On the 4th of February, we celebrate the World’s Cancer Day with the theme “Cancer can be prevented too,” promoting the prevention of cancer through healthy habits. The International Union Against Cancer (UICC) is focusing on reducing the risk of developing cancer, by raising cancer awareness, it should encourage people to get checked for early detection, treatment and prevention. It is said that each year, over 12 million people are diagnosed with cancer, and most of them feels so helpless. But UICC aims to change this mindset by promoting simple measures by stopping tobacco use and avoid second-hand smoke exposure, limiting alcohol consumption, and forget about getting too much tan as it can cause skin cancer, balanced diet and regular exercise. This should address future challenges in preventing acquiring cancer.

I think, most of you will agree that prevention is better than cure if we advocate within ourselves a healthy lifestyle. Which reminds me today’s teaching in church; Pastor Bon mentioned about the revival of herbal medicines but in a more improved technology because we can now find Lagundi in capsule. God is truly amazing, he knows what we just need!

My son was talking to me about one of his classmate who doesn’t go to school anymore because of drug addiction. He relates that, this classmate learned how to use Methamphetamine because of the child’s father, he would always come home high on drugs and beats his mother and abuses his sister; and being the youngest in the family, he could do nothing but endure the situation; that also drove him to become a user in order to forget this misfortune in his life. My son feels that it’s unfair for parents, especially to fathers who do this kind of horror to his family, but as sad and moving as the story was, all I could do is to console my child. In the article Drugs and Teens: What can parents do, we learn that even to the most caring and careful parents there will always be danger of their children getting hooked on drugs, and the only way we can win this battle is to learn to decipher the signs of drug addiction in their behaviour, and to learn how to communicate with a defiant teenager. Another schoolmate, who’s parents is in the Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage business also fell into this prey when this girl got hooked up with the wrong crowd and started to learn “experimenting.” Most parents would be in denial; “Not my little Johnny?!” but doing so and keeping a blind eye, won’t help your child, severe drug addiction often leads to a more tragic result, like suicide. Parents should be regarded for their undying love and devotion to their children, and the hard work they put in taking care of the family and meeting their needs, but we should not fall into the trap of being too busy to even talk to them everyday, when they most need our counsel before everything goes out of hand.

One of my students mentioned to me about my being blessed for having my children, even if it was at an early age of 19, at first I thought it was absurd. But through our conversation, I learned that she’s been having problems having a baby, and this has been a cause of the strain in her marriage. I felt bad about her, because she could have been a wonderful mother and also that she’s still young.

Almost 10% of women experience problems with conception and the most common cause is poor egg quality. Understanding this condition will help both husband and wife to cope with their inability to conceive a child, with the help of information that can also be found at Fertility Articles, you can read a lot of helpful topics that would also serve as a guide before making a decision and there will be no need to spend expensive consultations because you can have everything you want to know about fertility problems with just the click of the mouse, or if you want to get some knowledge first before going to the doctor. The site is very user friendly and you won’t be lost in navigating the site, because everything is properly placed, and the color is not straining to the eyes.

Most of the time couples who are unable to conceive would think of trying out artificial procedures to increase their egg production to give them the chance to have a baby, informative articles will help you understand other alternatives such as In Vitro Fertilization, a procedure that will increase your chances of having a baby of your own.

Our conversation ended with baby topics, and I wished that I could really lend her my ability to conceive a child (no pun intended), but she’s not losing hope because she’s going through medical procedures to make her dream of having a child possible.