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According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), in its World Cancer Report, by the year 2020, the number of cancer cases will increase by 50%. One-third of these cancers can be prevented, and only one-third can be cured!

Ever since President Nixon first declared the War On Cancer in 1971, the Cancer Establishment has been fighting a losing battle against cancer. As the WHOs report said, today only one-third of cancer can be cured. The US government spent more than US$2 billion each year trying to find the elusive magic bullet to cure cancer. So far no cure is in sight! On the other hand, it allocates less than 5% of its budget i.e. less than US$50 million to research on preventive measures. According to the WHO, one-third of cancers can be prevented but why are people not interested to learn and know more about preventive measures? Obviously Somebody-Up-There have got their priority mixed up understandably for a good reason to protect Vested Interests.

Rachel Carson wrote in: Silent Spring, For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death We are living in the sea of carcinogens. Zillah Eisenstein, professor of politics, in her book: Man-made Breast Cancers, wrote: One is not born with breast cancer. One develops it. It grows over time Breast tissues appears to be more vulnerable to damage from carcinogens, pesticides, radiation, biopsy needles, etc. Quoting Sharon Thomson, she wrote: What is happening to our earth is happening to our breasts. Studies show that the blood in breast cancer patients contains 35% more DDE (a metabolite of DDT) than that of healthy women.

If it takes billions and billions of dollars to cure only 33% of cancers, how much does it take to prevent 33% of cancers? Dirt cheap by any comparison! The New Straits Times, 16 December 2006, carried a report by Donald Berry of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Centre which said that: Breast cancer rates plunged an unprecedented 7% in 2003; the year after millions of women stopped taking menopause hormones. NOT taking HRT/ERT pills costs NO money and by doing just that breast cancer rate dropped by 7%.

After spending billions of dollars trying to make new chemo-drugs, this is what experts say about the benefits of chemotherapy for cancer cure. Doctors in Australia, Graeme Morgan, Robyn Ward and Michael Baton wrote that in Australia, of the 10,661 people who had breast cancer and underwent chemotherapy, only 164 people survived 5 years. This works out to be 1.5% contribution of chemotherapy to five-year survival. This is a classical case of big money chasing after elusive outcomes!

Look at the figures again. Dont you think that prevention i.e. just by not taking ERT/HRT, is far cheaper and safer than getting cancer first and going for chemotherapy after that?

But why are people not interested in Prevention? As I have said many times before, prevention makes no money. It supports no industry. On the contrary it hurts industries of all nature. Take for example, if there is a fall in cancer rates, there would be less hospitals to build (the building contractors are not happy!), we dont need more oncologists, the radiation machines will be less in use, there would be less need for chemo-drugs, less of X-ray films, and even there would be less tourists coming to the country seeking medical treatments (even the tourism industry is affected!). Prevention does not only affect the medical-pharmaceutical industries, equally hurt are the numerous industries that generate chemicals and by-products that pollute Planet Earth.

What can we do about it? The key is education dissemination of honest, unbiased knowledge to all. We have a choice to either flow with the stream and become sick, or take responsibility of our health and say no to anything that pollute our body and our environment. Learn for ourselves and take preventive measures.

It can be very frustrating to put your home on the market, expecting a fast sale, only to find that after six months youre still waiting for an offer. What can you do?

First, determine if its a result of timing. You may have started worrying too soon. If it has been only a month and you havent gotten a bite, not to worry. The time a home stays on the market is related to the markets strength, which varies regionally. According to The 2003 National Association of REALTORS Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, two-thirds of all homes sold in the United States in 2003 sold within two month, with the average sale taking place within five weeks. However, homes in the Northeast and West sold slightly faster (four weeks) than those in the Midwest and South (five weeks).

Of course, other factors may be responsible for your home not selling.

Inaccurate pricing. A house priced at market value piques the interest of real estate professionals and buyers, while overpricing chases them away. Even if the seller adjusts the price later, its difficult to recapture peoples interest.

Because its only natural to overestimate the value of ones home, homesellers should depend on factual reference points, such as an appraisal and comparables (Comparable Market Analysis or CMA) to help estimate market value. Real estate professionals prepare comparables by examining similar properties that recently sold in a neighborhood. This practice is the best way to arrive at a realistic asking price.

Insufficient exposure. If youre selling your home on your own, you may want to consider using a real estate professional. As reported in the previously mentioned NAR study, buyers were most likely to learn about the home they purchased through a real estate professional. Sales professionals develop comprehensive marketing strategies to sell a home. They generally use open houses, yard signs, MLS, newspaper ads, the Internet and brochures to give a property maximum exposure. Limited interest and thinly attended open houses may indicate a need for more exposure.

Condition and appearance of a home. Sellers shouldnt rely on buyers to use their imagination; they need to capture it. Remember that buyers may see seven or eight homes in a single day. The most memorable home will be the one that seemed the brightest, the most spacious, the most cheerful. This invariably means rearranging and eliminating furniture, removing excess knickknacks and so on, to create an open, uncluttered look. Outside, do a visual check of the front of the house from across the street. Does it have curb appeal? It should look inviting, with a trimmed lawn and a freshly painted front door. A real estate professional can offer some guidance in this area.

Terms/conditions. Even if the home is accurately priced, and the buyer is delighted with what he or she sees, if the buyer cant live with the terms of the sale, he or she may walk away. What sort of terms or conditions have you placed on the sale? Evaluate how this may be affecting a potential sale.

Less-than-desirable neighborhood. Normally, theres not much a homeowner can do about the surrounding neighborhood. But if your home is not selling and youve examined every other factor, this may be something to consider.For homeowners who can postpone selling and are aware that certain issues need to be addressed on the neighborhood level, now is the time to join or organize a town beautification group. By the time youre ready to sell, todays eyesores will have been eliminated.