My life was in full swing — I had no time slots in my Franklin Planner for more cancer! But in 1995, at age 45, I received my second diagnosis of very advanced and very aggressive breast cancer, which may have been caused by the radiation treatment that I’d received for a childhood cancer. I [...]

December 11, 2010
The Journey Of Commitment
Entering Into Commitment
Entering into a committed relationship is in fact a spiritual journey that we undertake with another person.
Loving and committing to another person is a spiritual process whether it involves a wedding or any other type of commitment ceremony. Often when we enter into a relationship, we allow our [...]

New Survey of Breast Cancer Patients Shows that Women Taking Tamoxifen Want a CYP2D6 Genetic Test
MEMPHIS, TN – December 6, 2010 – While the medical community continues to debate the benefits of CYP2D6 genetic testing for women on the breast cancer treatment tamoxifen, patients using the medication are anxious to have the tests.   According [...]

“The results of this study support the importance of regular screening in the 40 to 50 age group,” said lead author Nicholas M. Perry, M.B.B.S., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.R., director of The London Breast Institute at The Princess Grace Hospital in London. “Women in this age group who had undergone mammography the previous year had a mastectomy [...]

December 7, 2010
Changing The Way We Relate
Making Over Our Partners
A relationship, in the truest sense of the word, means relating to another. Usually when we say that we relate to someone, it is because we’ve found common ground. But part of relating is finding ways to make ideas that seem different come together. So often [...]

After graduation, she went to UNC’s law school and that’s where she met John Edwards. The two were married at Bethel Baptist Church in Chapel Hill July 30, 1977.
A year later, they celebrated their first anniversary at a Wendy’s restaurant after packing all day for their move to Nashville, Tennessee.
Eating at Wendy’s became an anniversary [...]

December 6, 2010–CBS NEWS-Elizabeth Edwards, the estranged wife of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, has been advised by doctors that “further treatment of her cancer would be unproductive,” according to a statement from the Edwards family.

A source close to the family tells CBS News, “She is dying.” The source said Edwards would likely die within [...]

December 3, 2010
Learning to Trust Divine Guidance
Trial and Error
If you have asked the universe for guidance, learn through experience to recognize and trust the guidance you receive.
Anyone who has asked for divine guidance knows that it can be challenging to trust it when it comes. This is because divine guidance comes in many forms and [...]

November 12, 2010
A Full Embrace Excluding Nothing
Finding Peace Within
If we are to have true peace in this world, each one of us must find it in ourselves first.
Most people agree that a more peaceful world would be an ideal situation for all living creatures. However, we often seem stumped as to how to bring this [...]

Professor Zhipeng Wu has invented a portable scanner based on radio frequency technology, which is able to show in a second the presence of tumours — malignant and benign — in the breast on a computer.
Using radio frequency or microwave technology for breast cancer detection has been proven by researchers in the US, Canada and [...]