Local Group Provides Support, Education and Advocacy for Prostate ...

By Myron Thompson

Celebrate, remember, fight back, hope and cure are key words for all who have been touched with the dreaded word ?cancer?. For men, the words ?You have prostate cancer? strikes fear or great concern to those given the diagnosis.? Today, such devastating news means it is time to seek a cure, fight back as a warrior, and reach out for support in the new journey awaiting.

The Tacoma Prostate Cancer Support Group provides a community of caring individuals who willingly give support and education to the recently diagnosed person and those with an on-going battle with the disease.? Information, books, and pamphlets on prostate cancer are available for free at the twice monthly meetings held in Tacoma.

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Jack Hudspeth, support group facilitator, says that one extremely important aspect of the disease is to get tested early with a PSA test.? Hudspeth said of the PSA test, ?It?s the gold standard of prostate tests today?.? He further adds, ?While?new tests are coming, this is the best we have today?.

Hudspeth is very adamant that the simple PSA blood test saved his life as it has with countless other men.? He was diagnosed in 1997 with a rising PSA level.? Further tests revealed he had aggressive prostate cancer, and without treatment he was headed for an early demise.? He is now in his 70?s and walking laps at the 2012 Tacoma Relay for Life and participating in the annual Sound to Narrows walk.? In October this charter member of the Tacoma Prostate Cancer Support Group hiked Mt. Si to raise money for prostate cancer awareness.

Tom Kirk, CEO of the UsTOO International Prostate Cancer Education and Support Network, mentioned at a recent Town Hall Meeting in Tacoma that men in their 40?s are being diagnosed prostate cancer.? Many of these men whose cancer is caught too late will lose their lives.? With early detection, most of these men would survive.? Mr. Kirk addressed the recent US Task Force Report on Prostate Cancer Screening whose recommendation is to eliminate the PSA test for most men saying it is not needed.? This same group recommended doing away with early mammograms for women.? Now the PSA test for men is under fire from the same group.

Willie Stewart, also a facilitator, is a former teacher and administrator with the Tacoma Public Schools.? He was instrumental in starting the Tacoma Prostate Cancer Support Group then known as Man To Man in 1990.? Stewart remembers vividly the day he was exercising at the YMCA when he was urged to get a new test called the PSA.? He decided to get tested which led to a diagnosis of prostate cancer.? Early detection and surgery saved his life.? As a man of African-American heritage, Stewart understands that men of his race are more prone to get prostate cancer than other races.? Stewart prides himself in attending community health fairs to get his message heard.

Bob Freeborn is a current facilitator and chairperson of the Tacoma Prostate Cancer Support Group Steering Committee.? He along with Jack Hudspeth and Willie Stewart invite noted health professionals from the greater Puget Sound Region to speak on the many aspects of prostate cancer and the resources available in the area.

The public is invited to the support group meetings held on the second Thursday and fourth Tuesday of each month.? The Thursday meeting is a round table discussion addressing the newly diagnosed and/or those whose PSA is rising.? The Tuesday meeting brings in experts to present their views and knowledge of prostate cancer and related health topics.? Meetings are held at the University Place Presbyterian Church located at 8101 27^th?St. West, and start promptly at 6:00 PM. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 27, 2012.? The? group does not meet in December. Men and women are encouraged to attend.? There is no charge.

For further information go to?www.tpcsg.info., or call Bob Freeborn at (253) 566-1651.

The unanimous cry goes out from TPCSG members, ?Get the PSA test and become informed! It can help save your life.?

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It's here- the OFAC Health & Fitness Challenge 2013

November 25, 2012

We are excited to announce the annual OFAC Health & Fitness?Challenge.? Everyone is welcome to participate and encouraged to have a blast while getting is shape.

Each year the Challenge is a little different, but designed to help encourage people to embrace an active lifestyle and while having fun at the same time. The challenge has been recognized on NBC4 and also?in a recent article in 11 Athletics as a unique way to get motivated and embrace a healthy lifestyle in the new year. The use of social media adds an exciting dimension to the contest and helps motivate us to keep pushing.?? This years Challenge runs from January 1, 2013 through April 1, 2013.

Dr. Terrence Philbin has worked hard to put together another OFAC Health & Fitness Challenge that we will be talking about for a long time. This year will really push your fitness level and will give people an opportunity to compete against yourself and with others. Baseline Fitness and D1 are helping us with the Challenge this year, so get ready to hit the infamous bod pod and cheer each other on at the OFAC Combine at D1 to start and complete the Challenge.? The kick off event will be the First on the First 5K again.For more information and how to sign up; check out our web page here.

Feel free to contact Katie Allen with any questions at allenkm@orthofootankle.com.

Enjoy some Holiday cheer this season and join us in the new year for the OFAC Health & Fitness Challenge.

Source: http://www.orthofootankle.com/2012/11/its-here-the-ofac-health-fitness-challenge-2013/

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No. 6 Florida rolls to 37-26 win over No. 10 FSU

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) ? Florida coach Will Muschamp doesn't have any doubt where his team's next stop should be: Miami for the BCS championship game on Jan. 7.

