“Service Learning in Health and Wellness” is a course offered by CCAPP at The City College of NY, which guides students to learn through hands-on services that address health issues in Harlem.
We've worked on making healthy snacks available in school vending machines, improved school cafeteria’s recycling, convinced local bodegas to offer healthy lunches, hosted farmers’ market, and developed a Healthy Living Guide with cancer prevention tips.
Hey everyone, I found this cool link about grocery shopping tours and thought it could be related to food and cancer patients. This article doesn't talk about cancer specifically but there are so many people living with cancer who could learn a thing or two from this. There are many places that give tours that apply to general healthy eating and I know of an organization that gives tours to diabetes patients, but there are none that I could find that could be applied to what cancer patients should be eating.
I think this would be a good idea for a project if anyone is interested, I know I am.
Hey Everyone! Today at the Community Service Fair, Moya and I saw a table for the Breast Cancer Walk! Thought it might interest some who may want to walk on October 16th, 2011! =)
I found the following link to be a great resources for current programs that are being implemented to reduce Cancer Health Disparities. We can see what methods are working for them and perhaps incorporate that into our own projects. It also has a plethora of research information as it relates to socioeconomic and socio-demographic variables.
The link is: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/disparities
It also mentions undergraduate/graduate research programs available (if you wish to do more extensive research on cancer health disparities). Here's some info on the program I found:
Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences (CURE)
CRCHD’s Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences (CURE) program offers unique training and career development opportunities to enhance diversity in cancer and cancer health disparities research. With a focus on broadening the cadre of underrepresented investigators engaging in cancer research, the CURE program identifies promising candidates from high school through junior investigator levels and provides them with a continuum of competitive funding opportunities.
The CURE program offers funding opportunities to support the training and career development for students, researchers, and junior investigators using research supplements, predoctoral fellowships, and career development awards.
The research supplements are designed for principal investigators holding specific types of NIH grants who need funds for administrative supplements to foster diversity in the research workforce. These supplements support and recruit students, postdoctoral, and eligible investigators from groups shown to be underrepresented in biomedical research.
The CURE supplements include NCI Cancer Center (P30) supplements for high school and undergraduate student research experiences, supplements to the NCI Cancer Education and Career Development Program (R25T), supplements to the Institutional Clinical Oncology Research Development Awards (K12), and supplements to the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Research Training Grants (T32).
Fellowships include the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F31) that provides up to five years of support for research training leading to the Ph.D. or equivalent research degree, the combined M.D./Ph.D. degree, or other combined professional doctorate/research Ph.D. degrees in biomedical, behavioral sciences, health services, or clinical sciences.
There is going to be a free health fair this Saturday (9/24/11) from 11AM - 4PM on W135th street between Lenox and 7 Ave.
I encourage you guys to go and visit. You'll get many props for your own projects that should be in planning at this point. You should split event going with your fellow students; e.g. some of you should attend the NYU conference on 24th and some of you should attend this health fair.
i thought this video was interesting as we have also recognized most of the culprits of health disparities in Cancer. This video just reiterates the importance of work thats being done to reduce the disparities.
If You or a Loved One Has Cancer, Here Are 11 Effective, Natural Strategies to Defeat This Deadly Disease
A diagnosis of cancer, or even a suspicion of cancer is darn fearful. You reflect on friends or family who died of cancer. Of all the celebrities who got cancer, gradually deteriorated and died. (Other than Suzanne Somers who went alternative, thrived, survived, and wrote a book about it.) Even every TV show or movie featuring someone with cancer has them dying at the end.
So it’s no wonder research shows that cancer is the most feared disease in the world along with being the most feared word too. How could it not be - given these circumstances?
It may not be so fearful to you if you've been told to come here to read this information by someone who beat a stage 4 cancer by using the cancer fighting strategies covered on this website. Otherwise, it’s no wonder that you’re afraid and skeptical. How could you not be?
In fact, the knowledge in this report is at such odds with what your doctor tells you about cancer, most people reading this page will not go on to read this entire report. It sounds too good to be true.
So one of the biggest issues that you have to wrap your mind around is the obvious thought, “If the information in this report, and the supplements recommended, are so good, why isn’t everyone using them.”
