DPR
Health & Wellness M agazine
Issu e # 02| Ju n e - Ju l y 2019
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DPR HEALTH AND W ELLNESS M AGAZI NE'S " THE BI G C" I SSUE
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W ORLD CANCER REPORT OVERVI EW
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THE I RON LADY OF ASI A REM EM BERED
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M AXENE & FRANCI S: THE FATHER & DAUGHTER I NSPI RATI ON
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CANCER I NSTI TUTI ONS I N THE PHI LI PPI NES
Abou t th e Cover The photo on our cover won the 9th place during The 20 Best Microscope Photos from the 2017 Nikon Small World Contest, one of the two entries by Catarina Moura, Dr. Sumeet Mahajan, Dr. Richard Oreffo & Dr. Rahul Tare. Growing cartilage-like tissue in the lab using bone stem cells (collagen fibers in green and fat deposits in red).
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Publisher 's Not e
5 - The Doct or 's Message 7 - 15
Wor ld Cancer Repor t , An Over view
17 - 19 Sur pr ising Fact s About MDS 21 - 23 Maxene & Francis Magalona, t he f at her & daught er I nspirat ion 24 - 28 Cancer I nst it ut ions in t he Philippines 29 - Bookm ar ked 30 - 31 Lance Ar m st r ong t akes on a vent ur e 32 - 33 - Wor ds t o Live by - Quot es f r om t he cancer war r ior s 34 - 35 Dr . Henr y Lynch dies; Found Her edit ar y Link in Cancer 36 - A new laser t hat kills cancer cells 37 - Must Wat ch
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The Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition celebrates the beautiful, weird, wonderful, and microscopic things in our world through photos captured using a light microscope. On its 43rd year, the competition continues to impress. The 2017 competition received over 2,000 entries from 88 different countries. Many of the images were taken during scientific research projects. ?The year ?s winners not only reflect remarkable research and trends in science, but they also allow the public to get a glimpse of a hidden world,? says Eric Flem, Communications Manager, Nikon Instruments, ?This year ?s winning photos and entries are examples of important works being done in the world of science, and those works can be shared thanks to rapidly advancing imaging technology.?
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Af t er a ser ies of brainst or m ing, we f inally m ade t he choice. The bone st em cells. (which m ost of us know of as one of t he t ypes of t r eat m ent f or cer t ain t ypes of cancer s). The color gr een light s up against t he dar k backgr ound which signif ies hope. Lif e. The r ed ones ar e per f ect ly placed by nat ur e it self and overall t hey f or m an im age of a t r ee. They say t hat a good ar t will always challenge your int ellect and im aginat ion or it will speak t o you in m ult it udes. Feel f r ee t o explor e t his Special issue on Cancer and our sincer e grat it ude and acknowledgm ent t o all t he cont ent owner s and wr it er s. REDLARK, ONLI NE
FROM THEPUBLISHER DPR Health and Wellness Magazine is published by REDLARK,MANILA
W e Sh al l Over com e The decision on whether to put a face on the cover or not for a theme revolving around a sensitive topic such as cancer has been quite a challenge for us. What happens inside the mind of a patient, a relative or perhaps the doctors is a task made for profilers. What we know is that the details will be significant to the readers who know people that have suffered from a cancer related disease . And like pieces of a puzzle, the contents were compiled to come up with valuable insights for everyone to ponder upon. The knowledge which we have shared on the pages of DPR online magazine has also been shared by concerned institutions and individuals to help inform the public and make better decisions and act based on factual information.
