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03/30/2012 18:35 #56300
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03/30/2012 13:11 #56299
Cancer Survivors and poor health behaviourCategory: science
From:
A total of 18,510 had detailed history on health behaviors and previous cancer history. Overall 2713 (14.7%) reported a previous cancer history. We found statistically significant results indicating that cancer survivors were less likely than those with no cancer history to:
report their overall health as “excellent†(13.6% vs. 21.5%), ...
Was that a trick question?! You said you have had a diagnoses of cancer. Would you say your overall health is "excellent"?
to engage in moderate or strenuous exercise (56.5% vs. 63.3%), and to use complementary and alternative medicine (57.4% vs. 60.2%).
Wonder whether the analyses stratified people with a recent vs. distant diagnoses of cancer... need to look at the tables. Maybe the survivors were physically unable to exercise so much or maybe were on standard medication that could have had interactions with random alternative medicines had they chosen to take them. Maybe they were advised not to take OTC medicine.
Conversely, cancer survivors were more likely to be current smokers (6.3% vs. 5.5%), rate their overall health as “poor†(15.8% vs. 9.1%), and to report more weight gain over time. Among cancer survivors, differences also emerged by the type of primary cancer. For example, cervical cancer survivors (n = 370) were most likely to report being current smokers (15.7%) and regular alcohol users (71.7%) compared with other survivors. Ovarian (n = 185) and uterine (n = 262) cancer survivors most frequently reported being obese (41% and 34.4%, respectively). Cervical cancer survivors reported the largest weight gain (4.9 lbs at 5 y and 13.4 lbs at 10 y).
The study totally begs these questions:
- Do people who are diagnosed with cancer always have poorer behaviours to start with?
- Do cancer survivors indulge in poorer behaviours because they are fatalist?
- Or do they just feel like they have poorer behaviours just because they got diagnosed with cancer and answer in that vein on the administered questionnaires ie. a kind of survivor bias?
- Or did they feel obliged to assign blame for their diagnoses on past and present behaviours?
- Or maybe the non-cancer survivors in this study didn't really feel the need to spill on their current health behaviours in so much detail as the survivors?
Who knows.
Do you remember what you ate last Monday through Friday - in detail, morning, afternoon, evening? Do you remember how you generally ate in the past decade? If you are not tracking your periods for some specific reason (or maybe have an android period-tracking application to record days and symptoms for fun), how accurately do you remember the date your last period ended? Do you remember the brands and compositions of the hormone pills you took 20 years back?
Sometimes I wonder if our questionnaires are eliciting anything useful. Or if we should trust them so much. It would be nicer to have more objective ways of tracking health behaviours and milestones.
Does Paul mean bigger boobs....HA.....
Now I don't know enough about the science but would having something implanted be another risk that would have to be factored in based on how ones body would react to it.....?
But yeah, implants for research would be awesome and address at least some level of guesswork and poor quality data collection.
Or more precise analyses of body fluids/secretions including but not limited to poop, mucus and the like.
I say implants that track everything.
Sounds like something Spock might say....
Precisely. A chicken and egg situation. Heavily correlational with a a fair warning against any assumptions of causation.
I am not sure science is anything but truth, arranged logically. (as someone once said... ).
I did take science in school but wasn't good at the lab stuff... But that being said now I know a lot more....
1. I assume all women since it is breast cancer
2. All getting mammograms..
So what this tells me is that you all ready have people who are taking care of themselves at least.... But overall health we can't really judge since we don't know.....
I would think the next study would be to then go and get women who aren't being screened.... But I still think that the results would be what I think are the same.... That in most cases no idea with a percentage.... That people with cancer would be unhealthier then people who haven't had it or don't know they have it.... Since things like smoking cause it or can lead to it.... In terms of a study one (if my memory is correct) can't say it causes it only that there is a correlation ?
Wanted to say more but lost my thought sorry
heh, yes, I was being a bit sarcastic when I pointed out that first question. In my mind, if I were a cancer survivor, I would really find that question quite ludicrous just because cancer has such a looming uncertainty about when it might return or metastasize. If they really meant to ask "Are you feeling excellent TODAY?" then that question means nothing at all. If it were "Have you been feeling excellent over some longer time period?" the expecting cancer survivors to given equivalent answers to those who have never had cancer (and look for statistical significance, no less!) is a very big stretch.
