Posts Tagged ‘awareness’
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
Did you know that brain cancer is the number one cancer death for people under the age of 40?
Did you know that 16,000 people are diagnosed with brain tumours each year?
Did you know that brain tumour research is underfunded?
If not, you’re not alone. Many people are unaware of the disease and lack of investment towards finding a cure.
Nicole Witts is one of the 15% of women lucky enough to survive a brain tumour. Being diagnosed in 2008, Nicole experienced first-hand the lack of funding and research of the disease. Now, she wants to raise awareness towards the importance of donating and finding a cure…and she going to extremes to do so.
Nicole agreed to pose without any clothes on, using a pink hat to cover her body, in order to raise awareness and draw attention to the disease. (Picture is available on the Brain Tumour Research website at http://www.braintumourresearch.org/ with more details on the disease and event). Nicole encourages others to get involved and help raise awareness as well, but in a less extreme manner.
On Friday (March 25th), Nicole urges everyone to wear a hat, taking part in what is called the “Wear a Hat Day” event. This initiative hopes to raise money for brain tumour research and to lead people to donate online at http://www.braintumourresearch.org/index.php/donate-.html.
Road Scholar Transport is taking part in the event as well, not only spreading awareness one day out of the year, but 24/7 with our Children’s Tumor Foundation awareness trailer. Learn more about Road Scholar’s 10 Million Miles to a Cure Awareness Campaign and the other foundations Road Scholar is spreading awareness for by visiting www.roadscholarawareness.org.
Are you going to wear a hat this Friday?
Tags: 10 Million Miles to a Cure Awareness Campaign, awareness, awareness trucks, brain tumour, brain tumour research, Children’s Tumor Foundaiton, Nicole Witts, road scholar transport, Wear a Hat Day
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Thursday, February 10th, 2011
A recent study conducted at Clemson University found raspberries to be more effective than antioxidants in killing 
cancer.
According to naturalnews.com, researchers compared the extract from the popular brand Meeker red raspberries to a vitamin C solution, finding that although the vitamin C solution contained a greater number of antioxidants, raspberries were “eight times more effective” in destroying cancer cells.
Why is this? Because raspberries contain substances other than antioxidants that are better anti-cancer agents, especially in breast cancer cells where antioxidants are only “half as effective as raspberries,” the site notes. These substances are yet to be determined.
The study concluded that “raspberry extracts successfully destroyed about 90 percent of stomach, colon, and breast cancer cells” (http://www.naturalnews.com/031272_cancer_raspberries_power.html).
Let’s kill off the other 10% by spreading awareness like Road Scholar is doing with our 10 Million Miles to a Cure Awareness Campaign, spreading awareness for organizations including The American Breast Cancer Foundation, Alex’s Lemonade, and Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.
Tags: 10 Million Miles to a Cure Awareness Campaign, Alex’s Lemonade, antioxidents, awareness, breast cancer, cancer, Clemson University, colon cancer, Meeker raspberries, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, raspberries, researchers, road scholar transport, stomach cancer, study, The American Breast Cancer Foundation, vitamin C
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Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
You may feel passionate about a particular organization, possibly even donated or got involved before, but just how far would you actually go to raise money for a cause?
That’s the question Jennifer Love Hewitt was faced with on this week’s The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
In a game called “Can Hewitt Do It?” Ellen challenged Jennifer to a series of tasks. For each task completed, Jennifer would receive $1,000 to whatever charity she wanted. She chose Embrace Global (which provides infant warmers for those babies prone to hyperthermia mainly in developing countries) as the charity of her choice.
So what exactly were these tasks?
The first was to break two bottles over her head, which she did a smashing job at. But perhaps she did it with too much ease because she was unable to complete the next task; to unravel a roll of toilet paper within 30 seconds. She managed to get back on her winning streak, completing the next final two tasks: to whistle with three crackers in her mouth and to pop two balloons using a pointed hat on her head.
Overall, Jennifer left with a check for $5,000.
Jennifer Love Hewitt is not the only one that demonstrated the lengths she would go through for charity. Road Scholar Transport has made its social conscience well-known as well, painting up nearly two dozen 80,000 pound tractor trailers to reflect awareness for specific causes.
Visit www.roadscholarawareness.org to learn more and view Road Scholar’s awareness trailers.
