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BARKLAY & EVE BOOK RAISES CANCER AWARENESS - What IS Cancer Anyway? teaches children about cancer -

By Anonymous

BARKLAY & EVE BOOK RAISES CANCER AWARENESS
- What IS Cancer Anyway? teaches children about cancer -

Wethersfield, CT - (Oct. 18, 2002) – Dragonfly Publishing's Barklay & Eve books, a series of stories by Karen Carney featuring two dog characters, promotes cancer awareness for children and their families in, What IS Cancer Anyway?: Explaining Cancer To Children Of All Ages.

As October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and for women everywhere who are afflicted with this disease, there might not ever be a good time to inform children in their lives of their illness. However, the awareness month and What IS Cancer Anyway? can help aid mothers, grandmothers, aunts, and sisters in speaking to children about cancer.

Recently, Hurricane Voices, a breast cancer awareness foundation, selected What IS Cancer Anyway? to be included as a part of its Family Reading List catalog. The list was created by Hurricane Voices as a means for parents and other adults to obtain reading material on the implications breast cancer has on the family. The list can be viewed on the foundation website at www.hurricanevoices.org.
Karen L. Carney, writer and illustrator of the Barklay & Eve book series, said, "I feel honored that one of my books was chosen by Hurricane Voices. It is a great organization with a positive message and useful resources for cancer patients and their families. The Barklay & Eve book, What IS Cancer Anyway? ties in well with Hurricane Voices because it is not simply a children's book. As all of books in the Barklay & Eve series, it is a tool that all family members and friends can benefit from."

Cancer touches the lives of many people, and children often have difficulty understanding the disease and its effect on the people in their lives. Written in kid-friendly language, What IS Cancer Anyway?, teaches children basic information about cancer, so they may understand diagnosis, the effects cancer has on the body, methods of treatment, and that everyone's cancer is different. The book explains surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy as well as why some treatments cause hair-loss. The book encourages children to ask questions, share their emotions, and to always offer their love and support to family and friends.

"The characters, Barklay and Eve emphasize the importance of having the love and support of family and friends during difficult times. I believe that's the most important and beneficial message in the series," said Carney.
What IS Cancer Anyway? does not address one specific type of cancer, rather it discusses cancer in general; therefore it is advantageous for all types of cancer diagnoses. The book can be used to raise cancer awareness throughout the year for times dedicated to the disease:

·    January - Cervical Cancer
·    March - Colorectal Cancer
·    April - Cancer Control Month
·    May- Skin Cancer
·    September - Leukemia & Lymphoma, Prostate Cancer & Ovarian Cancer
·    October – Breast Cancer

The Barklay and Eve books are oversized laminated paperbacks that carry a retail price of $7.95 each with all of the proceeds going to the D'Esopo Resource Center, which helps support children and adults of all ages through the grieving process.

All books in the series are written in child-friendly terms, so that children have a better understanding of perplexing life subjects. Adults are encouraged to read along with children, making the books an aid when talking to children about sensitive subjects. Some of the books include: Together We’ll Get Through This, recognizes and validates all kinds of losses that children may have, including divorce, moving, illness or death of pets and other loved ones; Honoring Our Loved Ones: Going to a Funeral, guides children through the death, calling hours and funeral of a loved one. It addresses common questions like “What does the word dead mean” and “Why does the body look and feel different.” In addition other Barklay and Eve books concern cremation, the Jewish tradition of burial and mourning with an explanation of the term, “Sit Shiva,” organ and tissue donation, and others.