Cancer is a big wor d but if we help f ight t he disease as a com m unit y of concer ned individuals, we shall over com e. - REDLARK, ONLI NE
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Dr. Juan Paolo D. Bellosillo, ND
Dr. Juan Paolo D.Bellosillo
International Fellow of Integrative Medicine and Diplomate in Whole Medical Systems, Anti - Aging Medicine, Cardio Metabolic Medicine, Holistic Medicine and Photo Bio Medicine ; Specialized in Integrative Fitness and Nutrition
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DPR Health And Wellness Magazine aims to convey a strong message in this 2nd issue devoted to understanding the BiG C. Almost everywhere, Cancer, is a disease that is to be combated on all fronts. Our choices therefore as people determine the impact to the quality of our cells and lives. As practitioners we therefore need to see that healing especially from cancer should take place as a journey that covers a balance with the mind, body and spirit. Genetic expressions are therefore suppressed if perhaps the harmony and melody of proper nutrition, supplementation, medicine if needed, exercise, water intake, sleep, reduction of toxins, relationships, ?ikigai? or sense of purpose and most importantly prayer; life are all at a balance. To the patient, we do understand that the risks of having the big C are higher this generation perhaps due to an environment that has been replete of toxicants found in our air, water and food supply. Nevertheless there exists a lot more of the systems and modalities when fused together can prevent or reverse cancer. You need to make that choice. The inevitable is the presence of many solutions around us and the journey is not always easy. To a greater reality, choice matters, what is best for you is not always the best for another. Some with lymphoma may opt for chemotherapy. Some with colon cancer would work well with surgery and reflorastation. Some with breast cancer may opt for surgery with Bio immunotherapy. Some with prostate cancer may opt for nutritional therapy and radiation. How the songs end is determined by the teamwork of the practitioner, patient and other specialists as well as the family. Dr. Juan Paolo D. Bellosillo is a representative in Manila of the St. Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital in Guangzhou responsible for promoting cancer knowledge and prevention, treatment techniques, and consultation of cancer patients.
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St. Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou is a joint venture of Singapore Perennial Real Estate Holdings Limited and the biggest medical investment group of China? Boai Medical group. In 2014, St. Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou has been successfully accredited by JCI (Joint Commission International), which assesses and evaluates with strict standards in the world and stands for the highest level of medical service and hospital management. St. Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou is good at various kinds of cancer treatment and is equipped with 18 advanced minimally invasive therapies, professional multidisciplinary team (MDT) and considerate medical service. Manila Office For the convenience of cancer patients in the Philippines, St. Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou specially set up an office in Manila. The establishment of Manila office means that cancer patients can easily get free disease evaluation, consultation, and information about medical technology, environment and services of St. Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou without going to Guangzhou. The existence of consultants in Manila office not only provides cancer patients professional consultation, but also solves the problem of language barrier. Manila office brings great convenience to cancer patients in the Philippines, patients or their family members are able to get professional treatment recommendation with detailed medical reports or related medical examination results.
St . St am f or d M oder n Can cer Hospi t al Gu an gzh ou www.asiancancer.com Manila Office of St. Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou Address: Unit A-1102,6780 Jaka Building Ayala Avenue,Makati City,Metro Manila.
THE WORLD CANCER REPORT As far as we know, cancer has always afflicted humans, although for centuries its relative impact was overshadowed by early death from infectious diseases. Until recently, information on the global distribution of cancer was limited for certain communities and countries. We now have a reasonable basis for estimating the global cancer burden. For several tumor types ? colorectal, prostate, and breast cancer ? high incidence rates were once restricted to North America, Western Europe and Australia, but now incidence rates are rising in many other countries.
Lung cancer, for which high incidence was initially restricted to high-income countries, has long been recognized as a global scourge. Previously, low income countries primarily had a relatively high incidence of stomach, liver, and cervical cancer, but changes in incidence over time for these and other cancer types illustrate variation between countries. Finally, there are marked differences between countries or regions in cancer mortality, with an increasing burden in low- and middle-income countries, attributable both to less-than-optimal implementation of preventive measures and to diagnosis at a later, rather than an early, stage of cancer development.
