A Bright Future!

A Bright Future

17 year old Nithin was this years winner of the Intel School Science Prize.  Seven former winners have gone on to Win the Nobel Peace Prize.  His project was to map the molecular pathways in a single cell to seen their roll in Breast Cancer.  Nithin research has the potential to lead to better targeted and thus less toxic treatments for Breast Cancer patients.  

He explains, "this is like looking for the elcassor pedal and trying to work out how to put the breaks on in cancer cells!  The trying to work out how to let one foot come up slowly, while putting the other one down." 

February is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

Ovarian Cancer

The launch 

2012 Launch

Each year Ovarian Cancer Australia runs National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month Campain in February. The month is to highlight the symptoms of ovarian cancer and to raise funds for the foundations programs Click here to donate.
The last Wednesday of February is Teal Ribbon Day 29 February. Ribbons are available from Chemmart Pharmacy, Spotlight or Napoleon Perdia concept store to show your support.


The most common symptoms abdominal or pelvic pain; increase in abdominal size or persistent bloating; needing to urinate often or urgently, difficulty eating or feeling full quickly. For more information see Ovarian Cancer website.

Did you know?

Did You Know?
There's a lot that we have learned, and even more that we have yet to learn, about breast cancer. Between diagnosis and the road to recovery lie facts and figures that can be confusing or enlightening. Here are some of the facts about breast cancer that might interest you and those you love.

Men get breast cancer too. For every 100 women diagnosed, one man will also be diagnosed with breast cancer. 
Source: American Cancer Society

Asian women have some of the lowest breast cancer rates of any group in the world, while the rates are highest in countries such as the U.S. 
Source: American Cancer Society

Death rates from breast cancer have been decliningsince about 1990, with larger decreases in women younger than fifty. These decreases are believed to be the result of earlier detection through screening and increased awareness, as well as improved treatment. 
Source: American Cancer Society

Diagnosing breast cancer in younger women (under 40) is more difficult because their breast tissue is generally denser than the breast tissue in older women. 
Source: Cleveland Clinic

Breast cancer has a much better prognosis in developing countries — around 1.8 percent, while rates in non-developed countries may be as high as 5 percent. 
Source: American Cancer Society

Seven percent of all breast cancer cases occur in women under forty years old. 
Source: American Cancer Society

Epidemiologic studies have shown that men who have several female relatives with breast cancer also have an increased risk for the disease. 
Source: American Cancer Society

 

The cricket goes pink tomorrow

The second test starts tomorrow in Sydney and Sydney Cricket Ground

will turn "Pink" to raise money for the vital work of the McGrath Foundation.