Living Well While Surviving Cancer
Live Life EVERY DAY!!
Simple exercising hints.
As we have noted before, exercising is a great way to improve our health. For example, see: Staying Fit and Living Longer. Increase Your Energy When You’re Too Tired to Workout. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Role Model for Those with Major Illnesses. Today, let’s look at another valuable infographic.
It is from Kaiser Permanente.
Be motivated to set and follow cancer-related New Year’s resolutions.
As we noted yesterday, we need to set meaningful resolutions so as to be better. We should do this in a positive, motivated, and continuing manner. Today, we offer New Year’s 2019 Resolutions – Part Two.
This post deals more directly with the kinds of resolutions that those of us dealing with cancer need to address.
According to the Irish Cancer Society:
“[We are] urging people to make simple lifestyle changes, as part of their New Year’s resolutions, to significantly lower their risk of cancer. Four out of ten cancer cases are preventable by making a number of lifestyle changes recommended in the European Code Against Cancer. 40% of cancer risk has been attributed to five lifestyle factors—tobacco, diet, overweight/obesity, alcohol and low physical activity.”
“The Society suggests people follow the European Code Against Cancer, which includes 12 simple steps to help reduce their risk of cancer.”
Consider the applicable steps when setting and adhering to your own personal cancer-related resolutions for 2019.
To view a larger (and more readable) version of the infographic, click the image.
During the summer, we blogged about what to do to avoid getting cancer. Today, we focus on self-examination as a way to avoid skin cancer.
As the Skin Cancer Foundation notes:
“Coupled with yearly skin exams by a doctor, self-examination is the best way to ensure that you don’t become another skin cancer statistic. If you can spot it, you can stop it.”
Here are some tips.
November marks Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.
As a pancreatic cancer survivor, November is a special month for me.
Pancreatic Cancer Action puts it this way:
“November marks Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, a time when people across the world come together to fight back against, and raise the profile of, pancreatic cancer! It is a time of the year when we have the most voices speaking out the disease, raising funds for early diagnosis research and raising awareness in their local communities.”
Learn more about PC by reviewing this infographic from the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.
As we know, cancer is VERY tough to beat.
But can fight back as hard as we can. And sometimes we can “outsmart” cancer.
Take a look at this infographic from Cancer Treatment Centers of America.
Click the image to learn more about the health-efficiency index and to see the latest index rankings. The United States is tied for 54th!
The United States annually spends more than $9,500 per person for health care. Nonetheless, the effectiveness of this spending lags far behind many other nations (that spend a lot less).
According to a recent Bloomberg report:
“Want medical care without quickly draining your fortune? Try Singapore or Hong Kong as your healthy havens. The U.S. will cost you the most for treatment, both in absolute terms and relative to average incomes. Yet, the life expectancy of Americans — about 79 years — was exceeded by more than 25 countries and territories, according to an annual Bloomberg analysis in almost 200 economies.”
“A health-efficiency index was then created to rank those with average lifespans of at least 70 years, GDP per-capita exceeding $5,000 and a minimum population of 5 million. And Americans aren’t getting their medical money’s worth, according to each of the categories.”
“The U.S. had the second-highest per-capita spending on health care at $9,536. Switzerland’s average based on gross domestic product was $9,818. But that $282 supplement helped deliver an extra 4.2 years of life — with the average Swiss lifespan of almost 83.”
Click the image to learn more about the health-efficiency index and to see the latest index rankings. The United States is tied for 54th!
Many of us often feel tired. This may make us less motivated to exercise or even move. So, what can we do to increase our energy level?
Many of us often feel tired. This may make us less motivated to exercise or even move. So, what can we do to increase our energy level?
The American Heart Association has an excellent infographic: “Power Up to Move More.