Th e Gl obal Can cer Bu r den
Causes of cancer, including hazardous circumstances
At the community or national level, causes are established for a proportion of all cancers ? a proportion that differs markedly between tumour types. Tobacco smoking was once prevalent mostly among men in high-income countries but is now much more prevalent, involving women in many countries, and tobacco use is highest in Asia, Africa, and South America. Cancers attributable to unhealthy diet and lack of exercise are often correlated with the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity worldwide. Previously, the cancer types most common in low-income countries were those caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) infection or mediated by chronic inflammatory diseases caused by infectious agents. These patterns are changing, particularly with industrialization. The highest exposures are often those of workers near industrial sources of pollution. Emissions from factories and vehicles contribute to air pollution, a cause of lung cancer. Identifying the causes of cancer indicates a potential means of prevention.
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Knowledge of how normal cells become cancerous ? the process of malignant transformation ? may underpin cancer prevention. Changes evident in pre-malignant tissues or at the earliest stage of tumor development are key to improve screening and to monitor people with an increased risk of cancer because of their genetic makeup, and also have implications for cancer treatment. Two scenarios are covered: cancer that develops after exposure to carcinogens, including hazardous chemicals, radiation, or infectious organisms, and cancer that is categorized as sporadic, for which no such exposure is evident.
Biologica l pr ocesses in ca ncer developmen t Cancer development after exposure includes the induction of carcinogen-related mutations; critical mutations may also occur spontaneously. DNA repair may be protective, epigenetic events may be as important as mutations, and chronic inflammation plays a key role.
Malignant transformation is marked by metabolic, immunological, and hormonal changes. Knowledge of such biological processes has contributed to reducing cancer incidence and mortality.
DNA r epa ir may be pr otective, epigenetic events may be a s impor ta nt a s mutations, a nd chr onic infla mmation plays a key r ole.
I nequa li t i es t ha t a ffect ca ncer pr event i on
Inequalities that affect cancer prevention include those determined by educational attainment and by limitations on circumstances; examples are nutrition and housing, which are determined by financial income. Such inequalities may perturb the efficacy of almost all initiatives that are aimed at reducing the burden of cancer. The relevant factors may be specific to particular countries or regions. Recently, there have been improvements in the methods for investigating associations between inequalities and cancer as well as the ways in which adverse outcomes may be minimized.
Pr event i ng pa r t i cula r t um or t ypes Cancer is not a single disease but a multiplicity of variously related diseases. This understanding is as applicable and relevant to cancer prevention as it is to the clinical management of cancer. Broad knowledge about cancer causation, development, detection, and avenues to prevention must be qualified according to the tumor type or sub-type being considered. Descriptions of causation and prevention cannot be given uniformly for all cancer types. For example, exogenous causes of prostate cancer are not evident; for now, prevention of prostate cancer must focus on sporadic disease and detection of precancerous lesions. Screening procedures can be meaningfully explored only with respect to particular cancer sites. For many cancer types, there are no recognized population based screening procedures. However, success with respect to any research aspect of tumor development or a preventive measure for one tumor type often indicates a possible way to approach the same challenge for at least one other tumor type and perhaps many other tumor types.
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The burden of death from the multiple different cancer types can be decreased in all communities and countries. Cancer incidence can be reduced by decreasing or eliminating exposure to carcinogens in multiple contexts. Success in reducing the incidence of smoking-related cancers in some countries indicates a range of measures that may be researched for their efficacy in other situations. Interventions to change behavior related to nutrition, exercise, and weight gain are being actively researched. Vaccination is effective for some cancers caused by infectious agents. Deaths from sporadic cancer may be decreased through chemo prevention and diagnosis of early-stage disease by screening and emerging molecular methods of early diagnosis. An increased risk of cancer may be indicated by family history and can be addressed by monitoring the affected individuals. The extent to which the options summarized here are realized across national boundaries warrants continuing research.
