Medical News Today - Ovarian germ cell tumor patients treated with platinum-based chemotherapy and fertility-sparing surgery are likely to retain their menstrual function and reproductive ability, according to the largest and most comprehensive survey of survivors ever

Genomics group seeks more county funds
AZCentral.com - IGC also developed a cancer tissue bank that beat out 372 others to become the main resource for the federal government’s Cancer Genome Atlas, a research project that seeks to discover the genetic cause of cancer. IGC is not yet financially self

Irving firm to expand cancer research
Dallas Morning News - Reata Pharmaceuticals Inc., an Irving-based biopharmaceutical company, plans to announce Friday an additional $25 million in financing to develop two novel treatments for cancer and inflammation-related diseases, such as asthma and rheumatoid

Tanorexic young mother dies of skin cancer after seven years of
Daily Mail - A young mum died of skin cancer after using a sunbed twice a day for seven years. Zita Farrelly, 29, died just three days after her daughter’s first birthday. The mum-of-two from Salford, started using sunbeds when she was 14 and gave them up at 21

One Chicago hotel was billed by a carrier for calls originating from another company located in the same area. The hotel had no idea it was footing the bill for the other firm’s phone calls, reports Hotel and Motel Management.

An 800-room hotel in a major city, which would normally have qualified for digital service that provides direct answer supervision, was encouraged instead by a vendor to install analog trunks with the vendor’s own answer-detection equipment. The digital trunks were less expensive and would have provided better service with more advanced technology.

For smaller hotels this may not result in a loss of a lot of money, but at business properties with a good activity level, telecommunication problems can add up to significant costs. A hospitality call accounting system can help hotels and motels with telephone call billing and profit reports accurately generated on a real-time basis. Reconciliation of call accounting records with the property management system saves hundreds of hours. A quality hotel call accounting system should offer the storage of call records beyond the normal 24-hour audit period, typically 60 days of calls. It should also be able to generate a guest bill if the property management system is down for an extended period of time and the night audit report should match calls and charges that have been sent to the PMS. Also, look for telephone call profit reports that are accurately generated on a real-time basis. Reconciliation of call accounting records with the property management system saves hundreds of hours.

Commonly available is a special rating table operation that enables calls that have been placed to newly created area and office codes to be billed, even though they have not yet been programmed into the rate tables. This insures call records are priced and stored for guest checkout or sent to the property management system (PMS) and billed to a guest folio. Capturing and storing all call detail records allows management to oversee both guest and employee phone usage and full trunk usage, thus allowing the best management of long distance carriers, the number of trunks needed and reconciliation of phone bills.

About the Author

Author, Karen Ritz, VP Business Development for TelSoft Solutions, writes on the business benefits of call accounting and call detail record technology. More information can be found at http://www.telsoft-solutions.com.

Prostate cancer as one of the most common types of cancer in men according to the American Cancer Society. Fortunately if caught early, the prognosis is good. Even better than treating it, is of course, avoiding it altogether. The search for the cause of prostate cancer is ongoing and a recent study was recently completed.

An eight year study of 29,361 men has just been completed. The study examined the impact of antioxidant supplements on the rate of prostate cancer. “There has been definite interest in their use, based on a few earlier studies that have been done” said lead researcher Richard B. Hayes, senior investigator in the division of cancer epidemiology and genetics at the U.S. National Cancer Institute.

Reporting in the Feb. 15 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Hayes’ team calculated the risk of prostate cancer for 29,361 men aged 55 to 74, all of whom were participants in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Screening Trial.

Some of the data that was analyzed included the amount of common antioxidant supplements including vitamin C, beta carotene, and vitamin E. Some of the men had been taking these supplements for many years prior to the study.

Over the total eight year study period, 1,338 men developed prostate cancer. The results indicate that the use of antioxidant supplements had no positive impact on the risk for prostate cancer for most nonsmokers. Beta carotene supplements did have a positive impact among men that had low dietary intake of beta carotene.

Vitamin E did have a positive impact for smokers according to the research. This was consistent with previous trials.
Although the three supplements studied in this trial showed little help in preventing prostate cancer, previous trials that examined other supplements did show very encouraging results.

Fish oils, which contain EPA and DHA, were found to reduce prostate cancer by 11% in men that consumed about 470 mg./day. Selenium has been found to cut prostate cancer in half. Over five clinical trials have supported this. It is recommended that men take a 200 micrograms of selenium daily.

About the Author:

Neal is a health care researcher and has more prostate information on his website at prostate cancer. He also provides plastic surgery information.

Hospital patient undergoing surgery recounts how Hero Soul provided strength, inspiration, and hope during recovery

“I used to look in the mirror and only have time to take a quick glance to ensure that I looked acceptable for a full day ahead of me. At 32, I am a mother of two and a wife of 8 years. I work full time and after putting in a days worth of work, I come home to my next full time job. Dinner, clean up, soccer practice, dance class, homework, baths, laundry? I have a fully hands-on devoted husband that equally shares in the daily responsibilities but even then it is still so busy at times.

I recently ruptured my Achilles tendon. I needed to have surgery and knew that my recovery period would take several months. Anxious the morning before surgery I began reading, “Psychology of the Hero Soul.” It was given to me to read by a friend at work. I began reading the book and it had a calming affect on me. I knew I had to face my fears and deal with my reality. The night after surgery I had trouble sleeping so I continued to read “Psychology of the Hero Soul.” When I finished, it rejuvenated my outlook on life.

After reading this book I can now look in the mirror and see so much more of myself. I can surpass my physical “self” and look beyond to my mind, soul, and spirit. I have forgotten about my passions, ambitions, and the true person that I am. I have neglected what it is that I want to be remembered for in life and what I want to pass down to my children. I have learned that I need to enjoy the moment because life is passing by quickly. I also need to take the time to accomplish my goals in life and not say that I just don?t have time. I have to take actions to achieve my dreams.

I have learned that I need to maintain my soul and spirit by cleansing it from stresses, jealousies, and overall negative energy. Once the mind is cleansed it can be replenished with love, tranquility, passions, and dreams. With a positive outlook anything is possible.