The buzzword for your other two observations: Gene-environment interactions. Let's say you need both elements to progress towards cancer. In that study the inherent assumption is that the interaction is a) possible b) that most of their cases and controls could have both or at least one of the components and c) that these interactions are reversible because this is their conclusion:
Conclusions: These results suggest opportunities for tailored behavioral health risk factor interventions for specific populations of cancer survivors.
3.... And final comment.......
Being unhealthy and doing unhealthy things will for some people lead to cancer you don't do those things and lot of cancer won't happen but some still will.... So it makes sense that being or feeling on healthy would tie into having cancer....
But also I bet this works with anyone who has any Disease.... Even if when asked how they feel they are feeling great that day and have been for some time..... They know they are sick so it is natural to feel unhealthy....
Peter, you would make a wonderful public health researcher. You got right to the core of the matter. The selection of controls. Without proper controls the contrasts would be exaggerated. And you guess is spot on.
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Methods: In a large cohort of 19,948 women presenting for screening mammography, questionnaires on health behaviors were administered.
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All of them were recruited from screening clinics. All these women have screening behaviour in common. If we were to speculate why they turned up for screening in the first place, the cancer survivors probably turned up because they are anxious about a recurrence or were simply advised to, and the other non-cancer women turned up because they can a) afford it b) have had some scare or the other in their lives and families c) have been advised by their primaries in the recent past to get a mammogram. All of them are most likely to be insured or at least covered by some sort of insurance.
Now you could argue that all these factors puts the survivors and cancer-free on the same footing (and that is the definition of controls: controls could be cases because they have all the risk factors). But really, it does not, because the reasons the survivors are turning up to these clinics are patently different from the other women.
2A.
A+B+C Often times the truth is those all over lap and you might be healthy and have great DNA but if you waited tables for 20 you get lung cancer.... Or you do all that stuff but your body or your DNA turns the cancer on?
I guess the point I'm getting to in this comment is they are all factors and over lap and some things are part of the others....
2. Can we agree that in terms of Cancer really there are 3 factors? One could make the point that this is true not only of cancer but other things as well....
A. DNA..... Everyone's body is the same but different and some things like cancer you will find in families now yes it could be that behaviors are the same but in terms of 4 generations of breast cancer I say it is DNA....
B. Environment.. Now this would be things like exposure to chemicals and dyes or even smoke.... Some stuff can cause cancer or maybe even put you on a path towards it....
C. Health.... Now of course health is tricky what is eating good or to much... Yeah apples are great but do those pesticides hurt you.... How much arsenic (in the seeds) is ok.... But that being said if you eat right and take care of your body then eating the bad stuff won't cause the cancer... But also if one is in tune with your body if you feel bad you may catch something before it is to late...
1. The first question one has to ask is how do they select or find the people who don't have cancer?
--This is huge .... If how ever they do it doesn't get a real cross section of America or the area at least then yeah you are going to get healthy people... If say this was done at doctors offices then generally people who get yearly or bi-yearly checkups will be in better health...
Your post is interesting....
Now to be honest didn't follow the link.... I assume that entire thing would be way to long ......
Now all that being said I'll have a few comments this is kinda my intro to comments......
03/30/2012 12:50 #56298
Mega Lottery?Category: the odes
The blue moon rose today and I happened to glance at the top headline. A lottery. Seriously, a lottery of 640 bazillion dollars. That is top national and international news. Specifically, all the different ways you could spend the 640 bazillions that you have a whole 1:zillion odds of winning.
I say, this is an exemplary example of the human spirit and hope. Imagine buying a $1 ticket and hoping you can beat the 1:zillion odds. Fascinating. Maybe I should get a ticket too and join everyone else. The thing is does anyone know where I can get one within a 1/2 mile radius. Does Walgreens sell lottery tickets?
Ooh, (e:Paul) just told me - the nearest gas station. Hmm.. need to go on Google maps to find the nearest one. Maybe this is a hint that the tickets are not really targeting my demographic if I am having so much trouble just figuring out how to get them. Nevermind the question of what I will do with the money.
hahaha I never thought of that! Do you have a ticket?
And yes, if the veggies and fruits at a place are rotten, I don't go there anymore, more in protest about neglect of produce than anything else. I guess it is pretty obvious but my primary 2 stores are Pricerite and Walgreens. Occasionally, I consider hiking to the Coop but anxiety and impatience wins out and I end up taking an about turn at .. Walgreens or Pricerite. >8^)
I caught this article about how the entire lottery system is a complete tax from start to finish. :::link:::
Its a very interesting psychological and evil experiment. Low income families keep pouring their money into these programs that fund the state government to often squander profits and additionally offer other subtle and not-so-subtle subsidies to the richer folks at the expense of the low income families.