World Cancer Report TWO NEW PUBLICATIONS IARC is playing a role in the development of two anticipated publication projects. One is the preparation of the next World Cancer Report, and the other is the production of a global report on cancer, jointly led by the Management of Noncommunicable Diseases group of the World Health Organization (WHO) and IARC. The global report on cancer is being developed in response to a request from WHO Member States in the cancer resolution (WHA70.12) adopted at the Seventieth World Health Assembly in May 2017, which called on WHO to produce this report before the end of 2019. This report will provide evidence-based public health and policy-oriented guidance on cancer for Member States, in the context of an integrated approach to cancer prevention and control, based on the latest available evidence and international experience, with the participation of and in collaboration with relevant stakeholders. The two complementary publications will each contribute to an increased awareness, both professionally and in the wider community, of the lives affected by cancer, and what may be done, is being done, and should be done to decrease the impact of this disease.
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Her f in al w or ds bef or e sh e t ook h er last br eat h , "I accept this. I do not want to do anything heroic." She passed away due to Lung Cancer on September 29, 2016 but she remained in the Philippine pop culture and the hearts of Filipinos.
1. She was a swimming champion. 2. She loved going around in a bathing suit. 3. She finished B.A. Political Science in UP Visayas in only three and a half years. 4. She was a ?super girl?at U.P. Diliman. 5. In the University of Michigan, Miriam earned the Master of Laws degree after only one year, and the Doctor of the Science of Jurisprudence degree after six months. 6. She almost died in a car crash. 7. She was a ?knowledge vulture.? 8. She wanted to be a nun.
Miriam Defensor- Santiago in a swimsuit. Photo by Philippine Daily Inquirer
9. She never had crushes on boys.
SURPRISING 10. She never used makeup because she had ?flawless skin.? She always wanted to be a writer, but ended up a lawyer because ?they FACTS ABOUT 11. have a lot of relatives who are criminals.? She used to play basketball with her husband when she was younger. ABOUT M DS 12. 13. She almost flunked the 1969 Bar Exams. 14. Her son?s death shook her faith. 15. She considers herself as Margaret Thatcher?s protege.
Miriam with her dad during her graduation at UP Visayas (Iloilo) Photo via Sen. Miriam Defensor - Santiago's Official FB Page
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Last June 12, 2019 , Maxene Magalona celebrated her "freedom" by cutting her hair and donated her locks to Hair For Hope in partnership with HEADS by Volu-Med. The recently wed lady continues to help cancer patients through her own little way and to remember her dad , Francis Magalona whom she and her family lost to Leukemia.
M axene M agalona Inspires, Donates Hair To Help Create W igs For Cancer Patients Photo by Proud Rad , Bride & Breakfast
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You are all invited to partake in this event by Hair for Hope PH with one of their partners, Asian Hospital & Medical Center. Save the date: July 12, 2019 - Friday at 10:00am to 4:00pm @ ACI Meeting Room, Upper Ground Floor, Tower 2 For more information, please contact: Dra. Nes Guanzon (02) 771-9000 local 8105
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Francis M . Magalona, then 43, was diagnosed on August 8, 2008, with acute myeloid leukemia at the Medical City Hospital, Pasig City. Appealing to the media and the public, Maglona said: I don?t want a media circus, [...] I want privacy with my family. What I?d rather talk about is how we can solicit blood donations to replace the supply that I have consumed in the hospital. ? Francis Magalona, August, 2008 After his first treatment and discharge, he made his return on Eat Bulaga together with Ely Buendia, who had also been recently discharged. Not wanting to let the disease get the better of him, he remained active, chronicling his battle with the disease on his blogs and continuing to pursue his creative efforts in spite of his illness. His daughter Maxene noted that "He always did what he wanted to do. He never let anyone or anything stop him from doing what he loved to do. He still went to the Camera Club, he still took pictures, every time he was discharged from the hospital, he recorded songs with Ely Buendia. He taught us that life is short but it can be well lived. Don?t waste your time in the world." On March 6, 2009, at 12:00 p.m., Magalona succumbed to multi organ failure secondary to septic shock, secondary to to pneumonia in the immunocompromised (immediate cause); acute respiratory failure secondary to acute respiratory distress syndrome (antecedent cause); underlying cause: acute myleogenous leukemia blast crisis. He had undergone several chemotherapy sessions since he was diagnosed the previous year, and had been expected to undergo a bone marrow transplantation (BMT) and peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT). Magalona's remains were cremated before daybreak on March 11, 2009. After final rites, his ashes were then brought to his final resting place in the Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina City, causing traffic to stall in the Marikina Riverbanks area near the park as fans joined the convoy. Military rites and a salute were offered to Magalona, and his wife Pia accepted a Philippine flag from the Philippine Army, in recognition of Magalona's patriotism and for being an army reservist with the rank of sergeant.
