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Friends,
For those of you who still want to enter the BlackBerry Developers Competition for Jamaican students, there is great news...
...The Registration and Submission deadlines have been extended to November 18,2011.
Yippee!
So, for those of you who haven't entered as yet, unleash your creativity this weekend and develop an app!
More information is available from our previous post re this and at: www.bbdevelopers.gov.jm.
All the best!
Gillian
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World Mammography Day was celebrated on Friday, October 21.
It's a day when women aged 40 and over, are reminded to do their mammograms.
(World Mammography Day is usually commemorated as a part of Breast Cancer Awareness month, which is celebrated in October, annually).
According the American Cancer Society," a mammogram is an x-ray exam of the breast. It is used to detect and evaluate breast changes.
Mammograms are most often used to look for breast cancer that is too small to be felt in women who have no breast complaints or symptoms. These are called screening mammograms.
Mammograms are also used in women who have breast symptoms, such as a lump, pain, nipple discharge, or who have a suspicious change seen on a screening mammogram. These are called diagnostic mammograms".
The purpose for doing a mammogram, is the early detection of breast cancer, as it is thought that the earlier the tumor is found, the easier it is to be treated.
In Jamaica, you can do your mammograms at the Jamaica Cancer Society at minimal costs of JMD $700(US $8.08) if you have a health card, or JMD $3,500 (US $40.391) without the health card.
So,who should do mammograms?
As mentioned above, women who are 40 years old and over.
However, if you have a family history of cancer, e.g. your parents or siblings had/have cancer, then you should have your mammogram done, ten (10) years before your close relative was first diagnosed.
So if your close relative was diagnosed at age 45, you should really be doing your mammogram at age 35.
The Jamaica Cancer Society offers mammograms throughout the year. So you don't have to wait until World Mammography Day to do your mammograms.
You can contact them here for more information.
Please read our previous post, as it details just what happens during a mammogram.
The examination takes between 5-8 minutes - that's 8 minutes that could save your life, so, please do it if you know you're due!
For women under 40, you should be doing your monthly breast self exams - please see this post re how to examine your breasts.
Remember, "prevention is better than cure".
Gillian
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If you or a loved one has taken medication to treat high cholesterol and were prescribed CRESTOR®.(Crestor)...please continue reading this post.
[Crestor (also known as Rosuvastatin and R2), was marketed by AstraZeneca to treat high cholesterol and prevent cardiovascular disease].
Crestor has been scientifically linked to serious side effects like heart attacks and heart failure.
Other side effects include cardiomyopathy [deterioration of the myocardium (the muscular tissue of the heart)], rhabdomyolysis (breakdown of muscle fibers), and ventricular dysfunction (where one or both ventricles of the heart is function-impaired).
(The heart's ventricles are the two chambers of the heart, involved in pumping blood, so that blood can circulate in the body).
Sounds serious doesn't it? Well it is!
Crestor has also been linked to kidney failure.
Due to the serious side effects of Crestor, an advocacy group petitioned the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2004, to withdraw Crestor for the market.
But it was still being offered for sale up until 2010, when the FDA approved it to prevent cardiovascular events.
If you suspect that you've had a Crestor-related injury such as a heart attack or heart failure, you'll need to talk to the professional lawyers at O'Hanlon, McCollom & Demerath.
They will help you to file a Crestor lawsuit.
They understand that your injuries are not your fault and they have the experience, well-trained staff and expertise, to handle even the most complex product liability cases.
So why not call the lawyers at O'Hanlon, McCollom & Demerath, today, for a free consultation?
Their number is 800 638 2771.
(I would like to thank Jun Seita for the use of her Flickr inset photo above, entitled, "Artery Explorer at National Senior Games in Stanford: Indirect promotion of AstraZeneca's cholesterol lowering drug, CRESTOR®").
Gillian
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