Is There a Link Between Stress and Cancer?
By GINA KOLATA Published: November 29, 2005 Christina Koenig found out she had breast cancer on a Friday afternoon. She was just 39 years old. Enlarge This Image Steve Kagan for The New York Times Christina Koenig in the wig and prosthesis bank of Y-ME's Chicago offices. Ms. Koenig was divorced four years before her cancer was found. Was it coincidence? She wonders. Preventing Cancer Previous articles in this series explored whether diet and exercise matter in prevention. Subsequent ones will look at the roles of the environment and genetics. Part 1: Diet and Cancer Part 2: Exercise and Cancer Email Gina Kolata at:[email protected]. Cancer and the Immune System Forum: Mental Health and Treatment On Monday, she thought she knew why the cancer had struck. "I went in and talked to a team of medical professionals who ultimately performed a lumpectomy, and I said, 'How long has this been there?' They said, 'Five to ten years.' And immediately, my mind jumped to: 'Well, I did go through a divorce. I did have stress.' " Ms. Koenig, who lives in Chicago, was divorced four years before her cancer was diagnosed. Was it just a coincidence, she wondered? Now, four years later, she still wonders. So do many other women who get breast cancer. Ms. Koenig now works for Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization, which gets 40,000 calls a year on its hot line. Over and over, she says, women ask, Did stress cause their cancer by weakening their immune system and allowing a tumor to grow? |
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Rocket Reflection!!
In physics we made our own rockets that we were able to send into the sky! We all chose partners and all got to work. My partners were Savannah P. and Noah H. Unfortunately; Noah had an injury so he didn't come to school at all during the project. (I don’t even think he knew we were partners) Any ways mine and Savvy’s rocket was called “The Oooh” We named it after the post apocalyptic land in Adventure Time. It didn't win, but I think we did pretty okay.
“The Oooh” was a simple one stage rocket. I think that was successful because it was simple, easily achievable, and reliable. It flew pretty high and it was pretty aero dynamic. It also held a lot of pressure. In all I think the rocket was pretty cool. However, my rocket did have some minor setbacks. First, the parachute didn't deploy so it didn't count in the competition. I think the way we folded the parachute affected that. The nose cone came off so it should have deployed. Also, the nose cone wasn't very aero dynamic. It was made out of duct tape and styrofoam. I feel like that kind of slowed it down a lot. If I could do this project again I would defiantly change to nose cone, the fins, and the visual presentation of the rocket. For the nose cone I think I would make the nose cone out of something like paper. A lot of people made their nose cone out of Styrofoam but I think “The Oooh’s” nose was heavier because of the silly duct tape. The other thing I would change would be my tiny fins. I think if we made the fins bigger and more rounded (ish) that would help make it go higher and maybe if we didn't glue one of the fins on upside down. We name that fin “The Hipster fin” The last thing I thought we should change is the visual presentation of it. It looked super boring and nothing like The Land of Oooh (from “Adventure Time”) I would totally LOVE to paint it! I still might end up doing that just for fun. If I could steal any other students design idea I would defiantly steal Corinne and Rebecca’s long rocket style. They won for the highest rocket so I guess that’s kind of why I want to steal that idea. I also like the glitter and ribbons! All of the rockets that were successful were pretty tall and mine was kind of short, so there is probably a correlation with those things. |