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CANCER TREATM ENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES
Hospit als an d m edical cen t er s in t h e Ph ilippin es w h ich specialize in t h e t r eat m en t of can cer (on cology).
Ph ilippin e On cology Cen t er Cor por at ion
St. Luke's Medical Center Private Hospital, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines JCI Accreditation
A JCI accredited multi-specialty medical institute which has been serving patients from the Philippines and all over the world for over a century. It has over 600 inpatient beds and 1,700 affiliated medical consultants.
Makati Medical Center Private Hospital, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines JCI Accreditation
This multi-specialty tertiary medical centre is situated in Makati City, Philippines. It has been in operation for more than 35 years and has served patients from all over the Philippines as well as medical tourists from other countries.
Manila Doctors Hospital Private Hospital, Manila, Philippines ACI Accreditation
This medical center in Manila, Philippines offers a wide array of services under the different fields and sub-specialties of the medical field. This privately owned tertiary hospital has been in operation for more than 50 years. Listed Oncologists : Dr. Fernando, Marie Cherry Lyn S. , Oncology Dr. Villalon, Antonio H. , Oncology
San Juan de Dios Educational Foundation Public Hospital, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines This medical institution is the oldest hospital in the Philippines having been established in 1578. It provides different medical services in major sub-specialties of Medicine. It also serves an educational foundation.
Asian Hospital and Medical Center Private Hospital, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines Asian Hospital and Medical Center is the first major private hospital with tertiary care facilities in the Southern Luzon corridor of metropolitan Manila.
5 listed oncologists:
Dr. Eunice Theres Cutillar Medicine, Oncology Dr. Gerardo Tomas Cornelio Medicine, Oncology
Dr. Regina Edusma-Dy
Dr. Solidad Balete
Medicine, Oncology
Medicine, Oncology
Dr. Manuel Antonio Ko Medicine, Oncology
The Medical Ti t l e Goes H erCitye Private Hospital,
Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines JCI Accreditation
The Medical City is a private, tertiary care hospital, that is accredited by the JCI. It serves over 40,000 inpatients a year, making it one of the largest health care facilities in the Philippines.
Metropolitan Medical Center Private Hospital, Manila, Philippines This medical institution is located in Manila, Philippines. It offers a wide range of medical services and houses several specialty centers. A majority of its patient population comes from Filipino and Chinese communities.
Designed by architect Eleena Jamil of Malaysia as the winning entry in the Millennium Schools competition organized by Illac Diaz's MyShelter Foundation, the structure was recently completed in Camarines Sur, and is proud to call itself the first full bamboo school in the Philippines.
