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July 2007
Early cancer screenings
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts announced on the air today that she has breast cancer. She’s scheduled for surgery this week to be followed by months of treatments. Even in announcing her sad news, she focused on early screening and the lessons learned from her friend and coworker, the late Joel Siegel.
“I can’t stress enough how important it is to get screened and checked for all cancers — and to do self breast exams,” she said. “I am so blessed that I found this in the early stages and the prognosis is so promising that my doctor expects me to be flying planes and hanging on to submarines in the middle of the Atlantic and scaling the Mayan Pyramids in no time in the mornings to come.”
You can read the full story here.
What about examples from your life, your families? When did early screenings make the difference in your life?
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Disney cuts smoking scenes
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Walt Disney Co. will eliminate smoking from all its films released under its label and will discourage smoking in films released under its Touchstone and Miramax brands. Also, a public service announcement will be included on any DVD of a film that includes smoking.
Do you think that will make a difference?
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