Conde Nast Promotes Cancer Research ... and Cancer: A Guest Commentary and Open Letter by Alan Blum, MD
"Glamour. This is one of the many publications whose chief function is to publish ads for cosmetics, clothes, and other items for young women. The tobacco industry, having almost reached the saturation point of male smoking, is out to get a majority of women.Glamourhired Dr. Henry C. Link to write an article (Jan ' 46) saying that smoking cigarets is one of the most important of all bad habits. "--George Seldes,In Fact, July 28, 1947Nearly 70 years later,Glamouris still ignoring the dangers of smoking and running cigarette ads. And nowGlamour is published by Conde Nast, which also publishes influential magazine...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - September 9, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs
KTKC 2016: Week One Standings
Well, we’re one week into the 2016 Kilted to Kick Cancer Fundraising Challenge, and current team standings are: Team Dragon:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â $1, 606 Team Soul Crusher:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â $290 Team Larry and the Limey:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â $205 Team HBC Concealment:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â $195 Team Happy Medic:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â $110 Team Ambulance Driver:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â $90 Team Squidfoo:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â $90 Team Corpus Christi:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â $20 Team Fir na Dli:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â...
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - September 9, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: Charity Kilted to Kick Cancer Win a Free Gun Source Type: blogs
Tough Mudder Round Two: Ryan Larson
The Tough Mudder is a 10-12 mile mud and obstacle course that tests your physical strength, mental power, and stamina. You can do it to challenge yourself or run for a charity at the same time if you choose to. One of our Team LIVESTRONG members, Ryan Larson, who’s participated in the Tough Mudder two years in a row will be answering a few of our questions here. We’ll also be hearing some of his story and why he decided to become involved with LIVESTRONG.LS: Â How have you been affected by cancer?
Ryan: Â I was born to a single mother who was greatly supported by her parents in helping to raise me. My grandpare...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - September 7, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Amelia Kwok Source Type: blogs
Considering Age Reversal Therapeutics
Age Reversal Therapeutics is an initiative launched by quite the varied set of people: leaders from the "anti-aging" marketplace's Life Extension Foundation, a SENS Research Foundation researcher, a selection of biotech industry veterans, a practitioner of anti-aging medicine, and a reputable genetics researcher quite well known in our community. Strange bedfellows indeed - a meeting of many houses of the broader community interested in aging, houses that typically don't have much to do with one another, and indeed in some cases don't think much of one another. The basic plan here is to raise money from investors and then ...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 7, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Healthy Life Extension Community Source Type: blogs
Over the Edge Spotlight: Patty Watkins
This weekend, on September 10, Team LIVESTRONG is partnering withOver the Edge for an all new event experience! We will be taking fundraising to new heights in Atlanta, Georgia as we rappel down the side of Buckhead Tower to raise funds for LIVESTRONG‘s free programs and services. Here, we have a short Q&A with one of the participants, Patty Watkins!LS: How have you been affected by cancer?
Patty:  I have been affected by cancer in many ways.  I have Stage 4 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, metastatic; now, it’s  in my brain.  I have always been healthy, very active, ate well, and exercised daily by stren...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - September 5, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, September 5th 2016
This study is a good example of the degree to which the choice to remain active in later life makes a difference. That implies a range of other choices over the decades in order to raise the odds that you can in fact choose to remain active when older, such as avoiding weight gain.
Moderate physical activity is associated with a greater than 50% reduction in cardiovascular death in over-65s. The 12 year study in nearly 2500 adults aged 65 to 74 years found that moderate physical activity reduced the risk of an acute cardiovascular event by more than 30%. High levels of physical activity led to greater risk reducti...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 4, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Spotlight on “Team Fathers and Sons”
This year will be the 20th Anniversary of theLIVESTRONG Â Challenge in Austin! For 20 years, we have been creating awareness and changes in cancer care for people in Austin and beyond. All proceeds will be going to benefit theLIVESTRONG Â Cancer Institutes of the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. Â The Challenge helps us promote our cause and it encourages locals as well as people from around the country to come out and participate in the runs/bike rides. Here, we have the spotlight on Alex Arato who has been participating in the LIVESTRONG Â Challenge for a very long time and is captain of Team Fat...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - September 1, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs
LIVESTRONG Leader Spotlight: Kristin
LIVESTRONG Â leaders are volunteers who make yearly commitments to helping those affected by cancer in their community. Leaders do this through developing relationships with community leaders, initiating activities (fundraising, hosting events,& more), and sharing LIVESTRONG‘s mission. One of our leaders, Kristin Leung, talks about her involvement with LIVESTRONG and why she decided to join the team.LS: How have you been affected by cancer?
