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Changing the Future with cureLauncher

January 18, 2013 by

One of my new year’s resolution is to join a group or organization that supports a socially relevant cause. I still haven’t decided which organization to join yet but I found a website online which will allow me to contribute to the betterment of the future through their site in the meantime.

I am referring to cureLauncher. It is an online community that raises money for various cancer treatments and medical research. It somehow serves as a bridge that connects private donors to medical researchers and doctors who are in need of funding for their respective world-class medical and technology projects.

Currently, cureLauncher’s website features Dr. Lee Roy Morgan and his research called DM-CHOC-PEN, a chemotheraphy drug for breast cancer that has spread through the lungs, brain or liver. They are hoping to come up with $10,000 for this project. Twenty sponsors already contributed $1971 to the project. With twelve more days to go, I hope more pledges and donations will be given to this worthwhile project.

Previous clinical trials featured at cureLauncher include testing a hormone with a drug to treat pre-clinical heart failure in Spokane, Washington and the pacemaker/defibrillator after heart attack trials at Texas, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, Michigan, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Georgia, California and Arizona.

Interested to learn more about cureLauncher and how they help our world? Well, you can visit their website now by clicking this link: cureLauncher.

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Thinking of a New Year’s Resolution

December 21, 2012 by

It’s that time of the year again. As the close of the year comes nearer and the new year’s day is (almost) dawning, people start thinking of having new year’s resolution again.

I am not an exemption to this group of individuals who thinks that new year is the best time to do something new. Whether it’s losing weight, starting a new hobby, traveling to new places, rekindling relationships – it seems that the new year gives everyone some kind of fresh new beginning with the hope of becoming a better person during the year.

This coming year 2013, I will be focusing more on my health. I’ll make it as a point to exercise at least 30 minutes daily. No excuses, no delays, no ifs and no buts. I’ll also cut back on those junk foods and turn to healthy foods and proper diet instead. Yeah, I might also try taking vitamins and probably some fish oil supplements to supplement my diet. And of course, I will have to make it as a habit to drink at least eight glasses of water a day.

How about you, do you also have some new year’s resolution for the coming year? Any targets or plans as to what you want to achieve in regards to your health? Hope you can share about them via the comments section. :-)

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The Colder, The Better

November 24, 2011 by

My bestfriend’s grandfather, aged 76 was diagnosed of Parkinson’s disease. It started with a tremor in his right hand. Two years back, the disease bacame full-blown. He was almost immobile as if frozen in time. He just stared unblinking, mouth slightly open, with saliva drooling from the corners. His tremors became severe.

His physician prescribed a medication but it made grandpa (as what I call him too) nauseated. At times, he was vomiting. Another medication was prescribed to supplement the first one. For a while, grandpa was fine. But after six months, we noticed fluid retention in his lower limbs. Another medication was given. Still another thing resulted. He was heavily sweating and was in delirium.

I remember that there was a time when they rushed him to the hospital. The doctor told them that his (the doctor’s) only option now was to perform cryosurgery. The procedure entails selective destruction of tissues in a part of his brain. The tissue is to be destroyed by freezing it with a small cryogenic probe. The doctor assured them that all cryogenic equipment used in the hospital are of the highest quality as they are purchased from the world’s number one recognized company.

My bestfriend’s grandfather is now well and enjoying the rest of his twilight years with them. Indeed, life could actually be dependent on a matter of degree.

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