The American Cancer Society predicts 34,170 new cancer cases in Texas this year. Of those, 2, 480 are expected to be breast in third place, following lung (9,920 cases expected), and colon/rectum (3,220). Nationally, 26% of new cancer diagnoses 178,480 will be breast, accounting for one-third of all cancers in women. Warnings about environmental toxins, the dangers of inadequate diet and nutrition, and risk factors associated with family history abound. Combined with dismal statistics on the declining number of those able to afford individual health insurance 25.1% in Texas are uninsured it can all seem more than a little overwhelming.

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Breast augmentation is the most commonly performed cosmetic surgical procedure in the United States and therefore the most commonly performed breast plastic surgery. Today it’s important to be fully informed about all the risks and complications that you might encounter with breast plastic surgery. Of all the breast plastic surgery procedures performed in 2006 in the United States, 329,000 were for breast augmentations.

The first woman implanted with silicone implants was in 1962. There are two primary types of breast implants: saline-filled and silicone-gel-filled implants. It was predominantly silicone implants that were designed in the 1970s that were involved in the class-action lawsuits against Dow-Corning and many other manufacturers in the early 1990s.

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Lifetime fitness is a commitment. It is the belief that keeping our minds and bodies healthy is more than just a noble idea; it requires definite actions that need to be taken on a regular basis. It is making conscious decisions that must be executed to ensure our lifetime goal. Lifetime health and fitness is a commitment to a lifestyle change to live a happier and healthier life.

Since the turn of the century, the average life span in the United States has increased markedly from 47 years old in 1900 to 77.3 years old at the turn of the century. While the rapid developments in new medical technology and medicine can be credited with most of

the increases, a lack of commitment to lifetime fitness means that a majority of these people did not enjoy happy, healthy lifestyles.

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Jack Mitchell was my first boss advertising boss. He was a funny adventurous sportsman. His idea of a vacation was getting lost in the high mountains of Peru. He could spend the rest of the year holding the interest of all of us in the palm of his hand as he told his latest adventure stories.

Jack was the Director of Advertising and Sales Promotion at Remington Arms Company and his four questions have helped me get my ideas focused in every advertising challenge I have ever faced.

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Hello my name is Joe. What I am about to tell you is not going to be easy for me, but it needs to be said. You see, until recently, I would have never spoken to anyone about anything in my private life, Period! It just wouldn’t happen.

Something happened in 2006 that changed my mind…I almost died. I had felt ill for some time, but it got a whole lot worse, quick!

You see, in spite of a Lifetime of workouts, no liquor for 29 years, and no tobacco for the last 8 years, I found myself in the ER with my Best friend at my side. The look on his face told me I was in real

trouble. The Doctor came in and said Joe your Blood Pressure is 165 over sky high. Your blood glucose is over 350 and you’re a DIABETIC. His words hit me like a sledgehammer! My Life as I have known it has just ended. My first Cousin lost his life too Diabetes in spite of all his wealth. To me this was a “Death Sentence.” I was no longer a person; I was a Disease and filled with despair.

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