What topics should be addressed through Facing Cancer Together?

Monday, 22 August 2011 13:13

What topics should be addressed through Facing Cancer Together?

Written by Megan Lello, witf Reporter and Producer

Radio Smart Talk for Tuesday, August 23:

A little more than four months ago, witf launched its multimedia, interactive Facing Cancer Together initiative with partners Lancaster General Health, PinnacleHealth, and WellSpan Health. Since then, several cancer patients have posted blog entries about their treatment and how they're handling the diagnosis, while many have created patches for the project's Digital Quilt, which can still be updated to provide messages of hope and support for patients and their families.

Tuesday's Radio Smart Talk will take a look at where Facing Cancer Together now stands. We'll hear from some of the cancer patients and family members who have been a part of the project. We'll also take questions and suggestions about new topics that can be covered when dealing with cancer and its effects on a person's emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being.

We'll talk with Facing Cancer Together producer Patty Gelenberg and interactive producer Katie Carpenter on Tuesday's Radio Smart Talk.

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# Nancy Norwood 2011-08-23 10:31

I would love to hear information about how eating a healthy, plant-strong diet can avoid cancer as well as treat it. There are numerous physicians and studies that confirm this linkage between what we eat and cancers. T. Colin Campbell, M. D., author of The China Study, and researcher at Cornell University, is one. Another, Caldwell Esselstyn, M.D., while chairman of the Cleveland Clinic's Breast Cancer Task Force, concluded that he and his peers were "doing nothing to prevent the disease in the next unsuspecting victim". The culprit became obvious: the fatty American diet separated the prevalence of Western cancers from their absence in other parts of the world. Both physicians, as well as their patients and other medical professionals are featured in the film, 'Forks Over Knives". It also happens that this change in diet improves heart disease and diabetes.Dr. Esselstyn is also featured in the CNN program, "The Last Heart Attack".
Nancy

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# Nancy Norwood 2011-08-23 10:32

What good luck that Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn is coming to Mercersburg, in Franklin County, on Thursday, September 29, for an event open to the public. At 6pm, he will speak about "Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease?, the title of his book. At 7pm, we can all share a Healthy Meal (please rsvp at eatforthehealth ofit@yahoo.com , and a $5 donation is appreciated), and then Ann Esselstyn, his wife, will offer "Stop, Shop & Cook The Healthy Way". This will take place at the Burgin Center for the Arts on the campus of Mercersburg Academy.

If I have left out any information, please let me know.
Nancy

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# FacingCancer 2011-08-23 10:41

Thanks for your comments, Nancy! We appreciate your suggestion. We know there are links to what we eat and cancer, and would like to explore those more. And thanks for sharing the event information.

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# FacingCancer 2011-08-23 10:58

Nancy, we'd like to share some recent stories with you. The first is about foods and cancer, and the second is about 4 lifestyle choices that can reduce your cancer risk. Thanks again for your comment!

Article 1: http://www.facingcancertogether.witf.org/healthy-lifestyle/a-new-weapon-against-cancer-the-food-and-cancer-connection-81511

Article 2:
http://www.facingcancertogether.witf.org/expert-journal/4-lifestyle-choices-that-will-reduce-your-cancer-risk-72211

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