I believe that “Psychology of the Hero Soul” is a well-written book that provided me with many examples of people whose extreme focus, determination and good virtues resulted in greatness. I was pleasantly surprised by the analysis of Perseus in the book. The Clash of the Titans has been one of my all time favorite movies as a child and Greek mythology has always fascinated me.

I have been so inspired to make myself a better person in every aspect of my life, as a mother, wife, co-worker, friend, daughter, and sister. During my recovery period this book has provided me with “food for thought,” tools to make my dreams a reality and enable me to keep a positive attitude during my healing process.” - Krupali Prevete

Psychology of the Hero Soul is an inspirational book on awakening the Hero within and rekindling people’s passion for greatness. It is based on author, Sharif Khan’s ten years research to the field of human development and was recently mentioned in USA Today. The Hero Soul is availble to order in most major bookstores including Borders, Barnes and Noble, Chapters, Indigo, and Coles bookstores. To order online visit: http://www.herosoul.com

Psychology of the Hero Soul, by Sharif Khan, ISBN 0973192208, Diamond Mind Enterprises, 160 pages, $14.95 US, trade-paperback, Self-help/Inspirational, distributed by Ingram, Baker & Taylor, and University of Toronto Press.

For more information on special quantity discounts call (416) 417-1259 or email: inspire@herosoul.com

About the Author:

Sharif Khan (http://www.herosoul.com; sharif@herosoul.com) is a freelance writer, motivational speaker, coach, and author of “Psychology of the Hero Soul,” an inspirational book on awakening the hero within and developing people?s leadership potential. Call 416-417-1259 to learn about Sharif’s business writing, copywriting, and speaking services.

eMaxHealth.com - More New Yorkers are getting life-saving colonoscopies than ever before, and people of all races and incomes are benefiting. FOLFOX4, an Eloxatin (oxaliplatin injection)-based chemotherapy regimen, significantly improved the overall survival of

Marathon for a friend
Albany Democrat-Herald - the first leg of his 26-mile marathon Friday evening during the Relay for Life at Linn-Benton Community College. Rodgers is part of the Target team. He said he was running in memory of a close friend who died within the last year from colon cancer.

Passionate about Pacific football
Record - Orvis hardly has been immune to the trials of advancing age, in recent years beating back prostate and colon cancer, the latter of which resulted in surgeries that left Orvis a “gutless wonder,” according to quick-witted Roma. But he’s still

Links And Phone Numbers
News Channel 10 - Support Our Troops Colon Cancer Juvederm Ruff Cutz Indie Film Conference Rhode Island DEM Ice Safety Guide | Ice Hot Line: 401-222-2632 Federal Trade Commission: Free Credit Report New Kennedy Assassination Film Roger Williams Park Zoo: Tools & Tails Stop

How to Become a Sicko
Front Page - The same goes for the uptake of colon cancer drug bevacizumab. Meanwhile, the uptake of Rituximab in the United States (used to treat non-Hodgkin s lymphoma) is 4 times that of the E13. The authors report that nearly half of the observed

TFN NEWS BRIEFING: Pharmaceuticals and chemicals highlights to 09:10
Forbes - company can exclusively distribute a colon cancer test. Neither the Subscriber nor AFX News warrants the completeness or accuracy of the Service or the suitability of the Service as a trading aid and neither accepts any liability for losses howsoever

Who will replace Rosie O’Donnell?
CNN - The wife of Ozzie and mother of three has battled colon cancer, managed her husband’s music career and earned TV experience on “America’s Got Talent,” “The Osbournes” and her own talk show. Kelly Ripa: The adorable sidekick to Regis Philbin has

Richardson tops 37th race
Long Beach Press-Telegram - We share core Democratic values.” Millender-McDonald, who represented her district for 11 years, died April 21 of colon cancer. The top vote-getters from each party will face each other in a runoff on Aug. 21. Because Democrats hold a

CIGNA HealthCare Battles Colorectal Cancer
Medical News Today - At the last minute, I decided to take the test and to my surprise I ultimately discovered I had colon cancer. Because CIGNA sent me the kit without my even having to ask for it, my cancer was caught early enough to be treated. I consider

Launching a website is the crucial step that will transfer your site from residing on one computer to

being spread across the web to appear upon thousands of monitors throughout the globe. However, many

shrink from the very thought of web hosting, looking upon it as an expensive, time-consuming process.

Although this is true with many web hosting providers, you can obtain ad-free, high-quality web hosting…

at absolutely no cost to you.

In the process of writing article, I launched over twenty websites with various free web hosting

providers. I discovered that there are literally hundreds of companies that provide free web hosting. To

my disappointment, most have poor service.

Nearly every provider placed annoying advertisements on each of my pages, promoting cigarettes and other

products that my visitors would think that I endorse. Even when the advertisements were for decent

products, their flashy animations detracted greatly from the content of my site. (Hint: With Internet

Explorer, if you visit a site with distracting animations, press the “escape” key. This will usually stop

them.)

Another disadvantage of most free web hosting services is that the providers often sell their clients’

email addresses to SPAM companies. Ever since I began registering for free web hosting, the amount of SPAM

I receive has tremendously increased. One hosting company offered to sell me a Master’s Degree - for a

“low fee” I could get a M.A. in only five days - no studying, classes, or even a highschool diploma is

required. Another email “invited” me to a birthday party for the CEO’s son, with party favors including a

free 30-day trial for their web hosting service.

Utilize Your Resources

If you use either AOL or AT&T for your Internet service, you have free access to high-quality, ad-free web

space. You don’t have to pay an extra fee or go through the hassle of registering for free web space

because it’s already included in your service plan.

For AOL users, enter AOL keyword: FTP. AOL provides five megabytes per username, totaling 25 megabytes.

Your web address will be http://members.aol.com/AOLusername.

For AT&T users, visit http://home.att.net AT&T gives you two addresses

at which your site can be reached: http://home.att.net/~yoursite and http://yoursite.home.att.net.

The Competition…

I ranked 20+ free web hosting companies from tremendous to terrible. Using a point-based system, I added a

point to their score for every positive service they provided, and each negative service they provided

(such as displaying ads on your site) deducted a point from their score. (Maximum possible points a

company could earn was 20 points) After all this was done, two companies stood at the top of this list -

whose peerless scores far surpassed the scores of any other company! Earning 18 and 14 points

respectively, these two companies far surpassed even major companies like YAHOO! (earning 4 pts), Lycos (6

pts), and even Microsoft (5 pts)!

