So we all know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. If you are a literate American who reads anything, you know what all the pink is about this month. Now breast cancer is important and is a prevalent cancer among women. But, I feel like it gets more media attention than any other cancer. Who in America is not aware of breast cancer? I think the pink ribbons should continue and we as public health professionals should continue to spread awareness. However, what about the other cancers? There are many many prevalent and deadly cancers which could be curbed with awareness of screening techniques.
I propose today that we promote proper screening to prevent another cancer--colorectal cancer. Hmm, not everyone's favorite cancer to talk about? Well, it is the third most common cause of cancer (excluding skin cancers) in the US, taking third behind bladder and breast cancer. It may not be as emotional as breast cancer, but still one that can be prevented with proper screening. So, no need to worry, I have it all figured out. I'm thinking as this is a less than exciting cancer, we'll pick the shortest month--February as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. And, as for a color for all the promotion ribbons, well you guessed it--Brown.
Look for your favorite brown ribbons debuting February 2011.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Matches Made in Heaven
In case you didn't see my email or my personal blog, we had our ultrasound today and it's a BOY! We are SO SO happy about it! Baby James is healthy and a little mover! Ashley told me that she knew we'd have a boy because we're destined to have the opposite gender from the rest of the cohort. I told her I'm totally okay with that because it just means more potential in-laws for my kids that I already know and love . . . :) I'd be perfectly happy for Annie or James to end up with any one of your kids!
Monday, October 4, 2010
Ultrasound News!!!
So, I've got news... ;)
We had our ultrasound today for Baby 2. ...And...
We had our ultrasound today for Baby 2. ...And...
IT'S A GIRL!!!!!
Everything looks great. We've posted some pictures on our personal blog, including some 3-D shots of baby's face. Due date is still looking like February 28th. We're totally shocked, extremely excited, a little bit terrified, and we have NO idea what we're gonna name her! From talking to family, it's clear we're about to be inundated with dresses, frills, and lots of pink. Hmmm...
School is picking up. The first couple of weeks I was starting to wonder what I got myself into being 2,200 miles from my family, but we're really liking it here. The ward's great (Dr Cole's wife is in the ward, so I saw him at Church a week ago). I volunteer at NIEHS 10 hours a week with my mentor from a year ago and I've started a new project on occupational lead exposure and Parkinson's disease that might lead to a dissertation. It's great because it's both environmental and neuro, which is what I was hoping for. I've also met some LDS epidemiologists in the program (I think there's 6 or 7 of us) and Annah Layman (for those of you who knew her) is one of the TAs for one of my classes.
Probably the most surprising thing so far is that I'm in a reproductive, perinatal, and pediatric epidemiology class. At the beginning of the semester I had to laugh because the teacher held up another reproductive epidemiology book that we weren't going to be using for our class but that could act as another reference. The funny part was it was Dr Merrill's book that we all had to write those reports for when we took epidemiology 2 years ago. The class is awkward though because there are 29 girls and me...One of the girls might have checked my ring finger the other day...yeah...weird... But it's not really that bad because we're focusing on how to measure things as opposed to promoting, say, birth control methods. Numbers I can do.
Well that's about it for now. I'm excited to hear what Eli and MaryAnne are going to have, and to hear how everyone else is doing.
School is picking up. The first couple of weeks I was starting to wonder what I got myself into being 2,200 miles from my family, but we're really liking it here. The ward's great (Dr Cole's wife is in the ward, so I saw him at Church a week ago). I volunteer at NIEHS 10 hours a week with my mentor from a year ago and I've started a new project on occupational lead exposure and Parkinson's disease that might lead to a dissertation. It's great because it's both environmental and neuro, which is what I was hoping for. I've also met some LDS epidemiologists in the program (I think there's 6 or 7 of us) and Annah Layman (for those of you who knew her) is one of the TAs for one of my classes.
Probably the most surprising thing so far is that I'm in a reproductive, perinatal, and pediatric epidemiology class. At the beginning of the semester I had to laugh because the teacher held up another reproductive epidemiology book that we weren't going to be using for our class but that could act as another reference. The funny part was it was Dr Merrill's book that we all had to write those reports for when we took epidemiology 2 years ago. The class is awkward though because there are 29 girls and me...One of the girls might have checked my ring finger the other day...yeah...weird... But it's not really that bad because we're focusing on how to measure things as opposed to promoting, say, birth control methods. Numbers I can do.
Well that's about it for now. I'm excited to hear what Eli and MaryAnne are going to have, and to hear how everyone else is doing.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Worse than Tuskegee . . .
I can't believe this happened! I know we all got frustrated with the IRB, but thank goodness there is something in place now to prevent things like this from happening.
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