Nice piece of evil economics, don't you think. All gambling usually is. After paying 25% federal and 14% state taxes in addition to the omnipresent 8.75% tax on everything, you HAVE to wonder why this money is not coming back to the betterment of the society, and why instead our elected representatives are bailing out the richest people who propagate these schemes in the first place.
Guessing you don't shop at corner stores? HA.... No one won so it went up to 500 million then some how it goes up based on how many tickets are bought so now it is 640 million..... But what I wonder is yes whom ever wins it the government gets there cut.... The lottery companies from a guess the different states take there cut... I assume stores where tickets are bought get a cut but I wonder where all the money goes..... That would be a cool piece think there was an article in the paper today and Channel 2 has a piece on at 5PM....
03/25/2012 12:54 #56284
Checking application installation history on AndroidCategory: linux
I have tried out several applications on Google Play at various points. But I uninstall many of them because of random reasons. Just when I need some of the particular features in any one app, I forget what they were called. It's almost pathologic.
Thankfully, Google Play now has a section that remembers every single application you ever installed on your android devices. Check this out:
Now, I need to find something similar for the Chrome web store.
Just for fun I am cutting and pasting all my history here. Looks like I installed the entire market at some point. My list runs several pages long and I don't even have many of then still installed.
1Weather
ONELOUDER APPS
1Weather: Real-time global forecasts & alerts plus timely local weather tweet...
INSTALL
ASTRO File Manager / Browser
METAGO
ASTRO File Manager helps organize your pictures, music, videos and other file...
INSTALL
Adobe Flash Player 11
ADOBE SYSTEMS
Bring the FULL web to your device with Flash Player- videos, games, apps & m...
INSTALL
Advanced Clock Widget
ZOOPER INC
Small, configurable and battery friendly widget with digital clock and much m...
INSTALLED
Advanced English & Thesaurus
MOBILE SYSTEMS
The "Different" English Dictionary with more than 1.4 million words. This dic...
INSTALLED
All About Root
JOEYKRIM
Simple and educational app to define root, why gain root and how to check roo...
INSTALL
Amazon MP3
AMAZON.COM
The Amazon MP3 includes both the Amazon MP3 store and Amazon Cloud Player (US...
INSTALLED
Androidify
GOOGLE INC.
Get ready to make Android your own. Androidify yourself by customizing the li...
INSTALL
App Cleaner
JDRIOD
Easy uninstall multiple apps based on last use and the number of times used. ...
INSTALL
Barcode Scanner
ZXING TEAM
Scan barcodes on products then look up prices and reviews. You can also scan ...
INSTALL
BlogIt!
JOÃO CORREIA
BlogIt! Blogging with control! This is a blogger app. It supports: - Multip...
INSTALL
Blogger
GOOGLE INC.
Start blogging on the go with the official Blogger app! Experience the offici...
INSTALL
Blogger-droid
ANDERS HEDSTRÖM
Simple Blogger client. You can: -create/view/edit/delete blog posts -post c...
INSTALL
Boat Browser Mini
BOAT BROWSER
Boat Browser Mini is a fast,clean and ease of use android browser. Boat Brows...
INSTALL
Calorie Counter - MyFitnessPal
MYFITNESSPAL, LLC
Lose weight easily with MyFitnessPal, the best calorie counter for Android! L...
INSTALL
Calorie Counter by FatSecret
FATSECRET
A simple tool to find all the Calorie and Nutrition Facts for the foods you e...
INSTALL
CamScanner -Phone PDF Creator
INTSIG INFORMATION CO.,LTD
Turn phone to document scanner CamScanner is the greatest invention in 21th c...
INSTALLED
Chrome Beta
GOOGLE INC.
The speed and simplicity of Chrome, now on your Android phone and tablet. Bro...
INSTALLED
Color Flashlight
NOTES
Turn your phone into a Color flashlight. It helps find your way in the dark. ...
INSTALL
Compass
CATCH.COM
Android's leading compass, featuring location display and geo-tagged notes. F...
INSTALL
Dictionary.com
DICTIONARY.COM, LLC
Take Dictionary.com's trusted reference content wherever you go. ALERT: For a...
INSTALLED
Do it (Tomorrow)
ADYLITICA, INC.
Why do today what you can put off till tomorrow? Do you love procrastinating?...
INSTALLED
Dolphin Browser® HD
DOLPHIN BROWSER
Dolphin Browser HD is the FASTEST, EASIEST and most FUN mobile Web browser Do...