#1: FreeWebs

FreeWebs resulted with the highest score, claiming the prize for the ultimate web host. With 100 megabytes

of ad-free space, FreeWebs surpasses many paid services! FreeWebs also provides the following free

services:

- Website builder (If you haven’t already created your own website) - Hit counter
- Chat rooms
- Forums
- Guest books
- And much, much more!

Please note that FreeWebs gives you code to cut-and-paste into your website. If you don’t know HTML,

simply copy the code to your Clipboard, then open up your webpage with Selida (We discussed this in the

April newsletter. Refer to the end of this article) in “Design Mode.” After that, click where you want the

feature to go, and select “Pase in HTML” from the “Edit” menu. And Selida does the rest for you. It’s that

easy!

Your URL will be http://www.freewebs.com/yoursite. They do require that you place “This website is being

hosted for free by FreeWebs.com” somewhere on your site, but this doesn’t detract much from your site.

Sign up for FreeWebs’ service at http://www.freewebs.com. You won’t

regret it!

#2: Portland

If you desire an easy to use hosting service, Portland Communications is the best provider for you. While

FreeWebs provides many attractive services, it seems to forget the “basic necessities.” (like being able

to upload more that one file at a time)

Placing second with a hit counter and 15 megabytes of ad-free space, Portland Communications has a few

distinct advantages over FreeWebs.

First, Portland provides a much more favorable URL: http://yoursite.port5.com. It is much easier to

remember, and it even appears that you have your own domain name!

Second, you can upload multiple files at once. FreeWebs only allows you to upload one file at a time,

which I found to be a very tedious process. Portland allows FTP access, which means that you can simply

select the files you wish to upload and return when the process is completed.

Note: FTP may be somewhat tricky for the beginner, so you may want to use FreeWebs or Portland, depending

on if you are comfortable with using FTP. I’d suggest trying both of them, and see which on you like

better. If you decide to use Portland, you can purchase a great FTP client (or download a free trial) at

http://xenolth.biz/ftpclient. If you’d like to use a free FTP

client, you will find one at http://xenolth.biz/freeftp.

If you want to be able to upload your website without a hassle, Portland is the hosting provider for you.

Visit http://www.portland.co.uk and sign up for their free

service. Note: although the server is in the UK, your site will have a “.com” address.

Fast Url

Some of the hosting services mentioned above provide URLs that are hard to remember. Instead of trying to

make your visitors remember such a cumbersome URL, you can get a Fast URL like “clix.to/yoursite.” You can

even chose from multiple “.to” addresses. To sign up for this free service, visit http://clix.to/fasturl,

then click “Web Tools and Services,” then click “Fast URL Redirect.” You must have a website before you

can sign up for Fast URL.

General Note: When uploading your website, make sure to name your homepage “index.htm” or

“index.html.” This is because the only way the server knows which page is the homepage is by looking for a

file named “index.”

Launching a website is the goal, the dream, and the joy at the heart of every web developer. It is a

symbol of achievement - a sign of accomplishment. Launching your site enables you to reach the world. Few

things can compare with the satisfaction received from launching a website. Once you launch your site, it

seems to pay for all the time you spent creating it… and makes it all worthwhile. Not only is launching

your site free and rewarding, but the feedback received from visitors brings instant gratification. Sign

up for a free web hosting service. I’m sure you won’t regret it.

This article is a sequel to “Creating Your Own Website,” which can be found at www.xenolth.biz/starterkit.

Philip Naudus is currently webmaster of three sites. His newest site is www.xenolth.biz, which is made to help webmasters find the best web

design software.

Recent research by a New Zealand University team into colon cancer has uncovered a very interesting phenomenon that sheds light on why colon cancer is almost non-existent in the Maori race. Naturally this fact created a spin-off from the original study because if the reason why the indigenous Maori people avoided this disease could be found they would gain precious information to help the constant fight to prevent colon cancer.

Initially they looked at diet and discovered that both red and purple berries and fruits formed a higher proportion of their diet than it did with non-indigenous New Zealanders. Based upon common practice they were aware of the anti-oxidant value of fruit and assumed that non-Maori people gained the same amount of anti-oxidants from other fruit and vegetables. This appeared to cancel out any benefit the Maoris gained by having a diet high in red and purple fruits and vegetables. That was until they decided to check anti-oxidant levels individually.

The results of the independent checks of anti-oxidant levels across a wide range of fruits and vegetables discovered that rather than these levels being the same, as commonly thought at the start of the experiments, they vary widely. For instance fruits with red or purple skins like berries, plums, red apples and even red skinned sweet potato have around four times the anti-oxidant levels of other fruits and vegetables. At this point the entire project started to make sense and the higher levels of ant-oxidants in a traditional Maori diet pointed to the reason for such low levels of colon cancer within the race.

The research continues today but based upon these findings there is strong reason to eat more strawberries, raspberries, redcurrants, cherries, plums, red apples and sweet potato in our daily diets. In fact any fruit or vegetable with a red or purple skin contains around four times the anti-oxidant level of other fruits and vegetables and therefore should be utilized in our diets for health reasons.

Somebody is bound to raise the question of whether frozen is as a good as fresh fruit. Here I can only give a personal opinion and state that whenever we cook, or freeze, foodstuffs we change the chemical make-up of the food and therefore it is unlikely to be the same as eating it fresh and uncooked. But, if frozen is all that is available then I guess its better than nothing.

People interested in this article may also be interested in visiting: http://www.recipesmania.com/Iodinedeficiency.html

This article is copyright ? David McCarthy 2005. It may be reproduced in its entirety with no additions.

About the Author

David McCarthy is webmaster of http://www.recipesmania.com a site dedicated to freely sharing knowledge of food, healthy eating and recipes. This article is one of many that deal with the affects of what we eat on our health.
It’s an emerging trend, and one that many patients find confusing and uncomfortable: their primary doctor doesn’t visit them in the hospital any more and doesn’t manage their hospital care.