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BOOKMARKEDby The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Goodreads Author) 4.23 · Rating details · 3,048,531 ratings · 149,653 reviews
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green's most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Goodreads Author) 4.06 · Rating details · 506,055 ratings · 32,145 reviews Intimate in feeling, astonishing in scope, and impossible to put down, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences.Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave Frank Lloyd Wright first used the term ? organic architecture? in an article Architectural in August 1914. He wrote ancestors, yet her cells?fortaken without Record her knowledge? became one of that ?the ideal of an organic architecture? is a sentient, rational building that would owe its ? style? to the integrity with cells the most important tools in medicine. The first ?immortal? human which it was individually fashioned to serve its particular a ?thinking? welltoday, as ?feeling? process.? 1 Inbeen this article grown in purpose? culture, they are still as alive though she has dead and many more up to his death, Wright continued to try, not always with much success, to explain what organic for more than sixty years. If you could pile all HeLa cells ever grown architecture was and was not to him. His buildings spoke far more thanthan his writings. He wanted organic onto a scale, they?dsuccinctly weigh more 50 million metric tons? as much architecture to be more than his own work, more than his own ? style? . He wanted to generate a philosophy of building that as a hundred Empire State Buildings. HeLa cells were vital for could inspire and guide architects and laymen long into the future. While it is not easy to define organic architecture, there developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and are principles at work in Frank Lloyd Wright?s buildings that transcend his personal expression. It is important to like noteinthat the atom bomb? s effects; helped lead to important advances Wright was not the first architect to use the termvitro organic architecture, nor was he the last. The concept of an organic style fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought meant different things to different architects andand manifested itself in a variety of ways. sold by the billions.
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The Vanity Fair magazine spread was published in 1999 for the many battles he had conquered in his life. He?d been diagnosed with an aggressive strain of testicular cancer. He had had two surgeries: one to remove a cancerous testicle, another to remove two cancerous lesions on the brain. An additional 8 to 10 golf-ball-size tumors were found in his lungs. He?d been a dead man walking. And just as we thought he has finally won against all the diseases one man could endure, his career and everything he worked on his life vanished and a public admission on all his shortcomings and other things that could not be kept from the authorities and public knowledge all came out in the open and judging on the turn of events, it became a series of unfortunate ones. Twenty years later, since the magazine has been released the man still lives but this time not on bike
alone. Lance Armstrong, the former cyclist who has been banned for life from the sport following a doping scandal, has made his first investment in his new career as a venture capitalist. Mr Armstrong is the co-founder of Next Ventures, a Texan investment company focused on start-ups in the sport, fitness and nutrition markets. The firm's first investment is in PowerDot, a California-based company founded in 2016 that makes an app-powered muscle stimulator that the company calls the 'world's smartest muscle recovery & performance tool'. "Our first investment in PowerDot illustrates our unique access to early-stage technologies designed for human optimisation that have the potential to catapult from the specialised elite athlete market to the mass market," said Mr Armstrong.
No value has been attached to the venture as of yet, but Mr Armstrong's partner, investment veteran Lionel Conacher, will assume a seat on the PowerDot board.Mr Armstrong tasted investment success after he put $100,000 (ÂŁ77,000) into a venture capital fund investing in Uber in 2010, just a year after the ride-hailing app was founded. With Uber now valued at $72bn, Mr Armstrong told NBC that the money made on the investment "saved his family" after he faced astronomical legal fees following the doping scandal in 2012.
sport has ever seen".Despite the scandal, Mr Armstrong has reinvented himself in the corporate world. In addition to Next Ventures, he also runs media and event company WEDU, that hosts cycling podcasts, bike races and sells merchandise. His tarnished reputation does have an effect on his business dealings, Mr Armstrong admitted. "There's been people we have asked for a meeting and they just don't answer," he told CNBC in December.
After admitting to taking performance-enhancing drugs following years of denial, Mr Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned from competitive cycling for life.
"You have to assume that's what they're thinking: I don't want that association, I can't trust this guy. I understand, I'm not going to be upset or bitter about that. You have every right and, quite frankly, maybe you should feel that way."
Mr Armstrong had to pay $5m to the US government in order to settle a long-running lawsuit, but other settlements and legal fees were said to cost Mr Armstrong $111m in total.
However, Mr Armstrong also believes his experience in the sports industry gives him a unique insight into potential investments.
