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My friend Sue Cancer Victim at 34.
The Canadian
Cancer Society
or The American Cancer Society
General Cancer Stats
An estimated 145,500 new cases of cancer and 68,300 deaths will occur in Canada in 2004.
On average, 2,798 Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer every week.
On average, 1,313 Canadians will die of cancer every week.
An estimated 70,700 Canadian women will be diagnosed with cancer in 2004 and an estimated 32,100 women will die.
On average, 1,359 women will be diagnosed with cancer every week.
On average, 617 women will die of cancer every week.
An estimated 74,800 Canadian men will be diagnosed with cancer in 2004 and an estimated 36,200 men will die of cancer.
On average, 1,438 men will be diagnosed with cancer every week.
On average, 696 men will die of cancer every week.
Based on current incidence rates, 38% of women will develop cancer during their lifetimes. Among men, 43% will develop cancer during their lifetimes.
Cancer is the leading cause of premature death - or early death - in Canada: 954,000 potential years were lost in 2000 as a result of cancer. This represents 31% of the potential years of life lost resulting from all causes of death.
Cancer is primarily a disease of older Canadians, particularly for men. Among men, 75% of new cancer cases and 82% of deaths due to cancer occur among those who are 60 years of age and older. Among women, 63% of new cases and 78% of cancer deaths occur among those who are 60 years of age and older.
Last updated on: 14 April 2004
The fund is named in honour of Laura Evans, a young woman who lost her battle with Huntington's Disease at age 28. Over the last few years of her life, Laura's hope was that a treatment would be found for the hereditary disease before it also claimed her best friend and older sister Andrea. Andrea is in her early 30's and is just now beginning to show the symptoms of Huntington's.
Laura's hope of finding a treatment is now within reach, thanks to a series of recent research breakthroughs. There are numerous promising treatments just waiting for clinical trial funding. Laura's Hope provides the financial resources to make the clinical trials a reality. Research is now at the stage where this fund can make a real difference.
Fulfilling Laura's hope will help hundreds of thousands of people worldwide with the disease. It will also make a major contribution to research into related neuro-degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and ALS.
MADD Canada mission: to stop impaired driving and to support victims of this violent crime
FACT IS we have a long way to go in stopping impaired driving
4 Canadians killed each day and 200 Canadians seriously injured each day
Approximately 75,000 Canadians impacted by impaired drivers annually
Estimated 12.5 million trips of impaired driving each year in Canada
Approximate average of only 70,000 charges of impaired driving being laid in a given year
MADD Canada's statement of beliefs
That our primary reason for existence is to eliminate the killing and maiming caused by impaired driving.
Equally vital to MADD Canada's existence is supporting victims of this violent crime.
That MADD Canada is a grassroots organization that draws its strength, energy, and leadership from its volunteers.
That active participation in MADD Canada chapter activities is productive for the community and encourages healing for many victims of impaired driving.
An aggressive legislative and public policy advocacy program is a must to achieve MADD Canada's mission.
That a National Victims' Bill of Rights must be created in order to ensure fair and respectful treatment of all victims of crime.
That a balanced program of public awareness, education, legislation, and aggressive enforcement by police, crown attorneys, and the courts is essential to eliminating impaired driving.
That while an individual's decision to consume alcohol is a private matter, driving after consuming alcohol is a public matter.
That impaired drivers and others who directly contribute to the crime of impaired driving must be held accountable for their behaviour.
That proactive rehabilitation of impaired drivers is essential.
That driving is a privilege, not a right.
That impaired driving crashes are not accidents.
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
Alzheimer Disease is a progressive, degenerative disease. Several changes occur in the brains of people with Alzheimer Disease. The brain cells shrink or disappear, and are replaced by dense, irregularly-shaped spots, or plaques. Another indicator of the disease is thread-like tangles within existing brain cells. These tangles eventually choke healthy brain cells.
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an auto-immune disease of the central nervous system (CNS). In Multiple Sclerosis, inflammation of nervous tissue causes the loss of myelin, a fatty material which acts as a sort of protective insulation for the nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord. This demyelination leaves multiple areas of scar tissue (sclerosis) along the covering of the nerve cells, which disrupts the ability of the nerves to conduct electrical impulses to and from the brain, producing the various symptoms of MS.
HUNGER: DO YOU KNOW THE FACTS?
It is estimated that one billion people in the world suffer from hunger and malnutrition. That's roughly 100 times as many as those who actually die from these causes each year.
About 24,000 people die every day from hunger or hunger-related causes. This is down from 35,000 ten years ago, and 41,000 twenty years ago. Three-fourths of the deaths are children under the age of five.
Famine and wars cause about 10% of hunger deaths, although these tend to be the ones you hear about most often. The majority of hunger deaths are caused by chronic malnutrition. Families facing extreme poverty are simply unable to get enough food to eat.
In 1999, a year marked by good economic news, 31 million Americans were food insecure, meaning they were either hungry or unsure of where their next meal would come from. Of these Americans, 12 million were children. The Hunger Site began on June 1, 1999.
Please remember to click every day to give help and hope to those with nowhere to turn. Every click counts in the life of a hungry person. The Hunger Site.
The Scriptures suggest how to obtain the values which make life rich and full with peace, quietness, material necessities, and right relationships: We are told to have God's righteousness or right-mindedness. Develop a right thought pattern. Right thinking, governed by intelligence, is positive not negative, unselfish not self-centered, creative not destructive, kindly not hateful. Employ these attitudes and everything that you need for the good life shall be multiplied for you.