Cancer

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SEPTEMBER IS CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

Learn how you can become involved in this important cause at, Children’s Cancer Research Fund (2024), CURE Childhood Cancer (2024), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (2024), and St. Jude’s Children’s Research Center (2024).

THANK YOU!

Vikki

References

Children’s Cancer Research Fund. (2024).  It Takes All Of Us To End Childhood Cancer.  Retrieved From https://childrenscancer.org/childhood-cancer-awareness-month/

CURE Childhood Cancer. (2024).  September Is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.  Retrieved From https://curechildhoodcancer.org/childhood-cancer-awareness-month/

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. (2024). MSK Kids.  Learn about Pediatric Cancers and Blood Disorders.  Retrieved From https://www.mskcc.org/pediatrics/cancer-care/pediatric-cancers

St. Jude’s Children’s Research Center. (2024). Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.  Retrieved From https://www.stjude.org/get-involved/other-ways/childhood-cancer-awareness-month.html

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Exposure To Forever Chemicals, And The Disturbing Health Issues Which Can Result From Them

There is no age-group specificity.

It doesn’t matter what brand of clothes we wear.

The stores we frequent are inconsequential.

The types of water and foods we consume are immaterial.

Forever Chemicals can be found practically everywhere, ergo we’ve been exposed to them in our everyday lives, and they can pose life-changing health difficulties, especially in children (mental health).

An earlier study about PFAS can be read from NYU Langone Health/NYU Grossman School of Medicine (2022), and a more recent one by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (2023).

Vikki

References

NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine. (2022, July 26). Exposure to ‘forever chemicals’ costs US billions in health costs. ScienceDaily. Retrieved July 8, 2023 from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/07/220726132528.htm

United States Environmental Protection Agency. (2023). Our Current Understanding Of The Human Health And Environmental Risks Of PFAS. Retrieved From https://www.epa.gov/pfas/our-current-understanding-human-health-and-environmental-risks-pfas

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Strokes, Hormonal Therapy Issues

I came across the following health articles of interest: 6 Stroke Risk Factors All Women Should Know and Testosterone Therapy Side Effects.

Vikki

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Good News, Bad News – “Lower Cancer Incidence Rate in Patients With Central Nervous System Disease Explained”

Members of society, with particular mental health conditions, have a reduced chance in receiving a cancer diagnosis from their physicians.  The epidemiological study describes this outcome as an inverse comorbidity result.

Vikki

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Anabolic Steroids

Anabolic steroids (aka anabolic-androgenic steroids) are non-prescribed drugs composed of the male hormone testosterone for muscle enhancement (“the ideal body”), and sports performance enhancement.  These drugs come in the form of injections, pills, and gels/creams.  Even though many users don’t take them on a continuous basis, the usage history fosters many consequences.

Adolescent Males

  • Psychiatric difficulties
  • Aggression
  • Violence
  • Growth inhibition (i.e., height, genitalia)
  • Suicide

Adolescent Females

  • Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder
  • Potential psychiatric difficulties
  • Growth inhibition (i.e., height, breasts)
  • Acne
  • Ceases/prevents menstruation

Women

  • Psychiatric difficulties
  • Ceases menstruation
  • Significant breast size decrease
  • Diminishes female sculpture
  • Pregnancy difficulties
  • Cancer
  • Death

Men

  • Psychiatric difficulties
  • Significant breast size increase
  • Genitalia reduction
  • Aggression
  • Violence
  • Cancer
  • Death

The bodily effects from anabolic steroids are irreversible for many users.

Vikki