"I feel uniquely positioned because we get early looks at things," he said. "We will not be fooled on the product side. I don't believe anybody at Next Ventures will be fooled. This is our world and we don't have to guess." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2019/01/18/lance-armstrong-makes-first-investment-new-venture-capitalist/
The US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) said that Mr Armstrong had led "the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that
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Her edita r y link in ca ncer found by Dr . Henr y Lynch befor e his death
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By Gina Kolata , NY Times June 13, 2019
half-century ago, when researchers said cancers were caused by exposure to toxins in the environment, Dr. Henry T. Lynch begged to differ. Many cancers, he said, were hereditary. To prove his point he traveled to gatherings of families that he suspected had histories of hereditary cancer. He arranged to meet family members and asked: Who in the family had cancer? What kind of cancer? Could he get medical records, and blood samples, which he could freeze and store? He hand-drew family trees, with squares for men and circles for women, marking who got cancer and what kind. was soon insisting to a doubting world that he 0 2 -He 9586376 had found compelling evidence of genetic links. In time, the medical world accepted his claims, and his work ? the family trees, the blood samples ?
eventually contributed to the discovery, by others, of a gene that when mutated can lead to colon cancer and an array of other cancers. He also contributed work that led to the discovery of gene mutations that greatly increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Sign up for Science Times We?ll bring you stories that capture the wonders of the human body, nature and the cosmos. Dr. Lynch died on June 2 at Bergan Mercy Hospital, the main teaching hospital for Creighton University in Omaha, where he had spent most of his career. He was 91. His son, Dr. Patrick M. Lynch, a gastrointestinal endoscopist at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, said the cause was congestive heart failure. Dr. Henry Lynch, a 6-foot-5 former professional boxer whose physical presence belied his gentle nature, was an old-fashioned researcher who never changed his ways.
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Investigators like to talk about translational research, going from bench to bedside ? making discoveries in the lab and using them to treat patients. Dr. Lynch went in the opposite direction, from bedside to bench, said Dr. Funmi Olopade, director of the center of clinical cancer genetics at the University of Chicago. In Dr. Lynch?s case, though, others took over the bench part. For years, epidemiologists dismissed Dr. Lynch?s data as anecdotal, said Dr. Steven Narod, who runs the family cancer unit at Women?s College Hospital in Toronto. Skeptics argued that the cancers Dr. Lynch saw could have occurred by chance. They included common cancers, like those of colon, breast and thyroid, which can occur in almost any family. But some medical professionals, including Dr. Narod, were convinced even without the statistical analyses. ?In 1987, I looked at those family trees and said, ?I?m in,?? he said.Dr. Olopade met Dr. Lynch in Omaha in 1992, when she wanted to search for breast cancer genes. Dr. Lynch offered his data. ?That day stood out in my memory,? she said. ?He gave me every questionnaire, every consent.? Dr. Judy Garber, chief of the division of cancer genetics and prevention at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, said Dr. Lynch had helped her, too. ?He was among the most decent people in academics,? she said. Cancer researchers now estimate that 5 to 10 percent of cancers are inherited. Hereditary cancer syndromes, like the ones Dr. Lynch investigated, include gene mutations that predispose some to more common cancers. One form of hereditary cancer is often called Lynch syndrome (it is also known as hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer, or HNPCC) because Dr. Lynch first identified families in which it occurs. People with Lynch syndrome have a higher risk of certain types of cancer. Dr. Lynch liked to tell the story of how he got interested in cancer genetics: When he was a medical resident, he saw a patient who was dying of colon cancer. The man began telling Dr. Lynch about all the other people in his family who had had cancer. Intrigued, Dr. Lynch applied for a research grant from the National Institutes of Health, hoping to show that colon cancer could be hereditary. He was turned down.