INSTALL
DroidDia diagrams for Android
ALAREX-GROUP
Diagram painting at glance. DroidDia allows you to make flow charts, org cha...
INSTALL
ES File Explorer
ESTRONGS INC.
Featured File manager & App manager which can explore the phones & computers....
INSTALLED
EZ Drop (File Sync)
NANCH
Send files between your android and PC! Easy, fast, and free! Transfer files ...
INSTALL
Easy Uninstaller
INFOLIFE LLC
Simplist & fastest uninstall tool for android. Easy & fastest uninstall tool ...
INSTALL
File Expert
GEEK SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY INC.
Powerful File Manager/WIFI File Transfer Web & FTP/App Manager - ALL in ONE A...
INSTALL
GNotes - Sync Note with Gmail
DATO
GNotes is a easy note taking app for android synchronize with GMail. GNotes i...
INSTALLED
GTasks: To Do List | Task List
DATO
Synchronize Your To Do Tasks | List with Google GTasks is a simple and effici...
INSTALLED
Google Goggles
GOOGLE INC.
Search the real world by taking a picture. Search by taking a picture. Goggle...
INSTALLED
Groupon - Daily Deals, Coupons
GROUPON, INC.
Unbeatable deals daily on the best stuff to do in cities across the world! Gr...
INSTALL
K-9 Mail
K-9 DOG WALKERS
K-9 is the best email client for Android. It's incredibly powerful and 100% f...
INSTALL
Local Sync
ONDŘEJ PÅ ENÄŒÃK
Synchronizes Android 2.2 or greater with Microsoft Outlook 2007 or greater vi...
INSTALL
Lync 2010
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
IMPORTANT: Microsoft Lync 2010 for Android requires a Lync Server or Office36...
INSTALLED
Magic Doodle Free
NGUYEN TAN HON - HU YONG JIE
Painting lovers, practice your art with this awesome app. Drawing improves yo...
INSTALL
MailDroid
FLIPDOG SOLUTIONS, LLC
MailDroid is your IMAP Idle and POP3 email replacement for the default client...
INSTALLED
MobilityPLUS
AUDIOCODES
AudioCodes MobilityPLUS Solution for Microsoft Unified Communications (UC) pr...
INSTALL
Notes
YULI
Usage: taking notes (notepad) Features: encrypt notes, send notes by email/s...
INSTALL
Opera Mini web browser
OPERA SOFTWARE ASA
Opera's fastest mobile browser that can save you money on data. Totally free....
INSTALLED
Opera Mobile web browser
OPERA SOFTWARE ASA
The premium web experience for rich, interactive content on mobile devices. A...
INSTALLED
Period Tracker
GP INTERNATIONAL LLC
Period Trackerâ„¢, the easiest way to track your periods! Period Trackerâ„¢, the ...
INSTALLED
Plan B
LOOKOUT MOBILE SECURITY
Plan B is the 'find my phone' app that you download AFTER you lose your phone...
INSTALL
Pomodroido
ARTIFIX
time-boxing with a side of achievement Struggling with keeping focus, procras...
INSTALLED
Quick Thesaurus
NEXTPAGE
The most up to date Quick Thesaurus for your Android based gadget. All the de...
INSTALL
SMall ARTtools
DAY8 DESIGN
SMall ARTtools is a unique sketch,paint,draw application for mobile devices. ...
INSTALL
Scan to PDF Free
NYM COMPUTING
Turn phone to scanner! FULL FEATURED WITHOUT LIMITATION. NO WATERMARK NOR ADV...
INSTALLED
Sense Analog Glass Clock 4x2
FACTORY WIDGETS
Android Digital clock widget with Calendar, Time, System info,weather & forec...
INSTALL
ShopSavvy Barcode Scanner
SHOPSAVVY, INC.
The original barcode scanner for Android. Find the best online and local pric...
INSTALL
Siine Keyboard
SIINE LTD
New dynamic keyboard. Super-fast shortcuts to text fast and fun. Try it! Siin...
INSTALL
Simple Stop Watch!
KONI9KEN
LAP is a simple stopwatch that can measure time and historical views. Stop by...
INSTALL
Simple Stopwatch
CICADA
Simple Stopwatch. Volome Key .up key - stop (start), running (stop) .dow...
INSTALL
SketchBook Mobile Express
AUTODESK INC.
Autodesk SketchBook® Mobile Express is a professional-grade paint and drawing...
