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Friday, March 16, 2012

press release: Association for Psychological Science - Checking off symptoms online affects our perceptions of risk (student study)



Checking off symptoms online affects our perceptions of risk

"You've been feeling under the weather. You Google your symptoms. A half-hour later, you're convinced it's nothing serious—or afraid you have cancer. More than 60 percent of Americans get their health information online, and a majority of those decide whether to see a doctor based on what they find. "Wow, this is an era of self-diagnosis," thought Arizona State University psychologist Virginia Kwan, learning that statistic. How might information accessed online affect individual health decisions?....."

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

End Piracy, Not Liberty – Google (petition)



Millions of Americans oppose SOPA and PIPA because these bills would censor the Internet and slow economic growth in the U.S.

Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, would censor the Web and impose harmful regulations on American business. Millions of Internet users and entrepreneurs already oppose SOPA and PIPA.
The Senate will begin voting on January 24th. Please let them know how you feel. Sign this petition urging Congress to vote NO on PIPA and SOPA before it is too late.


Chart: “Congress, Can You Hear Us?”

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

e-ESO Online educational resource video (free) "The challenge of ovarian cancer in relapse" video/ESO



Note: requires registration (free)

e-grandround:

The challenge of ovarian cancer in relapse CME accredited

GR109 - 05 August 2010 - 18:15-19:00 CET
Expert: Eric Pujade-Lauraine, Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Paris, France
Discussant: Fedro A. Peccatori, European Institute of Oncology, Milano, Italy

Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Conversations! newsletter July/August issue 2010



click here for direct access to pdf file

Note: includes stories from many longterm survivors as well as:

Ovarian Problems Discussion List

The Ovarian Problems Discussion List is a free e-mail discussion group that gives women with ovarian cancer and related problems a chance to exchange information and support daily. Supporters and family members are also encouraged to join this group, which is sponsored by the non-profit Association of Cancer Online Resources.
To SUBSCRIBE, go to www.acor.org, click on "mailing lists", and locate the Ovarian list - follow the instructions to join.
To reach the list managers for HELP, write to ovarian-request@listserv.acor.org . We now have over 1300 subscribers