It’s a good question. The answer at its most fundamental level is money and secondarily, that it takes a great deal of time for new ways to fight disease to be accepted. Dr. Samuel S. Epstein writes about this in several books which you may want to read. He is an internationally recognized authority on the causes of cancer, particularly carcinogen exposure from food, air, water, household products, cosmetics, prescription drugs or industrial carcinogens in the workplace.
It may take quite a bit to get to the point where you realize that just doing what your doctors put you through is not adequate. Unfortunately, for many people this point comes at the end, when it is clear that medicine has failed and they are dying a painful and slow death.
It doesn’t have to be this way. One reason we make this report as long as we do is that the more you understand, the more ways you learn to beat cancer, the more testimonials you read, the more this will sink into you.
So the first thing I want to communicate to you is that there is hope. In fact, there is a whole lot of hope. The overwhelming feedback from our research is that when the right actions are taken, even aggressive, tough cancers can be defeated.
This information has been compiled over the course of ten years. It is continually being updated as we find better supplements or learn about new effective cancer fighting procedures.
This report will tell you about the most effective cancer fighting supplements we have found in our research. Supplements that work on their own, or in conjunction with chemotherapy or radiation therapy, to defeat cancer.
And because we believe everyone should have access to this information, we’re offering it at no charge.
We’ve compiled the overwhelming amount of information on the causes of cancer and natural cancer treatments, and condensed it into this report. Well, actually, it's the size of a book.
Better still, we've tested most of the cancer fighting supplements and rated them for you on their cancer fighting ability. This will prevent the mistake of using supplements that sound good but aren't good enough in all too many cases, to beat a tough cancer. So you won't waste money or, your life, on supplements that are marginally effective.
TUNE IN TO CBS2 ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2011 AT 7:00 P.M. EST FOR A ONE-HOUR KOMEN GREATER NYC SPECIAL!
Lace up your sneakers and register now because Sunday, September 18 is Race Day!
Thanks to your dedication, we raised $5.4 million last year and awarded $4.8 million in grants this year! To encourage you to raise even more, we are adding a major new feature to this year’s event: a fantastic new Pledge Prize Program with more levels, 10 or more prizes to choose from at each level, and greater opportunity to earn prizes.
Take our $250 Challenge - just raise $250 and you’ll be eligible to choose a reward that’s perfect for you. We have simple Fundraising Tips to help you as well as many letters you can email that will be available to you in your own RaceParticipantCenter after you register. Remember, registering gets us to the start line, fundraising gets us to the cures!
We are bringing back the Survivor Race T-Shirt Fashion Show and the Survivor Parade, both inaugurated last year and big successes. Be sure to join us in the Bandshell after the Race for both.
We look forward to the return of all of our teams, individuals, Co-Survivors, and especially our Survivors, as well as seeing a lot of new faces. Just click on the appropriate button on the right and get started --register or donate, it's never too soon to run breast cancer out of town!
Not a morning person? Are you going to be out of town on Race Day? Can’t get a sitter for the kids? Do you have to work?
For those who prefer to snooze rather than lace up their running shoes, sign up for Sleep In for the Cure and help run breast cancer out of town from home or wherever you’ll be on September 18! Support Komen Greater NYC from the comfort of your own bed and still have an impact on the fight against breast cancer.
Participants who register for this program will receive a Race t-shirt and a special bib and, best of all, everything will be mailed to you. Register as a Sleep In for the Cure participant, by choosing the "Sleep in for the Cure" option as your participation type.
Remember, you can join any regular Race team as a Sleep In for the Cure member - just choose the "Sleep in for the Cure as a Team Member" participation type. You will even be eligible for our fantastic new pledge prize program, featuring many gifts to choose from at each level, for your team or individual fundraising efforts.
Last week when I was watching the NY1 News they were presenting the New Yorker of the Week named Pamela Esposito Amery. She created the TEAL non-profit organization to create awareness regarding Ovarian Cancer since there is a lack of consciousness in this specific cancer. They were promoting the 3rd Annual TEAL Walk held by the Ovarian Research Foundation last September 10th, 2011 at Prospect Park, Brooklyn. In the first two years, Amery, her sister, and almost 2,000 participants raised more than $100,000 for the Ovarian Research Foundation. I encourage the Service Learning Class to participate in similar wonderful events. For more information visit: tealwalk.org.