Tags: awareness, awareness trucks, Can Hewitt Do It, cause, donated, Embrace Global, hyperthermia, Jennifer Love Hewitt, road scholar transport, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, tractor-trailer, trailers
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Friday, January 21st, 2011
In a recent study, scientists discovered that specific mutations found in the tumors of pancreatic cancer patients predicted just how fatal their disease was.
According to sify.com, researchers at Johns Hopkins examined the non-hormonal pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors of 68 patients, finding that specific mutations had the potential of leading to a lifespan twice as long as other patients.
MEN-1 ( the most common), DAXX and ATRX gene mutations were found to double a patient’s lifespan to 10 or more years, whereas the majority of those who did not have these mutations did not live past five years (http://www.sify.com/news/scientists-crack-genetic-code-for-form-of-pancreatic-cancer-news-international-lbvrkibjihb.html).
Knowing this will now allow doctors to prescribe specific medications based on the patient’s gene mutation.
Pancreatic cancer is a rare form of cancer in which Road Scholar Transport is spreading awareness for via our 10 Million Miles to a Cure Awareness Campaign.
Learn more about pancreatic cancer and Road Scholar’s Road to a Cure by visiting www.roadscholarawareness.org.
Tags: 10 Million Miles to a Cure Awareness Campaign, ATRX, awareness, DAXX, genetic code, Johns Hopkins, MEN-1, non-hormonal pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, pancreatic cancer, research, road scholar transport, scientists
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Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
That’s what Sook Shin and her husband Ralf Janknecht, researchers at Oklahoma University, claim.
Apparently, the couple had taken a trip to Panera Bread on Sunday while on their way to the lab, returning to find that someone had broken into their car, stealing their MacBook.
You’ve heard this type of story before right? Wrong. Shin claims that the MacBook contained years worth the cancer research and possibly data containing a cure for cancer!
The couple is begging the thief to return the MacBook and is offering a $1,000 reward.
Many questions are posed but the largest one that comes to light right now is “Why didn’t they back up their data?!!!”
Learn more about cancer and how you can help spread awareness by visiting www.roadscholarawareness.org.
Tags: awareness, awareness truck, cancer, cancer cure stolen, cure, MacBook, Oklahoma University, Panera Bread, Ralf Janknecht, reward, road scholar transport, Sook Shin
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Friday, January 7th, 2011
If you’re a girl, or you have sisters/daughters, then you’ve probably heard of ABC’s show “The Bachelor” by now. Yes, 
this is the same show that features some studly guy looking for love, often finding it by the end of the season.
But this season, if a woman wants to find their way to the Bachelor’s heart, she will have show that she has one by donating blood.
Bachelor Brad Womack will be joined by Bachelors of past seasons, as well as Bachelorettes, at blood drives across the nation this month to show their support for National Blood Donor Month. Locations include Los Angeles, Dallas, Philadelphia, and Chicago.
Womack teamed up with the Red Cross in hopes that this initiative will inspire others to donate as well. And he is not the only one lending a helping hand. Road Scholar Transport came up with a way to spread awareness as well.
Working with the American Red Cross, Road Scholar created an 80,000 lbs tractor trailer dedicated to the foundation, part of its One Million Miles to a Cure Awareness Campaign.
Showing up at blood drives across the country and traveling the nation to deliver freight, Road Scholar’s Red Cross awareness truck is helping spread awareness.
Learn more about and view pictures of the campaign by visiting www.roadscholarawareness.org and be sure to check out Road Scholar’s interview with the American Red Cross at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roHnNhlT4rU.
Don’t forget to watch “The Bachelor’s” blood drive episode on Jan. 10th at 8:00 pm on ABC.
Tags: ABC, awareness, awareness campaign, awareness truck, blood drive, Brad Womack, Chicago, Dallas, donate blood, January, Los Angeles, National Blood Donor Month, One Million Miles to a Cure Awareness Campaign, Philadelphia, road scholar transport, The American Red Cross, The Bachelor, The Bachelorette
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Monday, January 3rd, 2011
A new food safety bill was recently passed, providing tighter regulations on most food imported into and distributed
throughout the United States, making it the “first major food safety measure in the U.S. in more than 60 years,” according to abc15.com.
