Picture This: Cancer.

Saturday again, we turn our review to English.

Understanding how cancer begins and then grows is fundamental to one day preventing the disease. Here, we explain three new theories for how cancer may form.

That could be a good example to the First Conference on Audivisual Communication and Health #videosysalud, just a blackboard and some of pictures to explain the concept...

And remember that you have more options to enjoy English with us:

• My twitter list Practise English.
• My paper.ly Practise English.

Enjoy the weekend!


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Risks of oral sex.

Here we are, it's English-post time!

Second saturday of the second stage in SobreviviRRHHé!

The news comes to us again our friend @manyez, and although it may be a bit risque, let's be brave and see what comes out of this.

The Link Between Oral Sex And Head And Neck Cancer:

A 2007 study in the New England Journal of Medicine found that younger people with head and neck cancers who tested positive for oral HPV infection were more likely to have had multiple vaginal and oral sex partners in their lifetime. Having six or more oral sex partners over a lifetime was associated with a 3.4 times higher risk for oropharyngeal cancer — cancers of the base of the tongue, back of the throat, or tonsils. Having 26 or more vaginal-sex partners tripled the risk. The association continued to increase as the number of partners in either category increased.

There you have it.

And I thought that oral sex could bring as much any new muscle pain from poor posture... or at most, "a bad taste" for not knowing how to stop on time, jajaja...

A song as a gift to cheer on Saturday: Prince - Sex



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El perro de mi oncólogo.

Lo primero es lo primero... escribo este post con todo el respeto que se merecen los oncólogos, y en especial, para mi Maritere "malos pelos" @MsConcu.

Pero es que hay días que las noticias llegan así, de sopetón, y no sabes si sacar a pasear al Capitán Obvio, o tomarte las cosas a cachondeo... pero y si es verdad, ¿no sería un gran notición?

El perro es capaz de detectar el cáncer de colon en el aliento y heces del enfermo:

A este paso, los oncólogos van a tener que pasar consulta con uno o varios perros a su lado. O no lo harán, pero podrían, porque estos animales han demostrado que, si se les entrena bien, son capaces de detectar el cáncer en personas. Lo ha hecho un labrador de la Universidad de Kyushu, en Fukuoka (Japón), que ha identificado qué muestras de aliento y heces corresponden a pacientes con cáncer colorrectal. Los resultados los publica hoy la revista Gut (Intestino en inglés), del grupo del British Medical Journal.

Pues ya lo que le faltaba al perro, si una cosa es que sea el mejor amigo del hombre y otra muy distinta ésta. Porque si ya lo teníamos pluriempleado buscando drogas, olfateando víctimas en terremotos y, ahora, oliendo las caquitas y el aliento de los enfermos.

Y como dice mi Maritere la clave puede estar en la parte final del artículo, y es que este ensayo afianza dos ideas. La primera es que las células cancerígenas emiten señales bioquímicas que se pueden recoger fuera del paciente. Ahora falta identificarlas (no se sabe qué huele el perro). Esto ayudaría a una detección sencilla de los tumores.

La segunda es que, con un aparato con la sensibilidad de la nariz de un perro, se podrá avanzar hacia el diagnóstico precoz.

Hala, pues ya está el "espabilao" de turno corriendo a patentar las narices de perro, si es que algo así se puede patentar, jajaja...

Miguel Bosé – El perro

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Follow me on Saturday: Your Song.

I will suHRvive!

Welcome to the English version of SobreviviRRHHé! In Spanish RRHH stands for "Recursos Humanos" now traslated to the HR of "Human Resources".

Welcome to our very special summary of the week, a very fun way to explain to our foreign visitors what we were discussing this week.

Sunday, 5th of December: Domingo con... Gloria Gaynor. [Sunday with... Gloria Gaynor]: Sunday's post is dedicated to someone or something special. Today is the opportunity to talk about @doctorajomeini. She asked me a very special song for her: I will survive, by Gloria Gaynor. Please, don't forget to send your request by tweet to @goroji. 
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Monday, 6th of December: Manteniendo las distancias. [Keeping distance]: We lay hands on the head with the following headline: "Spread Cheer, Not Germs, at Holiday Gatherings."  You're likely looking forward to spending plenty of time with family and friends over the holidays, but you should take steps to ensure you and everyone else avoids getting the flu, advises an expert at Ryerson University in Toronto.
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Tuesday, 7th of December: Coherencia y sostenibilidad. [Consistency and sustainability]: The European Union countries have expressed their opposition to extending maternity leave from 14 to 20 weeks to consider economic consequences too great given the current crisis and that does not favor the incorporation of women into the labor market.
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Wednesday, 8th of December: Aspirinas contra el cancer. [Aspirin against cancer]: Treatment with daily aspirin for 5 years or longer reduces subsequent risk of colorectal cancer. Several lines of evidence suggest that aspirin might also reduce risk of other cancers, particularly of the gastrointestinal tract, but proof in man is lacking. We studied deaths due to cancer during and after randomised trials of daily aspirin versus control done originally for prevention of vascular events.[Page Loads: 122]