Read this article in the Nytimes dated for Sept 12. Its about a ground breaking experiment involving the transmission of enhanced T-cells into the body specifically designed seek out and kill cancer cells. For the patients tested their cancer cells dropped to low levels or was eradicated completely. I thought that was pretty interesting and amazing if the doctors can perfect this.
Last week, we talked about the benefits of food delivery for people undergoing cancer treatment. Below is info about FreshDirect's partnership with the American Cancer Society.
The American Cancer Society: Together We Are Helping Others in Need
For the past two years, FreshDirect has been proud to partner with the American Cancer Society®, a nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem.
Founded here in New York City in 1913, the American Cancer Society now has more than two million volunteers nationwide, making it one of the oldest and largest voluntary health agencies in the United States. ACS works to prevent cancer, save lives and diminish suffering from cancer through research, education, advocacy and service.
When FreshDirect — and customers like you — contribute to the American Cancer Society, we're helping the ACS to serve cancer patients, survivors, their families and others who need up-to-date, reliable cancer information and support. FreshDirect projects with the American Cancer Society include:
Our nutritionist's Smart Eats — a selection of food that fits the American Cancer Society's recommendations for healthy eating.
Fast, fun, flavorful meals from the American Cancer Society cookbooks in our One-Click Recipes area
Annual fundraising for October's National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Cooking workshops and fundraising for Hope Lodge NYC. Minutes away from some of the nation's most reputable cancer centers, Hope Lodge offers an affordable and supportive place to stay during treatment for cancer patients and their families.
Support and fundraising for Camp Adventure. On the shores of Eastern Long Island, Camp Adventure provides an opportunity for kids to just be kids while receiving the medical attention they need from pediatric oncology professionals.
I was listening to the news this week and heard about a bit of health controversy over a statement by Republican presidential candidate, Michele Bachmann, on NBC's "Today" show. In her statement, she said that she met a mother after the presidential debate in Florida who claimed that her young daughter had been suffering from mental retardation after taking the HPV vaccine. HPV vaccines, specifically Cervarix and Gardasil, protect women from the certain types of human papillomavirus that can cause cervical cancer. Texas Governor and also presidential candidate, Rick Perry, issued an executive order requiring sixth-grade girls to be given the HPV vaccine in 2007 and Bachmann's statement was meant to criticize his decision as an overexertion of power.
Nevertheless, I believe that political figures should check their facts when making such claims, especially when it's about the health of people across the US. The Institute of Medicine has found absolutely no evidence that links HPV vaccines to mental retardation and deemed it "generally safe". Cervical cancer affects about 12,000 women every year in the US and kills about 4,000 of those women. Most people generally have faith in what government representatives do or say, but it only goes to show how important it is for people to be educated in health, especially when it comes to cancer.
Part of Bachmann's response to questioning by another conservative talk show host about her statement was, “I am not a doctor, I am not a scientist, I’m not a physician”.
Hey Guys! Someone told me about this program last year. They completed it and told me it was a great program to join if you have the time to dedicate to it. Maybe next year! (Assistant Patient Navigator Internship Program)
Hey guys, I found an CBS News article about healthy foods that can be eaten to help patients that have cancer. I think one thing we have to remember is that when a patient is sick and is having cancer treatment, their appetites aren't the same and a lot of foods don't taste the same. I think we should consider ways to work with the patients in eating healthier because you can't just force them to change their diets.
Hey this is an idea similar to the one we spoke about in class. This student dealt with the same issue we have, getting fresh food to urban communities. So he established thefreshbag.com. Customers can order fresh fruit for a cheaper price online and pick it up from their pick up locations. Deliveries are only made on certain days and you can only pick them up at certain locations. store website: http://thefreshbag.com/
Hey yall, since we're all in the birthing process of raising a project idea I have a few seeds to plant. These are all in abstract since we still have a lot of information to digest. I see two targets within the community we have the opportunity to impact. The two objectives being the SICK/OLD and the YOUNG.