Primary care doctors are increasingly turning the care of their hospitalized patients over to specialists called “hospitalists.”

The hospitalist is a hospital-based doctor who does not see patients in an office-based practice. He or she manages the care of patients only while they are in the hospital, turning them back over to their regular physicians when they are discharged. During the time a patient is in the hospital the hospitalist is responsible for all decisions about a patient’s care.

Advantages of Hospitalists

The hospitalist usually knows the hospital, and hospital politics, very well. This often enables the hospitalist to cut through red tape and “make things happen” more efficiently than office-based physicians.

Hospitalists are more readily available to respond to emergencies in the hospital. Nurses and other care staff can usually reach a hospitalist more rapidly than an office-based physician, especially on evenings and weekends.

Continuity of care within the hospital is often better. When primary care physicians manage inpatient hospital care, the patient is often actually seen by more doctors, as doctors in larger practices often take turns seeing all of the practice’s hospitalized patients.

Hospitalists are usually more accessible to family members. Families don’t have to try to “catch” the doctor in the wee hours of the morning or late in the evening when he or she is making hospital rounds outside of office hours.

Disadvantages of Using a Hospitalist

The biggest disadvantage to the movement toward hospitalists is the loss of continuity of care between the primary physician and the hospital. The hospitalist has no previous knowledge of his new patient. If communication between the primary care physician and the hospitalist is poor, it falls to the patient and the family to fill in the gaps.

When a patient is discharged from the hospital the hospitalist relinquishes care back to the PCP. If communication has not been good, the primary care physician often has little knowledge of what the patient experienced in the hospital. Records are frequently slow to follow the patient, so on the first follow-up visit the office-based doctor may have scant information.

Without adequate information the PCP frequently makes adjustments to treatment plans and medications that are counter to the treatment plans initiated in the hospital.

How To Work With A Hospitalist

Be prepared. If your trip to the hospital is pre-planned, talk to your primary doctor about the hospitalists in your chosen hospital. Find out which hospitalist communicates best with your doctor, and who your doctor prefers to work with. If possible, ask your doctor to pre-arrange that this hospitalist will be in charge of your care while you’re in the hospital.

Arrive Armed: Never assume that things will go as planned. You may not feel well, and you will be under stress. The chosen hospitalist may be on vacation, out ill, or unavailable. Take a synopsis of your medical history, including the results of all recent tests, with you to the hospital. Whenever possible have someone stay with you in the hospital until you have met your doctor and given him or her all the information you have. Have that person take notes, including the names of all your hospital caregivers, their contact information (phone and pager), and the location of their offices in the hospital.

Sign a Release: If you can, make sure to sign a release of information form when you are admitted. This will give the hospitalist and everyone else on your medical team permission to discuss your care with the person you appoint. Even if you have already given that person your Power of Attorney for Health Care, signing a permission to release information is a good idea. You might not be so ill that your Power of Attorney for Health Care goes into effect. In that case, without authority to release information, you might find the staff is less than willing to share information with the person staying with you.

PR Inside - 2007-06-24 13:25:04 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA, Sun 24th June 2007 - Clare inter-county senior hurler Tony Griffin will today complete the Canadian leg of his 7,000km charity cycle in memory of his father Jerome, who died of cancer in December

Coming soon to Danvers: Medical Center North
Boston Globe - Construction work on North Shore Medical Center’s $104 million ambulatory care and cancer center off Endicott Street is slated to begin this summer, with a 2009 opening anticipated. “It will be very exciting and rewarding for patients and families

Relay for Life participants carry stories of survival, memories of
Bluefield Daily Telegraph - PRINCETON White doves flew skyward Saturday to memorialize the people lost to cancer and encourage those who survived it. The 13th annual Relay for Life was hosted by the American Cancer Society and numerous volunteers. This year s relay was

Radio DJ dies after battle with cancer
Idaho Statesman - Longtime Boise State Radio DJ Victor Pacania passed away Saturday morning after an 18-month battle with pancreatic cancer, according to a message on the KBSU Web site. Pacania, host of the eclectic Saturday morning music show “A Private Idaho,” had

Legend Shelford battles cancer
BBC News - The 49-year-old - who only lost one of his 22 Tests for New Zealand - has lymphoma, a form of cancer which affects white blood cells. “We found out a month ago and he has five more months of treatment,” his wife Jo told the Sunday Star Times

‘Buck’ Shelford battles cancer
News.com.au - “We found out a month ago and he has five more months of treatment,” his wife Jo Shelford told the Sunday Star-Times newspaper. “We are very positive and pleased with how the treatment is going.” The famous No. 8 is being treated for lymphoma, a

Former U.S. Rep. dies from cancer
Lansing State Journal - DETROIT - Former U.S. Rep. Guy Vander Jagt, who led House Republicans’ election strategy for years and was a confidant of Gerald Ford before and during his presidency, died Friday. He was 75. Vander Jagt died at a Washington hospice after a battle

Facing cancer head on
Boston Herald - I t s 8:45 a.m. Thursday morning inside a basement operating room at Brigham and Women s Hospital. Dr. Monica Bertagnolli is prepping for minor but urgent surgery. She ll remove an enlarged lymph node from underneath the left arm of 47-year-old

Launching a website is the crucial step that will transfer your site from residing on one computer to

being spread across the web to appear upon thousands of monitors throughout the globe. However, many

shrink from the very thought of web hosting, looking upon it as an expensive, time-consuming process.

Although this is true with many web hosting providers, you can obtain ad-free, high-quality web hosting…

at absolutely no cost to you.

In the process of writing article, I launched over twenty websites with various free web hosting

providers. I discovered that there are literally hundreds of companies that provide free web hosting. To

my disappointment, most have poor service.

Nearly every provider placed annoying advertisements on each of my pages, promoting cigarettes and other

products that my visitors would think that I endorse. Even when the advertisements were for decent

products, their flashy animations detracted greatly from the content of my site. (Hint: With Internet

Explorer, if you visit a site with distracting animations, press the “escape” key. This will usually stop

them.)