Barklay and Eve, the inspiration for the series, are Portuguese Water Dogs, the actual pets of author and illustrator, Karen L. Carney, a Registered Nurse and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. As a recipient of the American Cancer Society's Lane W. Adams Award, Carney has earned national recognition for clinical excellence. She has been an adjunct professor at Central Connecticut State University and Southern Connecticut State University for over 10 years, teaching courses in Death and Dying, Bereavement and Aging.
In addition to the books, Dragonfly Publishing currently offers plush Barklay & Eve products, and the company is open to expansion on its plush manufacturing, as well as all other licensed product categories. For more information on Dragonfly Publishing, Barklay & Eve and The D'Esopo Resource Center, visit the company website at www.barklayandeve.com




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This year, a new case of breast cancer will be diagnosed every 2 minutes!

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This year, a new case of breast cancer will be diagnosed every 2 minutes!

October Is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women in the United States and worldwide (excluding skin cancer). This year, more than 251,300 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Approximately 3 million women in the U.S. are living with breast cancer: 2 million who have been diagnosed and an estimated 1 million who do not yet know they have the disease! This year, a new case of breast cancer will be diagnosed every 2 minutes, and a woman will die from breast cancer every 13 minutes...

“Understanding the facts about breast cancer will help you take better care of yourself,” says Dr. Sam Speron, breast cancer expert and consumer advocate. “When diagnosed with breast cancer, learning the facts about the disease and discussing treatment options can be frightening and overwhelming. However, if diagnosed and treated appropriately, the survival rate is greater than 90%! Women need to know they are not alone. Women need to understand that this is something they can beat!”

Sam will reveal some interesting statistics to your audience:

o    Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death for women in the U.S.
o    A woman in the United States has a 1 in 8 chance of developing invasive breast cancer during her lifetime - this risk was 1 in 11 in 1975.
o    All women are at risk for breast cancer. About 90% of women who develop breast cancer do not have a family history of the disease.
o    Mammography screening does not prevent or cure breast cancer; however, it may detect the disease before symptoms occur.
o    Older women are much more likely to get breast cancer than younger women.
o    Combining all age groups, white (non-Hispanic) women are more likely to develop breast cancer than black women.
o    Black women have a higher breast cancer mortality rate at every age, and a lower survival rate than white women.
o    Death rates from breast cancer declined significantly during 1992 to 1998, with the largest decreases in younger women - both white and black.
o    An estimated 1,500 cases will be diagnosed among men this year.

Sam Speron is widely recognized as a leading expert on plastic surgery. Dr. Speron’s educational efforts have received critical acclaim from the media from around the country including national TV (MD TV), local TV (multiple CBS Channel 2 10PM special reports, multiple appearances on “This week with Dr. Breen”), national radio (“The Paul Harvey show” on WGN radio), local radio (“The Joe Gentile Show” on WJJG on AM-1530), newspapers (Chicago Tribune, Crain’s Chicago Business) and magazines (Complete Woman, Chicago Magazine, Living Life, Medical Economics, The Lutheran).




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Breaking News:...There is ONLY ONE Disease and ONE Cure...Here It is...

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September 23, 2004 -- According to the Microzymian theory, there is only ONE disease…being too acidic.

When you are too acidic for an extended period of time, the disease of being too acidic manifests itself in any one of the 400 or so conditions that the medical profession calls disease, such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, kidney or liver failure.

Cancer is not a disease, but merely a very severe condition or symptom of the disease of being too acid.

If the acid pH is not reversed, bacteria, yeast, fungus and mold will continue to perform the function that Mother Nature designed them for, that is to recycle your body ‘back to the dust from whence you came.’

There is only One Cure for All Diseases, a Balanced pH.

Let me give you a basic understanding about normal body chemistry and pH balance.

A pH of 7 is neutral, which is the pH of distilled water, neither acid or base.

The pH of acids range from 1 to 7, 1 being the strongest acid, such as sulfuric acid.

The higher the number, the weaker the acid. A soft drink is very acidic with a pH of about 2.

Above 7 up to 14 is a base (alkaline). Milk of Magnesia is a fairly strong base with a pH of 10.5 while baking soda, used frequently to neutralize acids, is only 8.8.

So the bottom line is...Nobody Cares About You Like You Do.

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