Migraines Lower Breast Cancer Risk
According to Reuters, a recent American study shows that women who have a history of migraine headaches are far less likely to develop breast cancer than other women. Good news for me, huh?!
Although the link is not clear, researchers suspect that hormones maybe playing a big role - higher estrogen means higher breast cancer risk, and women with chronic headaches “may have a chronically lower baseline estrogen.”
…the reduction in risk was for the most common types of breast cancers — those driven by hormones, such as estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer, which is fueled by estrogen, and progesterone-receptor positive breast cancer, which is fueled by progesterone - compared to women who did not have a history of such headaches - Dr. Christopher Li, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
Grand Slam Couple
The husband-and-wife team of Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf stepped out for the 13th Grand Slam for Children, last Saturday, October 11.
The annual event, a project of The Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation, featured a host of talents, including this year’s performers Natasha Bedingfield, Sheryl Crow, The Killers, Lifehouse, Ray Romano, Rod Stewart, and David Spade. Charice Pempengco was among the list of performers that night (lucky girl). Other A-list celebrities, including Mariah Carey as a surprise guest, were also in attendance.
It’s a musical extravaganza with the aim of raising money to support the education of underserved children in the Agassis’ hometown of las vegas nv.
Surprises
Heh, life’s been churning out quite a lot of surprises for me and I’m a little disoriented.
- I agreed to partner with ven for our home court’s first anniversary badminton tournament. I didn’t think I’ll have the guts.
- Justine Henin retires. Why, Justine, why?! 
No no.1 ranked player has done such a thing. Now that TheFed’s running low in gas, too, who will I cheer for? Sad.
- I thought I’ve been handling work duties just fine until I started dreaming abour workmates with me waking up feeling stressed and tired. The most vivid one was when I dreamt about having a spat with my boss; I was shouting and crying at the same time, saying that “I’m so tired; I can’t do more work anymore!” Gah, I woke up with a bad migraine and had to take the day off. Talk about releasing stress, heh!
- I didn’t know nor expected that I achieved a 4.0 (met all or exceeded expectations) “grade” in the office. Should I start jumping up and down now? *snicker* Hey, they gave us free massages! Apparently, there’ll be a photo-op. I’ll try to convince them to use my warped photo instead.
- A friend managed to pull off the best surprise of all - announcing her wedding just a month before the actual date. We had no idea! Congrats Rizza and Carlo!
Video test
Just checking my video plugin capability.
Someone made a video with one of my most favorite couples. Not Keira and Matthew. Lizzy & Darcy. And one of the earliest Mariah Carey songs - Music Box.
Cool Gadget/Out of Budget
I’m definitely flipping over this cool new gadget from Amazon, Kindle.
It’s a good thing its full functionality is not available outside of the U.S., though. I can flip right back now.
New Theme, Again
I haven’t decided on a ‘permanent’ theme yet. It’s either too dark, too fancy, or too boring. I’m still trying out themes (so many to choose from!) so please bear with me.