Kristin: Over the years, I have watched both friends and family be stricken by cancer. In 2011, I decided to begin working with survivors as part of theLIVESTRONGprogram  at ...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - August 31, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs
Everyone Ride/Run Against Cancer Everyday (ERRACE) Spotlight
TheERRACE (Everyone Eide/Run Against Cancer Everyday) organization was founded by a group of professionals to spread awareness about cancer. They hold an annual riding/running event where they raise funds for cancer research, and inspire the community to lead healthier and more active lives. The ERRACE event for 2016 Â was held this past July and if you want to check out some of the photos from it,click here. They were able to surpass their donations goal of $100,000 and raised $127,579 total to be donated to the Helen& Harry Gray Cancer Center and LIVESTRONG. Â We talked to Andy Caputo, one of the founders of ERRACE, ...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - August 31, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs
Kilted To Kick Cancer 2016 Kicks Off At Midnight!
Are you ready? If you were a fundraising team last year, you’re already in for this year. Just tell your donors to contribute to your fundraising campaign, same as they did last year! We’ve got a couple of new teams this year, including a British entry! We’ve got a great set of prize packages this ... (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - August 31, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: Charity Kilted to Kick Cancer Win a Free Gun Source Type: blogs
Top 5 Reasons to Run the New York City Marathon with Team LIVESTRONG
On November 6 50,000+ runners will hit the streets of the five boroughs for the 2016 TCS New York City Marathon. Team LIVESTRONG will be taking to the streets of NYC in force.  Here are five things they can look forward to as part of our team on 11/6:1. You get to run for something bigger than yourself!
We all know running is hard. If it were easy, everyone would do it. However, one thing that makes it easier is finding a deeper meaning in your run. It can be hard to get out of bed for a training run early in the morning when you are not meeting someone else or thinking about larger goals. However, by joining Team LIVEST...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - August 29, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 29th 2016
This study demonstrates that TNTs play a significant part in the intercellular transfer of α-synuclein fibrils and reveals the specific role of lysosomes in this process. This represents a major breakthrough in understanding the mechanisms underlying the progression of synucleinopathies. These compelling findings, together with previous reports from the same team, point to the general role of TNTs in the propagation of prion-like proteins in neurodegenerative diseases and identify TNTs as a new therapeutic target to combat the progression of these incurable diseases.
Shorter Period of Rapamycin Treatment in Mice...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 28, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Turn $50 into $100 with our LIVESTRONG Challenge Match
TheLIVESTRONG Challenge has been LIVESTRONG’s landmark event for two decades. To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the event and make it the absolute best it can be, we want it to have a monumental impact on our mission; however, it can’t have that kind of impact without your help. That’s why we are making it easier than ever for you to support our programs and services by offering a matching gift opportunity!The rules are easy: donate or raise $50 to your LIVESTRONG Challenge accountbetween now and August 31, and you will receive a $50** match to your personal fundraising center.Get started now and see the diff...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - August 24, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Callie Atkins (LIVESTRONG Staff) Source Type: blogs
5th Annual Velo4Yellow
In July Gyros Cycling Club hosted their5th annual Velo4Yellow ride benefiting LIVESTRONG. This year’s charity ride had 415 riders and raised $10,000 to support LIVESTRONG cancer programs– bringing Velo4Yellow’s 5 year total to $30,000! Amazing. We caught up with Dave Brown from Velo4Yellow to hear more about this impactful community fundraising event.LS: How have you been affected by cancer?
Dave: My father lost his battle with multiple myeloma in 2007. I was very young when my maternal grandmother died from lung cancerLS: What made this 5th year at Velo4Yellow special? What moment stands out to you the m...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - August 16, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs
Top 5 Things You Don’t Want to Miss at the LIVESTRONG Challenge!
The 2016 LIVESTRONG Challenge is coming up on October 16, 2016. Starting in downtown Austin, participants can ride 20, 45, 65, or 100 miles on routes through the Texas Hill Country, or head out for the 5k run/walk. Here are five things you don’t want to miss out on this 20th anniversary year:The PUPPY Power Stop!This year ’s LIVESTRONG Challenge is packed with exciting and new rest stops along each course route. One of our personal favorites is our partnership with Austin Pets Alive to provide an assortment of adorable puppies for participants to pet and play with while they take a brief break from the course. The ...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - August 15, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Mike Threadgould (LIVESTRONG Staff) Source Type: blogs