Another disadvantage of most free web hosting services is that the providers often sell their clients’

email addresses to SPAM companies. Ever since I began registering for free web hosting, the amount of SPAM

I receive has tremendously increased. One hosting company offered to sell me a Master’s Degree - for a

“low fee” I could get a M.A. in only five days - no studying, classes, or even a highschool diploma is

required. Another email “invited” me to a birthday party for the CEO’s son, with party favors including a

free 30-day trial for their web hosting service.

Utilize Your Resources

If you use either AOL or AT&T for your Internet service, you have free access to high-quality, ad-free web

space. You don’t have to pay an extra fee or go through the hassle of registering for free web space

because it’s already included in your service plan.

For AOL users, enter AOL keyword: FTP. AOL provides five megabytes per username, totaling 25 megabytes.

Your web address will be http://members.aol.com/AOLusername.

For AT&T users, visit http://home.att.net AT&T gives you two addresses

at which your site can be reached: http://home.att.net/~yoursite and http://yoursite.home.att.net.

The Competition…

I ranked 20+ free web hosting companies from tremendous to terrible. Using a point-based system, I added a

point to their score for every positive service they provided, and each negative service they provided

(such as displaying ads on your site) deducted a point from their score. (Maximum possible points a

company could earn was 20 points) After all this was done, two companies stood at the top of this list -

whose peerless scores far surpassed the scores of any other company! Earning 18 and 14 points

respectively, these two companies far surpassed even major companies like YAHOO! (earning 4 pts), Lycos (6

pts), and even Microsoft (5 pts)!

#1: FreeWebs

FreeWebs resulted with the highest score, claiming the prize for the ultimate web host. With 100 megabytes

of ad-free space, FreeWebs surpasses many paid services! FreeWebs also provides the following free

services:

- Website builder (If you haven’t already created your own website) - Hit counter
- Chat rooms
- Forums
- Guest books
- And much, much more!

Please note that FreeWebs gives you code to cut-and-paste into your website. If you don’t know HTML,

simply copy the code to your Clipboard, then open up your webpage with Selida (We discussed this in the

April newsletter. Refer to the end of this article) in “Design Mode.” After that, click where you want the

feature to go, and select “Pase in HTML” from the “Edit” menu. And Selida does the rest for you. It’s that

easy!

Your URL will be http://www.freewebs.com/yoursite. They do require that you place “This website is being

hosted for free by FreeWebs.com” somewhere on your site, but this doesn’t detract much from your site.

Sign up for FreeWebs’ service at http://www.freewebs.com. You won’t

regret it!

#2: Portland

If you desire an easy to use hosting service, Portland Communications is the best provider for you. While

FreeWebs provides many attractive services, it seems to forget the “basic necessities.” (like being able

to upload more that one file at a time)

Placing second with a hit counter and 15 megabytes of ad-free space, Portland Communications has a few

distinct advantages over FreeWebs.

First, Portland provides a much more favorable URL: http://yoursite.port5.com. It is much easier to

remember, and it even appears that you have your own domain name!

Second, you can upload multiple files at once. FreeWebs only allows you to upload one file at a time,

which I found to be a very tedious process. Portland allows FTP access, which means that you can simply

select the files you wish to upload and return when the process is completed.

Note: FTP may be somewhat tricky for the beginner, so you may want to use FreeWebs or Portland, depending

on if you are comfortable with using FTP. I’d suggest trying both of them, and see which on you like

better. If you decide to use Portland, you can purchase a great FTP client (or download a free trial) at

http://xenolth.biz/ftpclient. If you’d like to use a free FTP

client, you will find one at http://xenolth.biz/freeftp.

If you want to be able to upload your website without a hassle, Portland is the hosting provider for you.

Visit http://www.portland.co.uk and sign up for their free

service. Note: although the server is in the UK, your site will have a “.com” address.

Fast Url

Some of the hosting services mentioned above provide URLs that are hard to remember. Instead of trying to

make your visitors remember such a cumbersome URL, you can get a Fast URL like “clix.to/yoursite.” You can

even chose from multiple “.to” addresses. To sign up for this free service, visit http://clix.to/fasturl,

then click “Web Tools and Services,” then click “Fast URL Redirect.” You must have a website before you

can sign up for Fast URL.

General Note: When uploading your website, make sure to name your homepage “index.htm” or

“index.html.” This is because the only way the server knows which page is the homepage is by looking for a

file named “index.”

Launching a website is the goal, the dream, and the joy at the heart of every web developer. It is a

symbol of achievement - a sign of accomplishment. Launching your site enables you to reach the world. Few

things can compare with the satisfaction received from launching a website. Once you launch your site, it

seems to pay for all the time you spent creating it… and makes it all worthwhile. Not only is launching

your site free and rewarding, but the feedback received from visitors brings instant gratification. Sign

up for a free web hosting service. I’m sure you won’t regret it.

This article is a sequel to “Creating Your Own Website,” which can be found at www.xenolth.biz/starterkit.

Philip Naudus is currently webmaster of three sites. His newest site is www.xenolth.biz, which is made to help webmasters find the best web

design software.

Because of the advanced stages of some lung cancer, surgery is not an option. This depends on the location of the tumor/tumors or the overall health of the person. In these types of cases, an oncologist will most likely advocate radiotherapy for the treatment. Even though surgery may be an option, you may find the doctor suggesting this type of treatment either before surgery to help shrink the tumor or after the surgery to help eradicate any of the remaining cancerous cells.

Radiation therapy - what is it? Radiotherapy - is high powered x-rays that are ‘beamed’ at the location of the cancer cells which in turn destroys the rapidly dividing cells. Unfortunately, during this process the radiotherapy kills off both the healthy cells as well as the cancerous cells in that location. However, there are methods of delivering the radiotherapy that will minimize the side effects on the healthy cells.

EBT - external beam therapy or radiotherapy, is a highly focused beam of radiation that is aimed directly at the edges of the tumor site. Due to the concentration, EBT minimizes the chance of damaging the healthy cells. EBT is delivered in ‘fractions’, i.e. short durations of radiation that are spread out over several weeks time. According to current studies, the best effects are achieved when there are more frequent, shorter fractions than in larger fractions spread out over a longer period of time. Talk with your doctor about which will be the best timing for you.

