A NEW CHARITY in Clearwater plans to raise money for breast cancer research in a unique way - by selling lingerie online.
Charity for Women recently launched its Web site, www.charityforwomen.org All profits from lingerie sales will go to the American Cancer Society, according to charity president Linzi Eisemann. Charity for Women was created by Mark Yegge and John Schaible, founders of NexTrade Holdings Inc., a company that matches buyers and sellers of stock. Yegge's grandmother and one of Schaible's close friends were diagnosed with breast cancer.
According to the Web site, Schaible decided to use lingerie sales to raise money after his girlfriend came home with a pair of thong underwear that cost $20. Items for sale on the Web site range from about $5 to about $100.
FATHER'S DAY celebrates men's importance to their families - added incentive to take care of their own health.
St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa suggests the following schedule for health screenings for men. The schedule is for those who do not have specific risk factors or a family history of disease which might warrant a more aggressive approach.
Screenings for heart and stroke:
BLOOD PRESSURE: every 18 months to two years, beginning at age 18
BLOOD LIPID: every two years, beginning at age 20
EKG: every two years, beginning at age 40
EXERCISE STRESS TEST: age 50
C-REACTIVE PROTEIN: every three to five years, beginning at age 40
FASTING BLOOD SUGAR/HEMOGLOBIN: every three years, beginning at age 40
Screenings for cancer:
COLONOSCOPY: every 10 years, beginning at age 50
FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY: every five years, beginning at age 50
PSA/DIGITAL RECTAL EXAM: yearly, beginning at age 50 for whites, 40 for African-Americans
FECAL OCCULT BLOOD SCREEN: yearly, beginning at age 50
THYROID-STIMULATING HORMONE: every five years, beginning at age 40
LIVER FUNCTION TEST: as directed
COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT: as directed
General screenings:
HEARING: yearly, beginning at age 65
GLAUCOMA: yearly, beginning at age 50
PROVIDING HEALTH INSURANCE for people currently without coverage would hike Gross Domestic Product spending by less than a percentage point, according to a study released this month by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured.
Researchers estimate the cost of expanding to universal coverage would increase health spending in the United States from 14.1 percent to between 14.5 and 14.9 percent of GDP.
"The direct cost of providing care to the 41-million uninsured would be less than annual inflation in health spending," commission director Diane Rowland said in a press release.
She also said that funding universal coverage would obviously incur costs at a time of fiscal deficits.
But the benefits reaped include improved health, increased longevity and potentially greater national income.
