Awareness Angel art for the various awareness ribbon causes can be used for a t-shirt fundraiser art through DonnaBellas Angels. Below is an ALS fundraiser t-shirt created by Team Andre for a walk.
A pink and blue awarenesss ribbon supports awareness for
infertility, birth defects, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), stillbirth, infant
loss, miscarriage, premature birth, baby safe haven, and male breast cancer.
Let this blue and pink awareness ribbon angel
help support these causes!
A gray ribbon supports awareness for borderline personality
disorder, diabetes, brain cancer, and asthma. Let this gray awareness ribbon angel help support these causes! Buy this Gray Awareness Ribbon Angel on the Awareness Gallery Zazzle Gift Store or CafePress Unique Gifts Store!
View the images and pictures on the Gray Awareness Ribbon Pinterest Board.
The tissue that lines your lungs, stomach, heart, and other organs is called mesothelium. Mesothelioma is a tumor of that tissue. It usually starts in the lungs, but can also start in the abdomen or other organs. It can be benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancer.)
Malignant mesothelioma is a rare but serious type of cancer. Most people who get it have worked on jobs where they inhaled asbestos particles. After being exposed to asbestos, it usually takes a long time for the disease to form.
Symptoms include
Trouble breathing
Pain under the rib cage
Pain, swelling, or lumps in the abdomen
Weight loss for no known reason
Sometimes it is hard to tell the difference between malignant mesothelioma and lung cancer. Your doctor uses imaging tests and a biopsy to make the diagnosis. Malignant mesothelioma is often found when it is advanced. This makes it harder to treat. Treatment may include surgery, radiation, and/or chemotherapy.
The above information is from the National Institutes of Health. Read more online at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mesothelioma.html.
There is no known cure for mesothelioma, but treatments such as surgery and chemotherapy have helped to improve the typical mesothelioma prognosis.\
Pleural mesothelioma (affecting the lung’s protective lining in the chest cavity) represents about three quarters of all mesothelioma incidence. Peritoneal mesothelioma, which affects the abdominal cavity, and pericardial mesothelioma, which affects the cardiac cavity, comprise the remainder.
Show your support for service members and send holiday wishes through the Red Cross "Holiday Mail for Heroes" program. Use social media #HolidayMail or mail cards for distribution. All mailed cards must be received by December 6th.
Holiday Mail for Heroes P.O. Box 5456 Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456
The causes of
childhood cancers are largely unknown. A
few conditions, such as Down syndrome,
other specific chromosomal and geneticabnormalities,
and ionizing
radiation exposures, explain a small percentage of cases. Environmental causes of childhood cancer have
long been suspected by many scientists but have been difficult to pin down,
partly because cancer in children is rare and because it is difficult to
identify past exposure levels in children.
Survival rates for childhood
cancer have risen sharply over the past 25 years. In the United States, more
than 80 percent of children with cancer are alive 5 years after diagnosis,
compared with about 62 percent in the mid-1970s. Much of this dramatic
improvement is due to the development of improved therapies at children’s
cancer centers, where the majority of children with cancer have their
treatment.
Children's
cancer centers are hospitals or units in hospitals that specialize in the
diagnosis and treatment of cancer in children and adolescents. Most children's,
or pediatric, cancer centers treat patients
up to the age of 20. Because childhood
cancer is relatively rare, it is important to seek treatment in centers that
specialize in the treatment of children with cancer.
Specialized cancer
programs at comprehensive, multidisciplinary cancer centers
follow established protocols (step-by-step guidelines
for treatment). These protocols are carried out using a team approach. The team
of health professionals is involved in designing the appropriate treatment and
support program for the child and the child's family.
In addition, these
centers participate in specially designed and monitored research studies that
help develop more effective treatments and address issues of long-term
childhood cancer survival.
The above information is from the National
Cancer Institute (NCI) at the National Institutes of Health.
May this Gold Ribbon Angel help bring
Awareness to Childhood Cancers! September
is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