Often times this therapy will be used to alleviate symptoms even though it won’t actually cure by itself. Doctors may prescribe radiotherapy before or after a surgery and is designed to shrink the tumor or make it less active. Doctors may suggest brachytherapy instead of using an external beam. Brachytherapy is a procedure which implants small radioactive seeds directly at the site of the cancer. Brachytherapy can open up blocked airways by reducing the size of the tumors blocking the bronchi or windpipe. Brachytherapy can also help stop bleeding in tumors.

Conformal radiation therapy is another type of therapy. With this therapy a CAT scan helps create a 3-D image of the tumor and shape the x-ray beams precisely to the size and shape of the tumor. When using conformal radiation therapy, the damage to the surrounding tissues is nearly eliminated completely. Intensity modulated radiation therapy can be fine tuned so that it only affects certain areas of the tumor. This form of precision therapy works with a CAT scan to target only the cancerous cells.

Any suspicion that the tumor may have spread, as is often the case with small cell, your oncologist will very likely suggest a course of chemotherapy either before, after or concurrently with radiotherapy. Radiotherapy is localized therefore the beam is focused directly at the cancerous cells. Using radiotherapy in conjunction with chemotherapy, will normally offer a better chance of clearing up the tumor completely and preventing a recurrence. Radiotherapy is rarely recommended as the sole treatment.

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Do You Know What To Do If Someone You Loved One Is In the Hospital?

 by: Tammy Gonzales

If someone you know and love is in the hospital there are a few things you need to know especially if you are the Heath Care Agent or the surrogate that will be acting and making decisions for the patient.

Keep a notebook and a pen available with you at all times. You will have many things going through your mind that you may need to keep track of and the notebook will be helpful. Much of this information will be exchanged in the days to come with physicians, other family members and friends, and the discharge planner. Family or friends may be asking you questions and offering to do things for you. You do not have to do all of the writing, assign whoever is with you to do some of the writing for you.

Be sure to use the opportunities that family and friends will be offering you now. Select someone you trust who is supportive to be your helper. Let that individual know what it is that you need for them to do. Several others will be offering to help as well, but for the next few days you need a support person. There will be those that offer to do specific things for you, allow them to do those things as long as you trust them. Then, there will be other individuals that will ask if there is anything that they can do for you that is non-specific, if know what these individuals can do for you, go ahead and ask them to do it. Make the most out of this opportunity to allow others to give to you when they offer. (They may not later).

Find out who the discharge planner is and schedule a meeting as soon as possible. Discharge planning is a process and it begins at admission. The discharge planner will help you arrange the care needed for your loved one or friend when it is time for them to go home. They must notify you of their plans before the discharge occurs. The discharge planner can also be your liaison to get needed information from physician and the different specialists who are following your loved one or friend.

Ask the nurse when the physician will be doing his rounds. Most physicians do daily rounds or have rounds assigned. Be there during rounds. Make the most of these daily opportunities. This will be the time that you can ask the physician questions and set up a meeting to talk about your loved ones condition, progress, diagnostics, treatments, medication and what may happen in the future.

Contact your insurance company to find out what is covered or not covered in your policy. Get the name of a contact person and their assistants name for future questions that you will have for them about rehabilitation, home care, nursing home care, etc. If, you have Medicare, the discharge planner or admissions office will be able to help with Medicare coverage while your patient is in the hospital.

You are the advocate now. Do not be afraid to ask questions. Every question you ask and receive answers to will help you make better decisions about the care your loved one will need. No matter what it is that you do not know or understand about the care that your loved one is receiving, ask. Some professionals forget to break down their knowledge in to terms that are easy to understand. Ask them to simplify or use laymans terms.

Take care of yourself. Make sure that you are drinking adequate fluids including water. Be sure to have your regular meals and dont rely on snacks to keep you going. You need rest. Try to take small naps when your loved one is napping even if it is at bedside. Use a Do Not Disturb sign if you need to. Remind others when you need privacy. You may require emotional support. The hospital has a Chaplin and social workers available that can offer you support and counseling.

Take some time to think about how you may or may not be able to care for your loved one. Think about the treatments your loved one is receiving and if the treatment is one that you can learn to do. How will you help your loved one with tasks of activities of daily living? Will you be able to help them walk, transfer, toilet, dress, bath, and eat if that is the help they need? You may not be able to some of these tasks, you may require help, training or maybe a caregiver. You may have to work. Your loved one may require more treatment or rehabilitation to be able to come home. In any case, you should carefully evaluate your circumstances and meet with the discharge planner and let him/her know what help you may need and find out what alternatives are available.

Following are resources links to additional information:

Your Medicare Coverage

http://www.medicare.gov/Coverage/Home.asp

National Alliance for Caregiving http://www.caregiving.org/Family%20Discharge%20Planning.pdf

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It’s an emerging trend, and one that many patients find confusing and uncomfortable: their primary doctor doesn’t visit them in the hospital any more and doesn’t manage their hospital care.

Primary care doctors are increasingly turning the care of their hospitalized patients over to specialists called “hospitalists.”

The hospitalist is a hospital-based doctor who does not see patients in an office-based practice. He or she manages the care of patients only while they are in the hospital, turning them back over to their regular physicians when they are discharged. During the time a patient is in the hospital the hospitalist is responsible for all decisions about a patient’s care.

Advantages of Hospitalists

The hospitalist usually knows the hospital, and hospital politics, very well. This often enables the hospitalist to cut through red tape and “make things happen” more efficiently than office-based physicians.

Hospitalists are more readily available to respond to emergencies in the hospital. Nurses and other care staff can usually reach a hospitalist more rapidly than an office-based physician, especially on evenings and weekends.

Continuity of care within the hospital is often better. When primary care physicians manage inpatient hospital care, the patient is often actually seen by more doctors, as doctors in larger practices often take turns seeing all of the practice’s hospitalized patients.

Hospitalists are usually more accessible to family members. Families don’t have to try to “catch” the doctor in the wee hours of the morning or late in the evening when he or she is making hospital rounds outside of office hours.

Disadvantages of Using a Hospitalist

The biggest disadvantage to the movement toward hospitalists is the loss of continuity of care between the primary physician and the hospital. The hospitalist has no previous knowledge of his new patient. If communication between the primary care physician and the hospitalist is poor, it falls to the patient and the family to fill in the gaps.

