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Two Thought Thursday -La Casa de Papel (Money Heist), Part 1, ep. 11: Empathy & Parents (la Empatîa y los Padres)

1.)  It’s hard to have empathy for bad parents, but there’s usually a reason for the bad parenting, even if it’s not a ‘good’ reason.   Empathy and …

Two Thought Thursday -La Casa de Papel (Money Heist), Part 1, ep. 11: Empathy & Parents (la Empatîa y los Padres)

Kidney Cancer

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Yep, this is a thing, although it is more of a sideshow when compared to deaths from guns and Covid. However, this cancer illustrates the value of physical exams and early detection.

Globally, kidney cancer accounts for 5% of all cancers in males and 3% in females. In the US, the CDC expects roughly 41,000 new cases of kidney cancer among males and 24,000 among females each year.

The good news is that this is a highly treatable cancer if caught early. The five year survival rates in the US are:

  • Localized: When cancer is only in the kidneys, the 5-year survival rate is 93%.
  • Regional: When cancer has spread to nearby tissues, the rate is 71%.
  • Distant: If cancer has spread throughout the body and is present in other organs, the rate is 14%.(1)

The bad news is that symptoms may not appear until this cancer is relatively advanced.

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Marii Freire Pereira

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

A diferença entre aqueles que fazem e os que não fazem, dar-se pela atitude. Quem tem atitude, tem um horizonte à sua frente. Você só chega aonde sua mente é capaz de te levar. Entenda que desejo sem atitude, é só desejo. Portanto, o mérito é a recompensa daqueles que agem, não dos que planejam e não executam.

Marii Freire Pereira

https://Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

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Santarém, Pá 3 de maio de 2022

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Hidden benefit: Facemasks may reduce severity | EurekAlert!

“If the variolation effect is strong, then the number of severe cases, and consequently pressure on health-care systems, could be substantially reduced if most people wear masks –– even if masks don’t prevent them from being infected,” says senior author David Earn, Faculty of Science Research Chair in Mathematical Epidemiology and Professor of Mathematics at McMaster and Canada’s Global Nexus for Pandemics & Biological Threats.

The model suggests effective masking could drastically slow the spread of COVID-19, reduce the magnitude of the pandemic peak by “flattening the curve,” and reduce the prevalence of severe cases from that point forward.

Source: Hidden benefit: Facemasks may reduce severity | EurekAlert!