy seasons in recent memory for the 50 million Americans who find themselves suffering itchy eyes, runny noses and scratchy throats this time of year.
“In Atlanta, we recently saw the second highest pollen count ever — 5,733. A level of 1,500 is considered very high, so this was off the charts,” explained meteorologist Carl Parker, from The Weather Channel. Pollen counts are measured in grains of pollen per cubic meter in a sample that’s collected over a 24-hour period.
» Read more: ‘Off-the-Charts’ Pollen Counts Bring Misery to Millions
August 31st, 2010 by admin
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Those of you on Twitter may have noticed “Sydney Dalton” surging as a trending topic on the microblogging site today, but chances are you’ve never heard the name — until now. Well, Sydney is just an average girl who’s on Twitter and has a YouTube channel, where she rambles about loving lip gloss, hanging out with her friends and talking on the phone. Oh, and she maybe met Justin Bieber! And is completely obsessed with him. Or used to be? It’s complicated. And now she’s being totally cyber bullied over it. If your brain hasn’t completely melted and you’re still invested in these riveting tween matters, let’s move on.
» Read more: Who Is Sydney Dalton? Bieber Public Enemy No. 1
