TEAL TIME

She loved little things

It’s that time again – September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.  Time to put on your teal cap and reach for your wallet.  This link tells you what more you might consider doing.

https://ocrfa.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=e53a0a2978c28872a4505bdb51db06dc.1343&s=aef543f8c49e6da908b51f0ba32d7ca4 

  

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OF DOGS AND NANOYUBES

 Linda and Ella

Twelve years ago

 

We have known for some timethat dogs can detect ovarian cancer with their acute sense of smell.  Well, to be safe I ought to say that some dgs can detect OVCA sometimes.  Well, it now appears that we humans can do it, too – with an expensive tool called a nanotube, developed and tested at Sloan Kettering.  Presumably it is more sensitive than a dog, or else they wouldn’t be bragging about it.  So, good for them.  But, you can’t pet a nanotube!

https://www.drugdiscoverynews.com/a-molecular-nose-sniffs-out-ovarian-cancer-15462 

MORE ON ASPIRIN AND OVCA

 Linda in Athens

We have discussed this before.  A recent meta-analysis confirms that continued use of low-dose aspirin significantly reduces the risk of contracting OVCA,  (A meta-analysis is a fancy way of combining the results of many individual studies.)  Negative factors include increase in risk of internal bleeding, and (new to me) stroke.  So, I guess, you just pays your money and takes your chance, as they used to say back in Beaumont in the 1950s.  Also new to me was that non-steroidal anti-inflammatories such as Tylenol actually INCREASE the risk of OVCA.  As they also said in Beaumont, sometimes you can’t win for losen.   

https://ascopost.com/news/july-2022/meta-analysis-examines-link-between-aspirin-use-and-ovarian-cancer-risk/