Undaunted, he persisted, collecting pedigrees, drawing family trees and eventually getting research grants. He mostly counseled cancer patients, advising them rather than directly caring for them, his son said. Henry Thompson Lynch was born on Jan. 4, 1928, in Lawrence, Mass., to Henry and Eleanor Lynch. He grew up poor on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. His father, a salesman, lost his job in the Depression, and his mother was a secretary. With the onset of World War II, Henry enlisted in the Navy at age 15, using the name of a relative a few years older. He was shipped to the South Pacific as a gunner and sustained permanent hearing loss from the guns? blasts. When he returned from the war he earned a high school equivalency degree and became a boxer, competing under the name Hammerin?Hank. After a few of years of boxing professionally, he enrolled at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. After graduating in 1951, he received a master?s degree in clinical psychology from the University of Denver the next year. At the time, his son said, Dr. Lynch wanted to find the genetic roots of schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders. Then he decided to become a medical doctor. He later explained to his son that he had concluded that physicians had an assured income and more career options than scientists with Ph.D.s. He earned his medical degree at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in 1960, after completing all the coursework toward a Ph.D. in human genetics at Austin. Hired by Creighton in 1967, he stayed there because, his son said, as a serious Roman Catholic he liked being at a Jesuit institution. Dr. Lynch founded the Hereditary Cancer Center at the university in 1984. In addition to his son, Dr. Lynch is survived by his daughters, Kathy Pinder and Ann Kelly; two brothers, Warren and Donald; 10 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. His wife, Jane (Smith) Lynch, died in 2012. Dr. Lynch was buried in a cemetery across the street from the Creighton hospital, in view of a sign on the building that says ?The Henry Lynch Cancer Center.?
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A team of scientists from the University of Arkansas have successfully tested a laser that can track down cancer cells and kill them - all from outside the skin. While being completely non-invasive, "this technology has the potential to significantly inhibit metastasis progression," Vladimir Zharov, author of the paper that was published today in Science Translational Medicine, tells IEEE Spectrum The idea is to kill of cancer cells before they are able to metastasize, or spread, through the body - the primary cause of cancer-related deaths. By shining a laser at these circulating tumor cells, they end up absorbing far more heat energy than regular cells. The heat causes them to expand and collapse.
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"The use of lasers has revolutionized disease diagnosis and treatment. However, the large size of lasers has prevented their use in many medical applications at the cellular level," said Zharo in a 2017 statement. And the results are promising: "In one patient, we destroyed 96 percent of the tumor cells," said Zharov. And that's before they cranked the laser to max power. It's not the first device of its kind, but Zharov claims it's the first to be demonstrated in humans. Dozens of devices have tried something similar, including a wrist-worn device put together by University of Michigan researchers. But the new device has another big advantage: it can scan a liter of blood in an hour - far quicker than competing devices. This article was originally published by Futurism.
Not the actual laser; file photo of a laser medical procedure. (Capifrutta/iStock)
Johnny Depp plays a man diagnosed with cancer in his new movie ?The Professor,? and from the looks of the trailer released Tuesday, the film takes a comedic approach to the man?s life after being told he only has six months left. ?It doesn?t look good Richard. In fact, to be quite frank, it looks pretty bad,? a doctor tells Depp?s character in the trailer. After receiving his diagnosis, Richard introduces himself to his class, explaining, ?From here on out we?re going to do things very differently.? ?Oh, and if any of you sell marijuana, please visit me during office hours,? he adds.
Johnny Depp Star s as M an W ith Cancer Given 6 M onths to Live in 'The Pr ofessor '
Richard responds to his diagnosis by drinking, taking pills, giving his students automatic B?s, and confronting the chancellor of his university, who is having an affair with Richard?s wife. He also dispenses some wisdom to his students. ?I hope your parents all told you that you die at the end,? he says. ?You sort of float without living. You?ve got one shot. Grab it, snatch it up, make it yours. Don?t let a moment of it slip by.?
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Little darling, the smiles returning to their faces Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here Here comes the sun, here comes the sun And I say it's all right
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