When a patient is discharged from the hospital the hospitalist relinquishes care back to the PCP. If communication has not been good, the primary care physician often has little knowledge of what the patient experienced in the hospital. Records are frequently slow to follow the patient, so on the first follow-up visit the office-based doctor may have scant information.

Without adequate information the PCP frequently makes adjustments to treatment plans and medications that are counter to the treatment plans initiated in the hospital.

How To Work With A Hospitalist

Be prepared. If your trip to the hospital is pre-planned, talk to your primary doctor about the hospitalists in your chosen hospital. Find out which hospitalist communicates best with your doctor, and who your doctor prefers to work with. If possible, ask your doctor to pre-arrange that this hospitalist will be in charge of your care while you’re in the hospital.

Arrive Armed: Never assume that things will go as planned. You may not feel well, and you will be under stress. The chosen hospitalist may be on vacation, out ill, or unavailable. Take a synopsis of your medical history, including the results of all recent tests, with you to the hospital. Whenever possible have someone stay with you in the hospital until you have met your doctor and given him or her all the information you have. Have that person take notes, including the names of all your hospital caregivers, their contact information (phone and pager), and the location of their offices in the hospital.

Sign a Release: If you can, make sure to sign a release of information form when you are admitted. This will give the hospitalist and everyone else on your medical team permission to discuss your care with the person you appoint. Even if you have already given that person your Power of Attorney for Health Care, signing a permission to release information is a good idea. You might not be so ill that your Power of Attorney for Health Care goes into effect. In that case, without authority to release information, you might find the staff is less than willing to share information with the person staying with you.

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Maintaining a desired cholesterol level is a must for you. For, there are many serious implications of wrong cholesterol levels. It is thus recommended to adopt a cholesterol monitoring program to keep a required control on your health conditions. Many hospitals have developed their special cholesterol monitoring programs for the benefit of patients.

But before you get your cholesterol level monitored in any of these hospitals, you must know a few basics about the cholesterol.

First things first, cholesterol is not bad for your health as such. If it were bad, there would not have been a regular cholesterol manufacturing unit within your body. The problem is all about improper levels of cholesterol. Excess of everything is bad and so is the case with the cholesterol. Short supply is also equally bad.

As you try to understand the working of the cholesterol, you also need to know what is good cholesterol and what is bad cholesterol. The cholesterol level is actually the combination of different components. When this combination is distorted you have bad cholesterol. The condition does not pose any outward symptoms. There are no forewarnings. And such ignorance about your condition poses high danger for future.

Therefore, people who are living with high cholesterol level and high blood pressure condition and those who smoke and have the family history of heart disease or heart attack need to have the cholesterol levels checked regularly. Also for the diabetic patients, the check up is a must.

Getting your cholesterol level checked in a hospital, where modern checking facilities are available is a double benefit scheme. You come to know the condition of your heart, the ill boding chances for a heart attack. Suitable remedial measures could be initiated with proper counsel from your physician or the hospital authorities thus.

The cholesterol monitoring hospital program makes use of cholesterol monitors along with professional screening devices. Such facilities help the patients manage their cholesterol levels in a more effective way. The data collected by such regular check ups will help your physician/hospital authorities to arrive at correct conclusions regarding the state of your health and make suitable alterations in the treatment course. When you understand your cholesterol condition better, naturally you would do much better to improve your condition.

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Do You Know What To Do If Someone You Loved One Is In the Hospital?

 by: Tammy Gonzales

If someone you know and love is in the hospital there are a few things you need to know especially if you are the Heath Care Agent or the surrogate that will be acting and making decisions for the patient.

Keep a notebook and a pen available with you at all times. You will have many things going through your mind that you may need to keep track of and the notebook will be helpful. Much of this information will be exchanged in the days to come with physicians, other family members and friends, and the discharge planner. Family or friends may be asking you questions and offering to do things for you. You do not have to do all of the writing, assign whoever is with you to do some of the writing for you.

Be sure to use the opportunities that family and friends will be offering you now. Select someone you trust who is supportive to be your helper. Let that individual know what it is that you need for them to do. Several others will be offering to help as well, but for the next few days you need a support person. There will be those that offer to do specific things for you, allow them to do those things as long as you trust them. Then, there will be other individuals that will ask if there is anything that they can do for you that is non-specific, if know what these individuals can do for you, go ahead and ask them to do it. Make the most out of this opportunity to allow others to give to you when they offer. (They may not later).

Find out who the discharge planner is and schedule a meeting as soon as possible. Discharge planning is a process and it begins at admission. The discharge planner will help you arrange the care needed for your loved one or friend when it is time for them to go home. They must notify you of their plans before the discharge occurs. The discharge planner can also be your liaison to get needed information from physician and the different specialists who are following your loved one or friend.

Ask the nurse when the physician will be doing his rounds. Most physicians do daily rounds or have rounds assigned. Be there during rounds. Make the most of these daily opportunities. This will be the time that you can ask the physician questions and set up a meeting to talk about your loved ones condition, progress, diagnostics, treatments, medication and what may happen in the future.

Contact your insurance company to find out what is covered or not covered in your policy. Get the name of a contact person and their assistants name for future questions that you will have for them about rehabilitation, home care, nursing home care, etc. If, you have Medicare, the discharge planner or admissions office will be able to help with Medicare coverage while your patient is in the hospital.

You are the advocate now. Do not be afraid to ask questions. Every question you ask and receive answers to will help you make better decisions about the care your loved one will need. No matter what it is that you do not know or understand about the care that your loved one is receiving, ask. Some professionals forget to break down their knowledge in to terms that are easy to understand. Ask them to simplify or use laymans terms.

Take care of yourself. Make sure that you are drinking adequate fluids including water. Be sure to have your regular meals and dont rely on snacks to keep you going. You need rest. Try to take small naps when your loved one is napping even if it is at bedside. Use a Do Not Disturb sign if you need to. Remind others when you need privacy. You may require emotional support. The hospital has a Chaplin and social workers available that can offer you support and counseling.

