| ‘It’sa silent cancer’
Before she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in November, Sister Marilyn Ellert had only two symptoms. First there was the abnormal bleeding, several years into menopause, which prompted her to make a doctor's appointment. Then in the week between scheduling and going to the appointment, she had a "golf ball" feeling in her abdomen when she turned over at night. The cause: Three tumors, including one on each ovary, or Stage III cancer. Ellert, 59, had surgery last fall to remove one tumor and is undergoing chemotherapy to shrink the remaining two. She'll have another surgery in a few months. "I think everything was done that could have been done," she says. But she did ask her doctor whether she might have missed something, an earlier symptom she could have dismissed.
If You've Got GERD, Then Treat It With Low-Carb
Nothing proves the health benefits of livin' la vida low-carb better than real people sharing their own experiences following this amazing lifestyle change. That's exactly what I found in a syndicated health column featuring Joe and Teresa Graedon. Interestingly, I've blogged about the Graedon's before when another one of their readers told them how the low-carb lifestyle not only helped control his weight and blood sugar, but completely eliminated his heartburn. This latest letter featured someone who used to suffer from gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD. He said the condition was so bad that it forced him to take Prilosec every single day. So he tried low-carb to combat it. "After three days, I realized that I had no heartburn, so I discontinued the Prilosec without ill effects," he exclaimed.
It's not a passing fad In YouTube era, more Super Bowl ads and ...
We know from past years that the ads for the Feb. 4 game aired by such perennials as Anheuser-Busch, Pepsi and General Motors will have splashy, spare-no-expense production values. But one ad you might see for Doritos, the tortilla chip of Frito-Lay North America, was made by amateurs for nothing. Well, not exactly nothing. In a contest to create a Super Bowl ad for Doritos, two guys from Cary, N.C., are among five finalists. They spent $12 plus tax at Kroger for four bags of the chips. Doritos are the centerpiece of their boy-meets-girl-who-loves-chips spot. The creators ate a fifth bag for lunch the day of the shoot. The winner of the Doritos contest will be revealed the day of Super Bowl XLI. The Doritos ad will be one of four Super Bowl spots this year that put consumers in the creative director's seat.
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