SICK/OLD- design and implement an outreach program that involves making healthy food/produce easier to obtain for the sick or mal-conditioned by cancer. (this approach utilizes our partnership with the catering company)
YOUNG-organize and stage an informal awareness/educational seminar that allows us the opportunity to expose/push our worthy "agenda"(yet to be developed, but that I feel should contain a message of personal and collective responsibility to adopt healthier food consumption habits for not only themselves but also to expose their elders and friends to) To me this approach hinges on our ability to obtain a public figure for our "seminar" that the young Harlem community would be receptive to. I think a New York Knick basketball player serves as a perfect living example to showcase the possible results one could meet by adopting a healthy lifestyle. Most athletes know this importance/role nutrition plays in there daily life and duties. Maybe we could find such an athlete that also has been impacted in their life someway by cancer, furthering their interest in our project. (this approach utilizes all our gathered info, stats, solutions we find through our research)
I thought this article directly tied into our focus. It discusses the the recent research of a short-term hormone therapy given in combination with radiation therapy to men with early-stage prostate cancer patients. The result was that it increased their chances of living longer compared to treatment with radiation therapy alone, according to a clinical trial supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health.
I recall us mentioning an integrated approach to cancer treatment, which may include but isn't limited to adopting healthier eating habits. This experiment doesn't state what the eating habits of the patients were, however, it was still an integrated approach of both short-term hormone therapy and radiation.
The article states " Patients were randomly assigned to treatment with radiation alone or radiation plus short-term androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) using drugs that drastically lowered their natural production of testosterone, a hormone which feeds prostate cancer growth." From this observation we can infer that the presence of testosterone hormoneis correlated to the chance of living. The greater amount of testosterone present the lower the chances of living is. This is an observation and not an experiment, therefore, we cannot say high levels testosterone causes cancer. They are just negatively correlated, where the increase of testosterone produces a decrease in life expectancy.
To find more information about the testosterone and cancer correlation like dug a little deeper and found this: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110419121353.htm. The article states, "This study, involving 13 symptomatic testosterone deficient men who also had untreated prostate cancer, suggests this traditional view is incorrect, and that testosterone treatment in men does not cause rapid growth of prostate cancer." The conducted experiment supports that testosterone doesn't cause the prostate cancer. So, if testosterone doesn't directly affect the life expectancy of prostate cancer patients why did the hormone therapy show an improvement of life expectancy? Perhaps it was also a combination of healthier eating habits (that wasn't mentioned in the article.)
"Patient Navigation is a process by which an individual—a patient navigator—guides patients with a suspicious finding (eg, test shows they may have cancer) through and around barriers in the complex cancer care system to help ensure timely diagnosis and treatment."
This is a link to a great program at the Harlem Hospital Center that showed longer survival rates among participants.
I'm sure a lot of you have heard of the Taiwanese research study, surfacing last month, that showed that at least fifteen minutes of moderate exercise could add up to three years to your life, but did you know the actual extent of the benefits of exercise in cancer patients?
I came across this very interesting blog article on the New York Times website telling of a British report encouraging more able-bodied cancer patients to increase their level of activity. Contrary to popular belief, cancer survivors should not live a more sedentary lifestyle as light exercise could and should be incorporated into their regimen. It was found that "two and a half hours of exercise a week could lower a breast cancer patient’s risk of dying or cancer recurrence by 40 percent, and could reduce a prostate cancer patient’s risk of dying from the disease by about 30 percent."
A panel at the American College of Sports Medicine, which developed a set of guidelines for this type of physical activity, though, has stated that there is nothing wrong with the most ill cancer patients waiting a few days to attempt any sort of exercise and that it should be consulted with a physician in order to weigh the risks and benefits.
As an advocate for exercise, I think that the benefits of at least a little bit of exercise in everyone's lives are clear.
This amazing TED Talk reflects upon the intersectionality of environmental justice, nutrition, urban blight, and race/class struggle. Majora's community organizing efforts highlights a gross-roots solution that allows for the citizens of the South Bronx to occupy spaces of empowerment in their own neighborhoods. Green the Ghetto is a great example of how issues of health, space, and community involvement are requisite in processing public health issues.
I found this on the department of healths website. It reports the statistics about the communitys race, disease, population. For more parts of manhattan you can search it by just typing in the zip code under my communitys health of the dept of health nyc website. heres the link to the report:
I found this on the department of healths website.They are statisitcs about the majority race and prevalent diseases in the community. About page 11 shows cancer statisitcs
