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Archive for June 21, 2011
Marriage helps Colon Cancer Survival Rate
011 months ago
Marriage Improves Odds of Surviving Colon Cancer
ScienceDaily (June 21, 2011) — A new study shows that being married boosts survival odds for both men and women with colon cancer at every stage of the disease. Married patients had a 14 percent lower risk of death according to researchers at Penn State’s College of Medicine and Brigham Young University. That estimate is based on analysis of 127,753 patient records.
Similar to studies of other types of cancers, the researchers did find that married people were diagnosed at earlier stages of colon cancer and sought more aggressive treatment. The researchers took those and other factors into account before calculating the benefit of marriage on survival odds.
“Controlling for the stage that the cancer was detected is key,” said Sven Wilson, a study coauthor and professor at Brigham Young University. “Without that, it’s hard to know whether the analysis is just picking up a diagnosis effect.”
Colon cancer is the fourth most common type of cancer in the United States for both men and women. Curiously, the marriage benefit seen in the new study was nearly identical for both men and women.
Agility Workout at CrossFit
011 months ago
I feel good today. I am finally recovered from the hard workouts last week and the falling off the wagon weekend — and last week I went to see my doctor and he took some blood. He called and said that my bloodwork was great and my cholesterol was ‘excellent’. That is Paleo and CrossFit at work there! My cholesterol was always borderline but not anymore — He also ordered a gluten workout and it showed I am definitely not Celiac, which I knew but I don’t need bloodwork to tell me that I have a sensitivity to it. All anyone needs is to try a week or so without it and evaluate how you feel.
warmup
800m run
10 Pass thrus
10 OHS
10 Good Mornings
10 Jumping Muscle Ups
10 Kick to Handstand (with spotter)
Skill
Single & Double Unders
WOD
4 Rounds for time:
100 Single Unders
25 Sit Ups
10 Box Jumps
time: 7:58
Today’s workout was all about speed and agility. And I have said this before — there are some WODs that you will find are the most challenging, hardest ones you will ever do, and then there are those that really exploit your strengths. Today’s was one of my good ones — and I finished in under 8m. A victory for me this morning!