And the sixth-ranked Gators made a strong case for consideration Saturday by crushing archrival Florida State.

Mike Gillislee ran for two touchdowns and Florida scored 24 straight points in a span of less than nine minutes in the fourth quarter to keep its national title hopes alive with a convincing win over the 10th-ranked Seminoles.

"We have a really tough football team," Muschamp said he left the field for Florida's locker room. "We should be playing for the national championship."

Florida (11-1, 7-1 Southeastern Conference) came into the game fourth in the BCS standings, and could find itself in position to earn a spot in the national championship game if No. 1 Notre Dame loses to Southern California. The Gators lone loss was in late October to third-ranked Georgia, and it will keep them out of the SEC title game.

"Hopefully we can sneak in," said Florida quarterback Jeff Driskel, who completed 15 of 23 passes for 147 yards and a touchdown. "We're a resilient team."

He's not likely to get any argument from Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher, who hoped a victory over the Gators would not only persuade pollsters that the Seminoles belonged among the elite, but win some positive attention for the Atlantic Coast Conference.

"They controlled the line of scrimmage up front," Fisher said. "They have a very good team. They did a great job."

The game matching two of the nation's best defenses went back and forth with the Seminoles scoring 20 unanswered points to take a 20-13 lead late in the third quarter. They wouldn't score again until the final play of the game and victory out of reach.

"Our guys understand that it's about all 60 minutes," Muschamp said. "We just really needed to be patient and wear them down."

Did they ever.

Florida regained the lead for keeps at 23-20 on Gillislee's 37-yard run with 11:01 left in the final period on the first play after Florida State's EJ Manuel fumbled, his fourth turnover of the game. Gillislee finished with 140 yards rushing, surpassing the 1,000-yard mark for the season early in the game.

Florida State (10-2, 7-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) was hurt by five turnovers in the game. The Seminoles will play Georgia Tech next week in the ACC title game.

Florida State was hoping to keep its own long shot national title hopes alive with a third straight win over the Gators, but couldn't.

The Seminoles had been so dominant at home, outscoring opponents 324-54 in six previous games here with Clemson doing the most damage when Florida State prevailed in a 49-37 shootout in September.

Florida, not known for its offense, rushed for 244 of its 394 yards against the nation's top-ranked defense, which has benefited from a comparatively weak schedule.

And it was that schedule and a 17-16 loss at North Carolina State last month that has provoked questions about how good the Seminoles were. They couldn't capitalize on the opportunity to prove the doubters wrong.

"We're better than them," Florida nose guard Omar Hunter said. "You have to finish the game. The fourth quarter, that's the most important quarter."

Florida salted its victory away on Driskel's 14-yard touchdown throw to Quinton Dunbar with seven minutes left and Matt Jones' 32-yard run with 2:33 left for a 37-20 lead.

Caleb Sturgis kicked three field goals for the Gators. Florida State's Dustin Hopkins had field goals of 50 and 53 yards to tie former Georgia kicker Billy Bennett's NCAA record of 87 career field goals.

Florida State scored 20 straight points to wipe out an early 13-0 deficit. Manuel threw a 6-yard TD pass to Nick O'Leary and the quarterback bootlegged in from a yard out with 8:30 remaining. When Dustin Hopkins kicked a 53-yard field goal with 4:24 left in the third, the Seminoles looked as if they were on their way.

But Florida dominated the fourth quarter.

Gillislee's go-ahead TD run came the first play after Florida's Dominque Easley recovered the fumble by Manuel, who coughed up the ball after being nailed by Antonio Morrison. Manuel had to leave the game for a series, but was unable to rally the Seminoles after returning.

It was a tough game for Manuel for the second straight year against the Gators. He threw for only 65 yards in a 21-7 win at Florida last season and was intercepted three times Saturday in addition to the costly fourth quarter fumble. It was only the second time he was intercepted three times in a game in his career.

Florida dominated the first half, building a 13-0 lead before Florida State scored on the final play of the half when Hopkins kicked a 50-yard field goal into the wind.

Sturgis hit field goals of 39 and 45 yards and Gillislee scored on a 9-yard run moments after the Gators recovered a fumble on the kickoff by Florida State's Karlos Williams at the Seminoles 21.

The Gators, who missed a golden scoring opportunity near the end of the first quarter when Trey Burton underthrew a wide open Clay Burton at about the Florida State 10, ran 25 plays in the opening quarter to eight for the Seminoles.

By the time the fourth quarter rolled around, Florida State seemed to wear down and Florida rolled right into the middle of the national championship conversation.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/no-6-florida-rolls-37-26-win-over-004157668--spt.html

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Video: Blind patient reads words stimulated directly onto the retina

Friday, November 23, 2012

For the very first time researchers have streamed braille patterns directly into a blind patient's retina, allowing him to read four-letter words accurately and quickly with an ocular neuroprosthetic device. The device, the Argus II, has been implanted in over 50 patients, many of who can now see color, movement and objects. It uses a small camera mounted on a pair of glasses, a portable processor to translate the signal from the camera into electrical stimulation, and a microchip with electrodes implanted directly on the retina. The study was authored by researchers at Second Sight, the company who developed the device, and has been published in Frontiers in Neuroprosthetics on the 22nd of November.

