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Together for Breast Cancer Survival assists men whose loved one has been diagnosed with breast cancer. To provide them with the necessary tools that will help them as they begin the caregiver process. This assistance encompasses diagnoses, recovery, a loss and beyond.
The Fuchsia Foundation offers products and guidance to help cancer survivors and the people who love them. Everyone is touched by cancer to some extent, so we're all survivors. With or without a cancer diagnosis, the Fuchsia Foundation can help you and you can help others.
We are grateful that ACCUSPLIT provides equipment donations that support the work of CIACT. Please support this company.
ACCUSPLIT Certified Accurate pedometers and Activity Wellness Programs are helping America walk to wellness. The commitment to accuracy that has produced our professional quality stopwatches, heart rate monitors, timers, and clocks since 1972 now brings you the most reliable and accurate pedometers available anywhere. Make every step count with ACCUSPLIT quality.
SNEAKERS@WORK Day was created as a way to develop much needed positive awareness about prostate health and prostate cancer, the # 2 cancer killer of men. This easy-to-participate-in event, which consists of lacing up sneakers and wearing them to work one day a year, is a fun way to reach people with important and often life-saving information. Everyone can join and with a $5 donation make an enormous difference in the fight against this disease, which will take the lives of 30,000 husbands, fathers, brothers, uncles, friends, and coworkers this year.
The
Sexual Health Network is dedicated to providing easy access
to sexuality information, education, mutual support, counseling,
therapy, healthcare, products and other resources for people
with disabilities, illness, or natural changes throughout the
lifecycle and those who love them or care for them.
The
Prostate Forum is a subscription-based monthly newsletter
created in 1996 by Dr. Charles Myers, a leader in prostate
cancer treatment and research, and his wife, Rose Sgarlat Myers.
The purpose of the newsletter is to provide useful, reliable,
timely information about prostate cancer and its treatment
in easy-to-understand language. The book, "Eating
Your Way to Better Health-The Prostate Forum Nutrition Guide" is
also available on the site.
It is
my intention of Gary Huckabay (the site owner) to provide the Internet
community with a full spectrum of information about prostate cancer
and general problems of the prostate. It is not my intention to
pass judgment about any information source; all are treated equally.
The reader should be careful to note that most introductory remarks
were taken from the site and do not represent my views. Remember,
I'm just the information provider. It is up to you to carefully
weigh the information you find. Good luck in your search.
The objective of the PCRI is
to educate patients and their families about prostate cancer
and its treatment. This includes new advances in diagnosis, treatments,
available resources, leading-edge treatment centers and assistance
in treatment choices. Understanding his disease and treatment
aids the patient in his everyday care. PCRI intends to use all
available communication tools to accomplish this most important
objective.
The
Prostate Cancer Foundation is the world's largest philanthropic
source of support for prostate cancer research. Founded in 1993,
the PCF has raised more than $210 million and provided funding
for prostate cancer research to more than 1,100 researchers at
100 institutions worldwide. The PCF has a simple, yet urgent
goal: to find better treatments and a cure for recurrent prostate
cancer.
The Prostate Cancer Foundation pursues its mission by working to harness
more of society's resources - both financial and human - to fight this
deadly disease.
Us TOO International is a grassroots organization started in 1990 by prostate cancer survivors to serve prostate cancer survivors, their spouses/partners and families. We are a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charitable organization dedicated to communicating timely and reliable information enabling informed choices regarding detection and treatment of prostate cancer. Ultimately, Us TOO strives to enhance the quality of life for all those affected by prostate cancer.
Receiving the news that you or a loved one has prostate cancer is traumatizing. Life is suddenly out of control and fear takes hold. Often, feelings of helplessness, guilt, isolation and anger emerge. No one needs to face prostate cancer alone. Us TOO provides the forum for sharing, caring and learning through its many programs and services designed for both men with cancer and their loved ones.
In addition to providing education and support programs, Us TOO is an active advocate for patients. We are committed to making sure patients have access to the programs, medications, treatments and health care professionals they need for the best possible outcomes.
About Prostate -
All the Prostate Information You Want! They are on our way to becoming
the premier portal for prostate health on the Internet.
Founded in 1984 and is incorporated as a non-profit
corporation (501-C-3) in 1989 with an active patient participation
in excess of 32,000 adding 2,000 to 3,000 each year in countries
in all continents.
With documented deaths of 356 since 1989 the performance records of PAACT
patients has been superior when the patient follows the educational material
furnished by PAACT.
There is no charge for PAACT's educational
material. Operating expenses are secured by voluntary contributions from
its members with TAX EXEMPT certificates furnished.
We are the Maryland Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure! Our promise is to save lives and end breast cancer forever by empowering people, ensuring quality care for all and energizing science to find the cures. Our service area covers the state of Maryland with the exception of Prince George's and Montgomery counties.
Since 1992, Komen Maryland has worked to identify gaps in breast health coverage in Maryland and fund grants to fill those gaps. In the fiscal year starting April 1st, 2007, Komen Maryland will award $1.1 million in local grants for education, screening, and treatment programs targeted towards the medically underserved, $500,000 for national research conducted in Maryland, and $700,000 for the National Award and Research Grants Programs. The $2.3 million total is the largest amount ever granted by Komen Maryland.
Go60.Com is
a no-nonsense, yet caring and compassionate internet destination
devoted to helping seniors improve with age. Go60.Com is not about
imitating youth or dazzling you with an eyepopping, animated website.
Go60.Com is about aging well, and aging wisely and successfully.
You'll find timely, leading edge information about research on aging, and
how society is adjusting, or not adjusting, to the explosion of an aging
population which is largely being ignored in a youth-obsessed culture.
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0-7382-0789-6
