"Run for Cover" in the Irish Times Magazine

The Irish Times Magazine featured Feelgood Scarves on Saturday 30th January - see the link below. We had a surge of activity on the website all day, proving that there is a need for an interest in what we are offering! http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2010/0130/1224263183552.html

Gail Porter recovering from Alopecia

On a lighter note for Alopecia sufferers, I see that Gail Porter (model-turned-TV-Presenter) is recovering after 4 years of suffering from alopecia. She is only 38 and her hair loss must have been devastating for her but she has kept a brave face and managed to get herself a 24 year old boyfriend! Check out some photos on this link http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1246142/Gail-Porter-finds-love-rock-singer-Jonny-D-14-years-younger.html

Exciting possibilities in treatment for Breast Cancer

Sheffield University has made what could be a great discovery, the result of which would be to greatly shorten the time need for chemotherapy. It will be great if, in a few years, we can look back and shake our heads at the idea that a patient had to have 6 months or more of chemo.
Here is a link to the full article http://www.shef.ac.uk/mediacentre/2010/1476.html. Basically they have found that giving 2 chemo drugs in a particular order can quickly reduce the size of tumours.

The tyranny of Positive Thinking

For anyone who feels more than slightly frustrated at the suggestion that they must should be thinking positively, while they are undergoing scary and unpleaseant cancer treatment , I recommend this article which appeared in todays 'Guardian' newspaper: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jan/02/cancer-positive-thinking-barbara-ehrenreich

It is a good-humoured view of a thorny issue - does positive thinking affect your prognosis?