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Monthly Archives: July 2005

A Few Facts About Breast Cancer

. What is breast cancer? Breast cancer is caused by the abnormal or uncontrollable growth of breast cells. It has the potential to also spread to other parts of the body. While cancer is almost always caused by an abnormal gene the chances of inheriting it from your mother or father is only 5 to 10 percent. The genetic abnormalities that occur as a result of the ageing process and other factors however cause 90 percent of the breast cancers. . Who is affected by breast cancer? Women are the most affected by the commonest cancer that is breast cancer. 216,000 new cases of invasive (Read more)


The Genetics Of Breast Cancer

Every woman runs the risk of getting breast cancer and as she gets older, the chances are greater. The chances of a woman getting breast cancer is 14 percent or one in every eight women, when you consider a lifetime of a woman, assuming she lives up to the age of about 90 years. If you consider that in your lifetime of 90 years, the chances are 14 percent that you will get the disease. The good news is that 86 percent you will not get the disease. How does genetics affect your chances of getting breast cancer? Most of the inherited cases of breast cancer have been linked with the two (Read more)


How Indicators and Patterns Point the Way to Forex Profits

If you have done even beginning research into trading, technical indicators and charting will become part of your vocabulary. Technical analysis uses price and volume information to try to predict where prices will go in the future. A huge number of indicators have been developed to help traders, and many are very complex mathematically, but all of them are essentially a computation using the price and volume data. The goal is to learn to use some of these technical indicators in a system to guide you in your entry and exit decisions in the market. Without a system, your odds of success (Read more)


Do You Have Breast Cancer?

Have you noticed a lump or thickening in your breast? Do you find your breast size uneven? Do your nipples appear retracted or inverted? Are you worried that you might have breast cancer? The second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S among women is breast cancer, the first being lung cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, only about 5 to 10 percent of breast cancers are hereditary in nature. It is estimated that about 75 percent of breast cancers occur in women who do not even possess the risk factors. Breast cancer is also seen in men but this occurrence is often (Read more)


Facts on Yoga

Yoga has become an increasingly popular form of exercise and meditation the last several years. Many people look at yoga as just that, though. But yoga encompasses more than simply exercise and meditation. This article will “enlighten” you to some facts about yoga. Yoga started out in the East as a spiritual practice focusing on meditation, but in the West it is normally seen as a physical practice, for the benefit of staying healthy and in shape. Hatha yoga is the variation of yoga that describes exercise. It is estimated that around sixteen million North Americans (Read more)


Hiking - An Introduction To The Use Of GPS Navigation Systems

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is fast becoming very much an everyday navigational tool and is commonly seen fitted into cars these days. It is also now available in a simple hand-held form, similar in size to many cell phones. A GPS unit can be loaded with map data for just about any area of the world and, by using a series or satellites, it can pinpoint your position with remarkable accuracy. Indeed, many units can not only indicate your position on the ground, but can also provide you with an altitude reading. Like most things, GPS units are priced at a reasonably low level for a (Read more)


Can You Imagine Having Your Loved One as Your Valentine All Year

To keep the fire in our hearts we must ascertain what we want. I find it useful to write it down because it makes it more definite. As we write, we focus on what we want and we may even think of other things that we did not think of before. So, write a list of how you want the magic in your relationship rekindled and be really specific. The next step is to use your imagination and envision a future with all that you want in it. Decide on a time in the future that you want your relationship to have the magic rekindled. Let us say that it is in six months time. You might want to choose a (Read more)


Do You Know the Meaning of SEO?

What is SEO? SEO means Search Engine Optimization. It involves the art and process of making your website to rank high in major search engines when a specific word is searched by a potential visitor through a particular search engine like Google, Hotbot, AltaVista, MSN Search, AlltheWeb, etc. If you are a website designer with out the knowledge of search engine optimization, then you need to wake up. This is the only sure way through which you can attract thousands of visitors to your website. If your website is not properly optimized for search engines, then your website may not be (Read more)


Relax the Easy Way

There is no better way to set a calm, serene atmosphere in your home than by creating a serenity area. Every home should have a room or area decorated with tranquility in mind. At the same time, it should be comfortable for all of those dwelling within the home. With these ideas, you can undertake a simple home improvement project with very beneficial results. Make a Retreat out of Existing Home-Construction While color and lighting can create the right effect for a serenity room, the ideal way to create this space is with the great outdoors. Combining the tranquility of Mother Nature with (Read more)


Autobiography: Installment No.4

Anyone who has actually read the first two volumes deserves a prize for having come this far. If it is any comfort, you persistent few have got through more than half of the conceptual space where identity and meaning meet around the three themes of my life, my society and my religion. If you have read this far, I’m confident that you have gained some pleasure in the read and I am happy for you. Indeed, my very raison d’etre for this autobiography can be found in the pleasure and the understandings you have found thus far. For many years when I was a teacher I compiled (Read more)