According to the site, the bill would allow the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to mandate a direct recall as opposed to a voluntary one. Along with that, most firms will have to “wait for pathogen-testing results to come back before food can be distributed” and “electronic bar codes and radio frequency identification tags” would be applied in order to provide tracking information such as origin and the ability to tell if “cargo is tampered with or deviates from the designated route” during transport (http://www.abc15.com/dpp/lifestyle/food/new-food-safety-bill%E2%80%99s-likely-billion-dollar-impact-on-produce-industry).
Although this form of tracking is beneficial, it is costly as well. Road Scholar Transport offers a similar tracking via satellite that allows for street-level, minute-by-minute tracking on all tractor trailers and at competitive prices.
According to the site, 48 million Americans become sick each year and thousands die from food contamination. Not only does an outbreak like this ruin the manufacturer’s name, but costs excessive amounts of money as well. Prevent this from occurring and trust that your freight will be safe during transport by choosing a safe carrier.
Visit www.roadscholar.com to learn more.
Tags: Americans, awareness, carrier, competitive price, electronic bar code, FDA, food regulation, food safety bill, manufacturer, radio frequency identification tag, road scholar transport, safe, satellite tracking, tractor-trailer, transport, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, United States
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Thursday, December 30th, 2010
We already know that smoking increases an individual’s risk of cancer. Now, researchers have uncovered a new development that shows just how painful smoking can actually be for patients already diagnosed with the disease.
According to the study, 224 cancer patients labeled with stage 1-5 types were analyzed, finding that those who currently smoked “experienced higher levels of pain severity and discomfort” than those who do not (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/212522.php).
As medicalnewstoday.com notes, cancer patients who never smoked rated their pain levels the lowest, followed by those who quit, and leaving those who still smoked with the highest pain experience.
Around 150 Americans are diagnosed every hour with cancer and Road Scholar Transport is helping to spread awareness.
Visit www.roadschlarawareness.org to learn more about Road Scholar Transport’s awareness campaign and how you can help the fight against cancer.
Tags: Americans, awareness, awareness trucks, cancer, discomfort, pain, patient, road scholar transport, Smoking, study
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Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
Ongoing research is investigating the puzzling effects of heat on cancer cells, claiming it to “be a safe way of destroying cancer cells while leaving the body’s healthy cells unaffected” (http://www.naturalnews.com/030817_heat_treatment_cancer_tumors.html).
According to naturalnews.com, there are two hypotheses as to why heat has this effect, the first based off the fact that fevers cause the immune system to become hypersensitive, allowing for threats to be more easily recognizable. The immune system can, in return, fight and destroy these threats, such as cancer cells.
The site also establishes a second theory based on the idea that the heat, not the immune system, actually destroys the cells since cancer cells have poor blood circulation, and thus, are more prone to death when exposed to high temperatures. This can happen as fast as overnight and is being used by many doctors today as a form of treatment.
In order to find out if heat is killing these cells directly, an experiment is taking place in which cancer patients are placed “under sedation in an infrared heating box for eight hours two days after they have undergone chemotherapy and taken immune-boosting drugs,” increasing their body temperatures to 104 degrees. (http://www.naturalnews.com/030817_heat_treatment_cancer_tumors.html).
As studies continue, and we precede one step closer to a cure, visit www.roadscholarawareness.org to find out how Road Scholar Transport is doing its part to help spread cancer awareness.
Tags: awareness, awareness trucks, blood circulation, cancer cells, chemotherapy, cure, experiment, fever, heat, immune system, researcher, road scholar transport, scientist, temperature, treatment
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
Grab your bag of popcorn, pop in a movie, and take a nice big handful of…chemicals? According to scientists, that’s 
what you would be getting.
Researchers found that food packaging contains perfluorinated carboxylic acids (PFCAs) which can be toxic, an article in NaturalNews.com notes.
PFOA, a common PFCA used on pans to prevent sticking, transfers from the packaging into the food, and once consumed, collects in the individual’s blood, the site notes.
These chemicals are found to “impact the function of platelets” in the blood, but long-term risks remain unknown as of right now (http://www.naturalnews.com/030480_microwave_popcorn_PFCAs.html).
It is important for researchers to further investigate the health risks associated with PFOAs and to spread awareness, just as Road Scholar Transport spreads awareness each and every day.
So the next time you’re at the drive through, pop open that bag of potato chips, or throw that candy bar on the register, think about if you really want chemicals with that.
Tags: awareness, blood, candy bar, chemical, food package, perfluorinated carboxylic acids, PFCA, PFOA, platelet, popcorn, potato chip, road, scholar, toxic, transport
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