INSTALL
Sketcher Lite
WARGOTH
Check out Sketcher PRO for undo/redo, pan/zoom and more features! Now only $0...
INSTALL
Smart Compass
SMART TOOLS CO.
Smart Compass is easy and accurate with the camera view. Smart Compass is the...
INSTALL
Stopwatch
KAYOWA.COM
Time your activities with simplicity. Features: Stop Watch timer. Lap Record...
INSTALL
Tiny Compass
NIKOLAY ANANIEV
Incredibly simple, yet very useful compass application Incredibly simple, yet...
INSTALLED
Tiny Flashlight + LED
NIKOLAY ANANIEV
Brightest. Fastest. Simplest. Your own Tiny Flashlight. Incredibly simple and...
INSTALLED
TouchDown for Smartphones
NITRODESK, INC.
TouchDown syncs emails, contacts, calendar and tasks on your Android 2.x devi...
INSTALL
TWITTER, INC.
Official Twitter app for Android. Follow your interests: instant updates from...
INSTALLED
Voice+ (Google Voice callback)
SZILÃRD KOVÃCS
Google Voice callback. The Voice+ catches all outgoing calls and uses Google ...
INSTALL
Volume Control +
COFFEEBREAK APPS
Volume Control Plus Volume Control+ is a volume control app that support cha...
INSTALL
Volume+ FREE
MELTUS
- A Cyanogen Mod 7 or MIUI ROM is HIGHLY recommended. Running this a...
WebSharingLite File/Media Sync
NEXTAPP, INC.
Transfer files to your device using Wi-Fi and your web browser. WebSharing le...
INSTALLED
Webster's Thesaurus TR
MOBILE SYSTEMS
Webster's English thesaurus with thousands of synonym entries and examples. T...
INSTALL
Whiteboard
HENRYHUANG
Whiteboard is a power tool to help people sketch on phones, demonstrate your...
INSTALL
Wifi File Transfer
ANTOSDR
Wifi File Transfer is an application which allow you send and recive files vi...
INSTALLED
Wifi Syncr
APPRICOO
Wifi Syncr - syncs made easy! Wifi Syncr syncs your Windows shares to your An...
INSTALL
Wireless File Transfer
MOTSHA
Wifi File Transfer allows you to transfer files between your android phone an...
INSTALLED
Woo: Sketch - beta
THE WOO
Layered picture editing comes to android. An application to bridge the gap be...
INSTALL
X-Link
FUN2CODE
Zero Setup File Transfer The aim of X-Link is to make the copying of files be...
INSTALL
XWind Downloader
JASONWONG
Useful download and manage tool,support ftp server,pretty and powerful Downlo...
INSTALL
estrip.org blog publisher
PAUL VISCO
Allows you to publish to your journal on Buffalo, New York's original bloggin...
INSTALLED
ezPDF Reader
UNIDOCS INC.
Audio & Video Multimedia PDF Reader Annotate, Listen, and Fill out PDF Form e...
INSTALLED
ezPDF Reader Cloud Plugin
UNIDOCS INC.
Cloud Plugin for ezPDF Reader (Paid App) This plugin app is a companion for ...
INSTALLED
There is another application to erase all history: :::link:::
LOL
But I don't know if it erases Google Play master history. If you try it out can you post the results?
I don't want to try it out because I actually like all this history as a sort of record of what was useless, wasted my time, was creepy, full of ads, drained my battery, had a memory leak, hogged space and had a rough gui etc. and what really helped.
That's sketchy. I can't find any way to clear items off that list.
Or maybe I will try rooting it and revering back to Honeycomb - it used to be perfect till the update.
heh, my dislike for apple is even more so I am going to hold on to ICS and whine till 4.0.4 or Jelly bean gets here.
Maybe you need an ipad.
Hate it. Hate IT. HATE IT! The thing has rebooted a zillion times in the past week. I need 4.0.4 on my tablet. this older version is TERRRIBLE
I hear Jelly Bean is made specifically for tablets. Can't wait. ICS + T101 is extremely aggravating and painful
ICS + TF101 = completely rotten combo. :/
ICS 4.0.4 + nexus S = promising
Honeycomb + TF101 / Nexus one + honeycomb = very efficient
This is definite progress. 4.0.4 is way more smoother than the old one. Hate to say this but I dislike ICS on my tablet so much that I want to go back to Honeycomb. But the present ICS avatar feels much better on Nexus S. I don't know when it will hit my tablet, so I will attempt to go back to Honeycomb. :/
I am so jealous. Although I love my phone very much, enough to be willing to wait.