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  • FitnessElle
    FitnessElle Posts: 109
    Bump.
  • albayin
    albayin Posts: 2,524 Member
    Oh, Steve Jobs...the whole world is saddened.
  • trixylewis
    trixylewis Posts: 197 Member
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  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member

    It's sad to see anybody die at such a young age, but get a grip, he wasn't the Messiah. Regarding a 'cure' for cancer, huge advances have been made in the last decades and cancers that were life-sentences before are now treatable and in some cases curable.

    RIP Steve Jobs and anybody else that dies young, but a little perspective required.

    I lost both my father and one of my uncles to cancer (my father to bowel cancer and my uncle to throat/lung cancer.

    To me, it doesn't seem like there has been any advances made in curing cancer.
  • itontae
    itontae Posts: 138 Member
    there are some problems that can't be fixed by chucking money at them.

    RIP Steve
  • itontae
    itontae Posts: 138 Member
    There will never be a blanket cure all for cancer. As a previous poster stated, cancer is not really a disease. It is the result of cellular degradation. There are thousands of different kinds of cells and therefore thousands of different kinds of cancer. Each one is treated differently. Cancer is not some new thing. There is documentation of Egyptian pharoahs dying from different forms of cancer centuries ago. The most that cancer research will ever accomplish is to find new, faster ways to stop the process. But mankind will always be fighting a battle against cancer. It is the natural end of a cell's life cycle.

    I do want to say, however, that I do support cancer research. I only posted this to dispute those who believe in some lame conspiracy theory that the government and Big Pharma are effectively withholding the "magical cure" for the sake of making money. Give me a break!

    very well put
  • rachelleahsmom
    rachelleahsmom Posts: 442 Member
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  • patilee
    patilee Posts: 125
    Bump
  • tigereyz30
    tigereyz30 Posts: 35
    Well said and... bump
  • TMcBooty
    TMcBooty Posts: 780 Member
    bump.
  • dhayeskc
    dhayeskc Posts: 9
    Grow up people. Gary's comment was sincere, on target and well stated. Conspiracy theories are fun, but they're only that - fun. In a world where politicians can't even keep news about what they do with their privates private, health care companies couldn't deep six a cancer cure, auto companies couldn't hide engines that run on water and the music industry couldn't replace Paul McCartney with a look-alike

    Let's not get silly and let personal prejudices derail something that was very serious. Gary made good points. Steve Jobs was a marketing genius the likes of which this country hasn't seen in three generations. This country spends billions, perhaps trillions of dollars poorly every year, money that would have more impact if it were spent on research to reverse cancer and search for cures to other diseases ranging from diabetes to autism.

    It's a serious topic. Treat it with respect.
  • SouLThinking
    SouLThinking Posts: 308 Member
    I agree ..we need to stop the mindless spending on stupid things and concentrate on this CURE.

    I'm walking 10/15/11 in the RACE FOR THE CURE

    My Mom n law is a survivor and I am doing this with her!
  • cba4994
    cba4994 Posts: 147 Member
    Lost my 50 year old mother to colon cancer. Screening colonoscopy at the age of 50 for most, age 40 with family history, people.
  • jhamby5579
    jhamby5579 Posts: 14 Member
    awesome post love it, powerful, awesome job on your accomplishments!!!!
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  • edorice
    edorice Posts: 4,519 Member
    For Susan G. Komen charity very little goes to research.

    Education $134,194,870
    Research $98,548,445
    Screening $37,803,949
    Treatment $22,023,764
    Total Program Expenses: $292,571,028

    Chief Executive : Hala Moddelmog, Chief Executive Officer
    Compensation*: $481,704 plus bonuses

    http://www.bbb.org/charity-reviews/national/cancer/susan-g-komen-for-the-cure-in-dallas-tx-3432
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