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DO YOU KNOW the signs and symptoms of the ‘silent killer’, ovarian cancer?
The first annual World Ovarian Cancer Day will take place on 8 May and its aim is to help raise awareness of the disease and its symptoms.
Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from gynaecological malignancy in the western world, and is diagnosed annually in nearly a quarter of a million women globally. Sadly, it is responsible for 140,000 deaths each year and 70 per cent of women diagnosed with ovarian cancer die within 5 years.
Ireland recently ranked 4th highest of 30 countries surveyed in terms of incidence rates, and has the highest mortality rate in Europe.
World Ovarian Cancer Day
Ovarian cancer is often called the ‘silent killer’, and remains very challenging, mainly because there tends to be a lack of awareness of symptoms and late stage diagnosis.
Symptoms of ovarian cancer can often be confused with other less serious conditions such as gastrointestinal disorder, and this means the majority of patients are identified in the advanced stages. It is at this stage that the disease becomes more difficult to treat.
According to the organisers of World Ovarian Cancer Day, experts now believe it is the frequency and combination of symptoms that can help doctors distinguish between ovarian cancer and other conditions.
So if a woman experiences one or more of the following symptoms on most days within a three week period, they should discuss their concerns with their doctor:
There can be other symptoms which also occur, including change in bowel habits, abnormal vaginal bleeding, fatigue, and unexpected weight loss or weight gain around the abdomen. However these are less helpful when a doctor is trying to determine whether or not ovarian cancer is the cause.
Dr Matt Hewitt, Gynaecological Oncologist, Cork University Hospital and a member of OvaCare’s medical panel, pointed out that unlike cervical cancer, there currently is no reliable screening test for ovarian cancer.
Although ovarian cancer can be a deadly disease, if it is diagnosed at the earliest stage it can be treated effectively with surgery and chemotherapy, leading to survival rates of up to 90 per cent.
Rachel Ireland, co-founder of OvaCare, was sporting teal nail polish at the launch and said that teal is the recognised colour for ovarian cancer charity organisations worldwide. They hope that by wearing the nail polish, women will get their friends and colleagues talking about the disease and its symptoms.
World Ovarian Cancer Day is being promoted in Ireland by three ovarian cancer charities: OvaCare, Supporting Ovarian Cancer Knowledge (SOCK) and the Emer Casey Foundation.
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Sometimes I’ll switch Airplane Mode on just to pretend that I’m going to my holidays.
Handy too if you’re giving it to a child so they can play games on it with out the fear they can call everyone in your phone book.
Unfortunately with some phones you can still ring the emergency services when it’s in airplane mode as I found out after giving my phone to my daughter with airplane mode turned on. She was demanding to talk to her Nana which I thought was really cute, until I heard a voice answering her – the emergency operator was not impressed.
Airplane mode is also a great help if you’re unlucky enough to be stuck on 3 network and find yourself staring at a GPRS connection!!!!
Are people afraid to turn their phones off!!!
But this way u can avoid being disturbed while still having access to the phones other functions – alarm clock; phone notes; music etc. your phone also charges twice as fast when airplane mode is on. Handy!
For shift workers to sleep… Uninterrupted
My Nokia 6310i doesn’t have Airplane Mode mode or the Netflix.
Dose it take coins
It also has A and B buttons
Does it take coins
For gods sake…..
DOES IT.TAKE.COINS?
It only takes Punts,
But the Nokia 6310i has a battery charge that’s good for up to 17 days! My digital camera doesn’t make phone calls so I don’t want my phone to take pictures! When I’m out I don’t want anything to do with the internet. I’m happy with 10,000 minutes of calls to any network or landline for just €15 per month.
€15 per month who are you with John,I want in
TescoMobile (http://www.tescomobile.ie/) offer what they say is unlimited calls OR texts (NOT BOTH) for €15 per month if you register your Tesco Clubcard or €20 if you don’t have a Clubcard (which you can get for FREE anyway) The unlimited, under “Fair Usage policy” means not more than 10,000 minutes per month, or 5 1/2 hours a day to any Irish network or landline for 30 days. An interesting point is that your €15 still remains in your account to use for Roaming or international calls (which by the way are around 1c or 2c per minute to landlines in most countries. You can, of course, PORT your current mobile number over to the TescoMobile service easily. Note, I don’t have any connection to Tesco in any way whatsoever other then being a VERY happy customer of the service.
That sounds pretty good. Do you have a data allowance too?
For €25 I get 10000 calls,10000 texts and 15g of data on Tesco mobile sim only 30 day contract. They are on the o2 network and so far has been very reliable. And very easy to port your own number over to
That sounds like a good deal alright. Better than what I’m on at the moment by far. Thanks for that, will have to check them out …
What a ridiculous and misleading article! Turning off the phones data would do half of the things mentioned and if you really want no phone calls or text messages either then why is flight mode better than the off button?
Flight mode is so you can play games or listen to music on the plane. Not much use for anything else. Specially if your going to keep turning it on to see if you’ve missed a call or had a FB update.
I’ll give you a clue @Colin , the answer to your question is in the Article …. read it again SLOWLY this time .
Absolutely OUTRAGEOUS. Colin. I feel a good, strongly-worded, letter to the editor, or your local MP, is the correct course of action in this scenario.
Brilliant for hiding from the world on a Sunday morning when you’re feeling a little fragile ;)
Also very handy for travelling on the Underground system in London or Subway in New York, basically in any subterranean environment. Switching to airplane mode will save battery power. If you don’t the phone will be constantly searching for a signal / wifi / bluetooth signal and drain power at a fast rate.
Ah flight mode, the closest thing to a holiday this year
Well you can still do things with airplane mode on that you can’t when the device is turned off. Not just Netflix you can list to music too or play games ( in offline mode) . I find airplane mode great on my sons iPad to be honest for saving his mobile data and to stop him going online when he shouldn’t like in the middle of hospital appointments but he can still access his music while going asleep. He doesn’t know how to turn off airplane mode but is aware of mobile data Off on button It also stops you getting Skype calls and this is important when the impoverish
I gave you a thumbs-up because you’re a chick.
The mode, when switched on, makes battery charging faster.
Sorry hit reply too soon , when student runs out f credit but wants to beg over wifi lol
Aeroplane mode lol
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