"In this clinical test with a single blind patient, we bypassed the camera that is the usual input for the implant and directly stimulated the retina. Instead of feeling the braille on the tips of his fingers, the patient could see the patterns we projected and then read individual letters in less than a second with up to 89% accuracy," explains researcher Thomas Lauritzen, lead author of the paper.

Similar in concept to successful cochlear implants, the visual implant uses a grid of 60 electrodes?attached to the retina?to stimulate patterns directly onto the nerve cells. For this study, the researchers at Second Sight used a computer to stimulate six of these points on the grid to project the braille letters. A series of tests were conducted with single letters as well as words ranging in length from two letters up to four. The patient was shown each letter for half a second and had up to 80% accuracy for short words.

In this video, a patient reads words with the Argus II setup using the camera and not the direct braille stimulation. Credit: Second Sight

"There was no input except the electrode stimulation and the patient recognized the braille letters easily. This proves that the patient has good spatial resolution because he could easily distinguish between signals on different, individual electrodes." says Lauritzen.

According to Silvestro Micera at EPFL's Center for Neuroprosthetics and scientific reviewer for the article, "this study is a proof of concept that points to the importance of clinical experiments involving new neuroprosthetic devices to improve the technology and innovate adaptable solutions."

Primarily for sufferers of the genetic disease Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), the implant Argus II has been shown to restore limited reading capability of large conventional letters and short words when used with the camera. While reading should improve with future iterations of the Argus II, the current study shows how the Argus II could be adapted to provide an alternative and potentially faster method of text reading with the addition of letter recognition software. This ability to perform image processing in software prior to sending the signal to the implant is a unique advantage of Argus II.

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Pets as gifts? Experts say consider the responsibility first ...

Posted on: 9:52 pm, November 24, 2012, by Brittany Green-Miner, updated on: 10:59pm, November 24, 2012

SALT LAKE CITY ? While having a cute puppy or kitten jump out of the box on Christmas morning, experts say giving pets as gifts isn?t a good idea.

If a family has considered the responsibilities of getting a pet, there?s nothing wrong with surprising the kids on Christmas, but giving animal gifts to another family is a big no-no.

?We strongly discourage people from ever surprising another adult or another family with the gift of a pet,? said Temma Martin.

Tens of thousands of pets wind up at animal shelters in the U.S. every year. Martin says that a lot of animals acquired around the holiday are sent to a shelter by the end of the next year.

?A lot of animals that are acquired around the holiday time probably make it through the summer, and by the beginning of the school year the family might be over them,? Martin said.

Animal advocates say that pets require a lot of responsibility and that the owner will be making a lifelong commitment to the animal, and some pets will live for a long time.

?Know not only what the animal looks like when it?s a puppy and cute, but how big it?s going to get, how long its hair is going to be, what kind of energy level it has, if it tends to get along with other dogs. Just really know what you?re getting when you choose a pet,? said Martin.

Source: http://fox13now.com/2012/11/24/pets-as-gifts-experts-say-consider-the-responsibility-first/

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LDS Church News - Pure religion: A command post

Published: Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012

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Our ward's meetinghouse served as a search and rescue command center after a 79-year-old Howard Nichol went missing on Tuesday, Oct. 9, in Monongalia County, W. Va. Mr. Nichol suffered from Alzheimer's and had wandered from the home he shared with his daughter and son-in-law in the Cheat Lake area.

On Wednesday morning, Oct. 10, I received a call from Mike Wolf, director of search and rescue in Monongalia County, asking me if they could use our building as a command center for the ongoing search and rescue effort. Rescuers needed food, rest and rest rooms and our building was a perfect location. I agreed to let them use it.

Earlier in the year, several of the brethren in our ward were certified as emergency responders for a Community Emergency Response Team. The county officials had asked us at that time if we were willing to let responders use the church ... in the case of an emergency. Within an hour of Mr. Wolf's call, the professional search crews set up their command post in our cultural hall. By morning light, volunteers began to pour into the church looking for assignments to search. What I thought would be a 12-hour event soon became a large-scale, four-day operation. Sister Marijke Schnopp, ward Relief Society president organized the sisters to prepare large meals for hundreds of volunteers each day. Over the next few days, between 400-500 local volunteers entered the building to help. Roughly 75 professional search and rescue personnel from four different states participated in the search.

Most of the volunteers were residents who lived in and around the ward's neighborhood. Many of them had never been in an LDS Church before and were pleasantly surprised to see how eager we were to help out in the community. Red Cross volunteers said they had never received such great support from any group for an operation like this. The search and rescue directors said the Church facility was perfect and support was extraordinary.

The full-time missionaries pitched in with the search and rescue, meeting hundreds of local residents under friendly circumstances.

The search came to a tragic conclusion ? searchers found Howard Nichol's body near his home on Saturday, Oct. 13.

? Bishop Brad Jensen Morgantown 2nd Ward, Clarksburg West Virginia Stake

Source: http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/62983/Pure-religion-A-command-post.html

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