Take some time to think about how you may or may not be able to care for your loved one. Think about the treatments your loved one is receiving and if the treatment is one that you can learn to do. How will you help your loved one with tasks of activities of daily living? Will you be able to help them walk, transfer, toilet, dress, bath, and eat if that is the help they need? You may not be able to some of these tasks, you may require help, training or maybe a caregiver. You may have to work. Your loved one may require more treatment or rehabilitation to be able to come home. In any case, you should carefully evaluate your circumstances and meet with the discharge planner and let him/her know what help you may need and find out what alternatives are available.

Following are resources links to additional information:

Your Medicare Coverage

http://www.medicare.gov/Coverage/Home.asp

National Alliance for Caregiving http://www.caregiving.org/Family%20Discharge%20Planning.pdf

What to Know When Shopping for Health Insurance

Between the rising cost of health insurance and the various types of health policies, finding a plan to fit your health needs and your budget can seem overwhelming. So how can you sort though these variables and find a policy that works for you?

Doing Your Homework

Doing a little research before you start shopping for health insurance will go a long way once you start comparing quotes and policies.

You can start by reading up on the types of policies available in your area and determining what you want and need out of your health insurance–from prescription drugs to coverage of pre-existing conditions, you’ll want to identify these necessities from the outset.

To learn more about health insurance in your area, contact your state’s Division of Insurance (DOI). This underutilized resource was developed to educate and protect consumers on the topic of insurance and has many guides and publications to help you make informed decisions about health insurance. And the more you know, the better decisions you’ll make!

Shopping Tips

Under most state laws, health insurance policies are not regulated by the government. This means that insurers can sell different health insurance policies for very different prices. While that may seem complicated for the consumer, it’s actually a benefit. This means that you can get health insurance quotes from multiple insurers and select the best health insurance policy for you.

So what exactly should you be looking at when comparing policies? Here are a few important questions to ask:

Does the policy cover all major medical expenses?
What’s the monthly premium?
What are the choices for deductibles?
What percentage does the insurer pay after the deductible is met?
What coverages are included in the policy?
Does the policy cover prescription drugs?
Does the policy cover preventative care?
Are your doctors and health care facilities inside of the policy’s network?
What is the cost for seeing a physician outside of the policy’s network?

While you will certainly think of more questions to ask potential insurers, this list should get you started. Remember, the more you know, the better decisions you’ll make!

Protecting Yourself

As with most areas of business, there are a few untrustworthy insurers out there who ruin things for the good guys. That’s why it’s a good idea to investigate your insurer and his or her credentials before signing a health insurance policy.

You can check your agent’s credentials, as well as the company’s customer satisfaction rating and financial standing through consumer-serving sites like AM Best or the Better Business Bureau. Doing a little behind the scenes work on your insurer beforehand will save you the stress and financial loss of doing business with a dodgy insurer.

You can also protect yourself by knowing your rights and privileges before signing on the dotted line. Most states now require insurers to cover certain benefits, such as mammograms and prostate exams; your local DOI will have more information on mandated benefits and other rights and privileges.

Most insurers will also offer a free-look period of 10 or so days to review your policy and make any final adjustments or decisions. If you decide you don’t want the policy during that free-look period, you are entitled to a full refund and your policy will be cancelled without penalty. As a general rule, if your health policy doesn’t contain a free-look period, you’re probably better off purchasing health insurance from someone else.

Applying Lessons Learned

Now that you’ve gotten a few pointers on shopping for health insurance, you can get started and determine your needs, get the facts, shop for health insurance quotes and compare prospective insurers for price and service. Taking things one step at a time will make the task of finding cheap health insurance less daunting–and get you on the road to savings success!

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Megan L. Mahan is a copywriter and insurance expert based in Denver, Colorado. She holds degrees in French and English from the University of Iowa and lends her writing and editing expertise in print media and Internet communications through her informative articles.

Berean Healthcare Staffing, a provider of temporary healthcare professionals, will implement new on-line services to add value for nurses, hospitals, and patients nationwide.
Already a favorite among nurses for their unparalleled suite of on-line career planning tools, Berean Healthcare Staffing plans to launch several new internet based technology packages to enhance the patient-provider and staff-employer relationships. The first of these packages, affectionately branded Care Rewards, is scheduled for release by the beginning of February 2003, while the remaining value added staff-employer (VASE) and vendor management services (VMS) are expected by the end of the first quarter 2003.

Our Care Rewards system will provide a measurable increase in the quality of patient care by introducing an on-line reward based review process for all of our healthcare professionals, said Darian E. Kelty, president of Berean Healthcare Staffing. This will in turn give us the ability to adequately award those professionals who put forth the greatest effort in the care environment, while allowing us to provide hospitals with easy access to skilled and highly qualified personnel.

A hospital official, and/or a patient, will be invited to take part in a bi-weekly review process for each Berean Healthcare Staffing healthcare professional. The bi-weekly reviews will take no more than 5 minutes to complete, but will deliver valuable insight into the quality of care and skill level of the professional reviewed. The reviews may be tracked over time to offer hospitals greater assurance that they will be provided with valuable and highly skilled healthcare professionals.

The healthcare professionals will receive Care Rewards points based on the scores they receive in the review process. These Care Rewards points, similar to what you may receive from your favorite airline or credit card company, are redeemable as donations to the professionals favorite charity or organization. The Care Rewards system is available to all Berean Healthcare Staffing professionals and is accessible on-line.

In addition to the Care Rewards system, Berean Healthcare Staffing also provides competitive salaries, several benefits packages, and flexible 401(k) plans for its professionals.

To learn more about Berean Healthcare Staffing, Care Rewards, or to sign up to be a nurse with BHS, call toll free 1.877.BEREAN-2 ext. 350.

About Berean Healthcare Staffing Berean Healthcare Staffing provides temporary healthcare professionals to acute care facilities across the nation. Berean Healthcare Staffing provides nurses and allied healthcare professionals for short- or long-term assignments allowing facilities to maintain optimal staffing levels in all units. For more information about Berean Healthcare Staffing, visit www.bereanhealthcare.com.

About the Author

J. Scott Fleming is the manager of web services and public relations for Berean Healthcare Staffing, Inc.