Tis the Season

The holidays can be a crazy time of year. It can get even crazier if you or someone you know hears those dreaded words: you have cancer.

If you know someone who has gotten this sad news send them a Nana's Box to show them you care. It's free for cancer patients and survivors and it would be a wonderful gift to send someone this season!

Go here to check out how to order one.

Cell phones and brain tumors= no connection

So, I have always wondered if my regular use of my cell is causing damage to my brain. I hear rumors and news reports that I am giving myself cancer by my frequent cell phone use. However, thanks to this article I can rest a little easier knowing that there is no connection between cell phone use and brain tumors.

WASHINGTON - A very large, 30-year study of just about everyone in Scandinavia shows no link between cell phone use and brain tumors, researchers reported on Thursday.

Even though mobile telephone use soared in the 1990s and afterward, brain tumors did not become any more common during this time, the researchers reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Some activist groups and a few researchers have raised concerns about a link between cell phones and several kinds of cancer, including brain tumors, although years of research have failed to establish a connection.

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