Ramzi's Olivia Newton-John Blog

Olivia Newton-John will be a guest speaker and perform a live concert at West Chester University in Pennsylvania on March 26 and 27, 2010. All proceeds will go to the ACEER Foundation, the College of Health Sciences and the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Center Appeal. For tickets, info, and more see http://www.wcupa.edu/aceer/onj/tickets.a sp

The Liv Aid (Liv Tastpad in Austria) is a kit of self-examination to help to the early detection in breast cancer. What makes the Liv Aid different from using your bare hands? It helps you to perform a proper and correct breast self exam every time. But before we talk about the Liv Aid in detail, lets find out what experts think about breast self examination in general. While breast self exams are a common practice, not all experts recommend them. Some experts say that there is not enough scientific evidence to show that monthly breast self-exams reduce the number of women dying from breast cancer. They also say breast self exams sometimes lead to anxiety and unnecessary tests. Other experts say that breast self-exams find cancers that other tests miss. They also say that self-exams help women become more familiar with their breasts and let them find changes that may need to be checked out. At Liv, we believe that monthly breast self examination needs to support regular mam...