parents..
are we alert enough with product recalls?
especially products used by our kids?
click here for child safety recalls.. (do check, .. i noticed graco car seat listed..)
..hmm.. time to do some spring cleaning on Haariz & Idrees stuffs heh?
Showing posts with label awareness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label awareness. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Save Taman Melawati Hill
Save Taman Melawati Hill
"On 26thNovember 2007, some affected residents received letters from MPAJ informing them that IJM Properties have been given planning permission to develop on Phase 3 Hill, Taman Melawati. The letter was dated 19th November 2007 and gave the residents one month from that date to file an appeal to the Appeal Board (Unit Lembaga Rayuan, Jabatan Perancang Bandar & Desa Negeri Selangor), thereby reducing the time for filing an appeal to 3 weeks instead of one month, as stipulated in Section 23(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act.1976. We will urge the affected residents to file in the appeal.
This disappointing decision made by MPAJ makes it more urgent for us to strengthen our signature campaign to save Taman Melawati Hill. We urge you to support this campaign by downloading the signature forms from our website and collecting as many signatures as possible. Do not allow the devastation seen on nearby Amber Hill and 20Trees to be repeated on Phase 3 Hill, Taman Melawati."
LEAVE BEHIND A GREEN HERITAGE!
This disappointing decision made by MPAJ makes it more urgent for us to strengthen our signature campaign to save Taman Melawati Hill. We urge you to support this campaign by downloading the signature forms from our website and collecting as many signatures as possible. Do not allow the devastation seen on nearby Amber Hill and 20Trees to be repeated on Phase 3 Hill, Taman Melawati."
LEAVE BEHIND A GREEN HERITAGE!
Signature Campaign
If you support this cause, please join us in voicing our appeal. You can help us by collecting signatures for the following petition:
If you support this cause, please join us in voicing our appeal. You can help us by collecting signatures for the following petition:
Kindly return the signed petitions by the 31st of December 2007 via the following avenues:
by sending scanned copies via e-mail to webmaster@savetamanmelawatihill.com
by sending scanned copies via e-mail to webmaster@savetamanmelawatihill.com
OR
by hand to any one of the committee members of
by hand to any one of the committee members of
TMRA
OR
by post or fax to the TMRA office:
by post or fax to the TMRA office:
TMRA c/o Dato' Wahid Anwar,
147, Jalan A-6,
Taman Melawati,
53100 Kuala Lumpur
Fax : 03- 4107 8504
Friday, November 02, 2007
Cervical cancer survivors prone to other cancers
got this email.. related to yesterday's posting..
From: ibu@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ibu@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: 02 November 2007 10:50
To:
Subject: [ibu] Cervical cancer survivors prone to other cancers
By Anthony J. Brown, MD
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who survive cervical cancer are at increased risk for developing other cancers decades later, according to a report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The increased cancer risk is primarily seen in women who were treated with radiation therapy and involves organs that lie near the cervix.
"Previous studies have indicated that the risk of second cancers is increased among cervical cancer survivors, but overall and (body) site-specific risks among very long-term survivors were unclear," Dr. Anil K. Chaturvedi, from the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, and colleagues note.
The findings are based on an analysis of data for 104,760 cervical cancer survivors drawn from several Scandinavian countries and the U.S. The researchers calculated the rate of second cancers over more than 40 years of follow-up.
On the overall analysis, the survivor group was 30 percent more likely to develop a cancer than were women in the general population. Further analysis showed that the rates of human papillomavirus (HPV)- and smoking-related cancers were elevated in survivors who had radiotherapy and those who did not.
Survivors treated with radiotherapy had an elevated risk for cancers in close proximity to the cervix, including cancers of the colon, rectum, anus, bladder, ovaries and genitals. By contrast, no increased risk for these cancers was seen in survivors who did not receive radiotherapy.
The 40-year cumulative rate of a second cancer was higher for survivors diagnosed with cervical cancer before rather than after they were 50 years old: 22.2 vs. 16.4 percent, respectively.
"The most important finding is that even 40 years after a diagnosis of cervical cancer, survivors remain at increased risk of second cancers. These results are consistent with previous studies that showed increased second cancer risks beyond 30 years of follow-up, but that did not have sufficient data on time periods beyond 30 years," Chaturvedi told Reuters Health.
"The increased second cancer risk among cervical cancer survivors underscores the need for screening or regular medical surveillance," he emphasized.
SOURCE: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, November 7, 2007.
From: ibu@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ibu@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: 02 November 2007 10:50
To:
Subject: [ibu] Cervical cancer survivors prone to other cancers
By Anthony J. Brown, MD
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who survive cervical cancer are at increased risk for developing other cancers decades later, according to a report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The increased cancer risk is primarily seen in women who were treated with radiation therapy and involves organs that lie near the cervix.
"Previous studies have indicated that the risk of second cancers is increased among cervical cancer survivors, but overall and (body) site-specific risks among very long-term survivors were unclear," Dr. Anil K. Chaturvedi, from the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, and colleagues note.
The findings are based on an analysis of data for 104,760 cervical cancer survivors drawn from several Scandinavian countries and the U.S. The researchers calculated the rate of second cancers over more than 40 years of follow-up.
On the overall analysis, the survivor group was 30 percent more likely to develop a cancer than were women in the general population. Further analysis showed that the rates of human papillomavirus (HPV)- and smoking-related cancers were elevated in survivors who had radiotherapy and those who did not.
Survivors treated with radiotherapy had an elevated risk for cancers in close proximity to the cervix, including cancers of the colon, rectum, anus, bladder, ovaries and genitals. By contrast, no increased risk for these cancers was seen in survivors who did not receive radiotherapy.
The 40-year cumulative rate of a second cancer was higher for survivors diagnosed with cervical cancer before rather than after they were 50 years old: 22.2 vs. 16.4 percent, respectively.
"The most important finding is that even 40 years after a diagnosis of cervical cancer, survivors remain at increased risk of second cancers. These results are consistent with previous studies that showed increased second cancer risks beyond 30 years of follow-up, but that did not have sufficient data on time periods beyond 30 years," Chaturvedi told Reuters Health.
"The increased second cancer risk among cervical cancer survivors underscores the need for screening or regular medical surveillance," he emphasized.
SOURCE: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, November 7, 2007.
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