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A moment that changed me: the chance to use new life-saving cancer drugs
A stroke of luck at a bleak time meant I got to take the ground-breaking Herceptin. It allowed me to live, and follow my dream of becoming an authorThough I loved being an English teacher, my dream from childhood was to be a writer. Aged 34, I was head of English in a secondary school, newly married, and about to start a family. Just three weeks after the wedding I found something strange in my right breast. It was more of a mass than a lump.On the 11 November 2004 at 1.35pm, I was told I had cancer. The words I remember were “no cure”, “mastectomy”, and “breast cancer and pregnancy don’t mix” – all said in...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 2, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Emma Carroll Tags: Breast cancer Health Medical research Books Source Type: news

Catching Dick: Not Why We Care About Weight
Amy Schumer said in her humorous acceptance speech at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards: "I'm like 160 pounds right now, and I can catch a dick whenever I want, and that's the truth." The line, like many in her speech, is obviously very funny. But the humor is directed at a misperception that is not so funny. With our society's superficial focus on youth and appearance, we have emphasized all the wrong reasons for maintaining a healthy body weight, which has nothing to do with "catching dick." We are sold the idea that remaining slim is primarily important as a means of attracting the opposite sex, rather than as a pa...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - June 4, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news