Thursday, 9th of December: Tiburón sanitario. [Shark health]: Reading an article in Medical Journal a bit forced me to reflect on the differences between private medicine and public medicine ... or more specifically, about the treatment the doctor gives the patient is already in place the NHS or already in his own private practice.
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Friday, 10th of December: Entre pillos anda el juego. [Trading Places game]: December 31 is the last day for infants receiving assistance from the 2,500 euros which gives the government, and of course, we know that if anything left over in this country is the rogue. It seems that he has unleashed a movement of tips and tricks to advance the delivery of the baby, but of course, all is not without risk.
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The song of the week: Your Song, by Ellie Goulding:




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Follow me on Saturday: Love the way you lie.

I will suHRvive!

Welcome to the English version of SobreviviRRHHé! In Spanish RRHH stands for "Recursos Humanos" now traslated to the HR of "Human Resources".

Welcome to our very special summary of the week, a very fun way to explain to our foreign visitors what we were discussing this week.

Sunday, 17th of October: Domingo con... Ana Torroja [Sunday with... Ana Torroja]: Sunday's post is dedicated to someone or something special. Today is the opportunity to talk about @patipablo and her beautiful smile. Please, don't forget to send your request to jigoro1008@gmail.com. 
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Monday, 18th of October: La Red Social [The Social Network]: After seeing the movie "The Social Network" list the four main points which I caught my attention.
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Tuesday, 19th of October: ¿Concienciación o marketing? [Awareness o marketing?]: It is the day of fight against cancer. Some brands have launched  campaigns to raise awareness of the fact, but we have a question: brands looking to increase their sales or actually becoming aware with the problem.
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Wednesday, 20th of October: Leer no es sano [Reading in not healthy]: I have not gone mad, I have always defended the passion for reading. But it seems that where it is not healthy reading, is in the bathroom.
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Thursday, 21st of October: Innovación 2.0 [Innovation 2.0]: Having attended a course of wiki-innovation and enterprise 2.0, we face the reality of the blog and its digital presence in different media, such as blogger, twitter, facebook, linkedIn, Slideshare and Spotify.
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Friday, 22nd of October: El Ciudadano y la Seguridad [Citizens and security]: With the theme "Citizens and Security:  Quality axes" is currently taking place in Santiago de Compostela the XXVIII Congress SECA (Spanish Association for Quality Healthcare). On this occasion we could not keep the appointment, but we bring these two posters: Master Lean healthcare organizations and Funtional unit specified risk management and patient safety.
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The song of the week: Love the way you lie, by Eminem:

Que me cure Bob Esponja.

Bueno, como llevamos un par de días muy serios con esto de la huelga y la cantidad de sinvergüenzas que nos podemos encontrar tanto en un lado como en el otro lado de la mesa, vamos a hacer una entrada un poquito más divertida, de esas que de vez en cuando nos gusta hacer.

Esta vez la excusa es que se ha desarrollado un fármaco contra el cáncer de mama a partir de una esponja marina, y aunque no sea un tema del que debamos reírnos, vamos a darle nuestro particular punto de vista desde el lado de la ironía.

El compuesto, denominado eribulina mesilada, mejora cerca de dos meses y medio la supervivencia de las mujeres que padecen este tipo de cáncer. El comportamiento del fármaco, desarrollado en los laboratorios Eisai con la participación del doctor Javier Cortés, del Hospital Vall d'Hebrón de Barcelona, es similar al de la quimioterapia, ya que dificulta la división celular.

Pero bueno, de momento se trata de un fármaco experimental ya que aún no cuenta con la aprobación de las autoridades sanitarias. El siguiente paso será comprobar la eficacia de este fármaco ‘marino’ en fases menos avanzadas del cáncer de mama y su compatibilidad para tratar otros tumores.

El medicamento fue probado en un grupo de 762 mujeres de edades comprendidas entre los 27 y los 85 años con cáncer de mama metastásico. De ellas, cerca de 500 fueron tratadas con el derivado de la esponja marina Halichondria okadai, habitual en los mares japoneses, y otras 254 se sometieron a las terapias seleccionadas por un especialista. La media de supervivencia con el fármaco marino fue de 13 meses frente a 10,7 del grupo con tratamientos tradicionales.

Y como padre de una criatura de 4 años, es inevitable oír la palabra esponja marina y no pensar en el omnipresente Bob Esponja, de ahí el título de esta entrada... espero no ofender ninguna sensibilidad, no es mi intención!