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2 Mental HealtH Our days are filled with driving here, driving there. Mobile phones, emails, texts, work, family, friends, community events, daily life chores. Every stage of life, rather 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, 100’s, has gotten busier and busier within our modern society. At these ages, we as an individual have many life experiences that have moulded us into who be are today. We have skills, and stories, and more time on our hands in which we can share our life’s journey with others. We can make our own choices of what we want to do and how we want to spend our time. We can spend time volunteering or writing a book or learning a new skill or teaching a skill we may have developed. We can determine how we want to give back and serve others, but most importantly for many, it’s the first time in their lives, when they can look in the mirror and ask the person looking back, who am I and what do I want? Growing up, most people have experienced authoritative personalities, who generally have our best interest at heart, but who also tell us how to think and feel. What to do. Who we should marry. What profession we should pursue, what school we should go to and a myriad of other life recommendations. Many of their recommendations, we follow, feeling obligated or not Pet Pet friendly friendly around accommodation New Zealand around New Zealand If your family includes a If your family includes a If your dog, dog, family cat, cat, bird includes bird or or other other a dog, furry furry cat, bird creature or other then furry we creature have some then some we have good some news good for news you for you Pets Can Come Too has a long list of holiday Pets Can Come Too has a a homes throughout New Zealand that will give long list of holiday homes your whole family a warm welcome throughout New Zealand that that will give your whole family a warm welcome family warm welcome Ph 04 293 2705 www.petscancometoo.co.nz Ph 04 293 2705 www.petscancometoo.co.nz Ph 04 293 2705 www.petscancometoo.co.nz knowing exactly what we want to do, so why not, or thinking they’re the adult, they know better and discounting our own inner thoughts. Only to find ourselves in later years, feeling unfulfilled, unhappy, stressed and wishing we had chosen a different pathway. Those youthful feelings were suppressed in order to follow our elders more sagely advice. Reconnecting with ourselves can happen at any stage of life, but generally happens starting in our 50’s after we have more free time, as our own parenting responsibilities lessen, we have time to start asking ourselves about our life what and we may want. and finding the personal power to make choices for ourselves. As winter is upon us, and the sun sets earlier, there is more time to befriend ourselves and ask, ‘what do I want’? What is my next step? Am I happy where I’m at today? PUBLISHER Star Media The Christchurch Star Company Ltd PO Box 1467 Christchurch 8140 CoNNECt with yourself If the answer is yes, fabulous. But if you’re feeling unfulfilled, connect with yourself. Befriend yourself and listen from within as to what you want. There are no time limits in making a choice or taking action. We are never too old to connect with the real us. To achieve a silent goal or dreamed about adventure or activity. Today, be kind to yourself and become your best friend. Let the authentic you and your personal power shine. As Deepak Chopra said, “Intention is a directed impulse of consciousness that contains the seed form of that which you aim to create. Like real seeds, intentions can’t grow if you hold onto them. Only when you release your intentions into the fertile depths of your consciousness can they grow and flourish”. ADvERtISINg Frank Greenslade - Ph 03 364 7441 email: frank.greenslade@starmedia.kiwi EDItoRIAL Jenafor Rollins DESIgN Denise Crawford
PHysical HealtH 3 CANtERBURy RESEARCHER ExAmINES link between viruses and breast cancer The University of Canterbury’s Chair of Cancer Epidemiology, Professor Ann Richardson, is on a mission to discover if there is a link between common viruses and breast cancer. Her research team, the Wayne Francis Cancer Epidemiology Research Group, together with colleagues at the University of Otago (Christchurch) and internationally, has been working on a number of breast cancer research projects, including one which is testing the hypothesis that late exposure – in adulthood, rather than childhood – to common viruses such as cytomegalovirus or Epstein-Barr virus, increases the risk of breast cancer. “This has been an enduring interest of mine, looking at whether it’s possible that exposure to certain viruses might increase the risk of breast cancer, and so that’s been a focus of research,” Professor Richardson says. Where it all started Professor Richardson’s research interest in viruses and breast cancer began when she compared countries in terms of when women are exposed to a virus or seroconvert – which means they’re exposed to the virus and they develop antibodies. “I found that countries where most of the population had been exposed to the viruses at a young age had the lower risk of breast cancer,” Professor Richardson says. “Whereas in countries like New Zealand where a proportion of the population might not be exposed to viruses such as cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus – the sort of viruses that cause glandular fever – until they’re adults or young adults, these countries had the highest breast cancer incidence.” Professor Richardson carried out a study in partnership with Australian colleagues to compare antibody levels for these viruses in women with breast cancer and women without. They found that women with breast cancer had higher antibody levels than those without. From New Zealand to Norway A second study using Norwegian blood samples also found that women with breast cancer were likely to have higher antibody levels for cytomegalovirus than women without breast cancer. “And the interesting thing about both the Australian and the Norwegian study was that there seemed to be an association for one virus, cytomegalovirus, but not the other.” The research group has also recently carried out a Finnish breast cancer casecontrol study. Professor Richardson says the findings will be included in a review article on cytomegalovirus and breast cancer. “This research builds on the earlier study carried out in Norway. The study compared cytomegalovirus and Epstein- Barr virus antibody levels in stored blood samples from 800 women with breast cancer and 800 women without breast cancer in a Finnish serum bank.” Professor Richardson says it is possible that there is no link between cytomegalovirus or Epstein-Barr virus and breast cancer. “We hope that if we do find a link, it might lead to a preventive strategy – through immunisation for instance. It may be that isn’t what we find, but the research we’re doing helps us to get a step further and is advancing knowledge.” Lifestyle changes reduce cancer risk Another recent project the research group has undertaken involved identifying lifestyle factors that could be modified to reduce the risk of developing breast cancer and bowel cancer in Aotearoa New Zealand. “For breast cancer it was reducing HRT [hormone replacement therapy] use, reducing obesity, increasing regular physical activity and avoiding high alcohol intake. For bowel cancer it was reducing obesity and alcohol consumption again, reducing smoking, reducing consumption of red and processed meats, and increasing regular physical activity,” Professor Richardson says. “You have to be careful when you do work like this because there’s only a certain proportion of cancer you can prevent through lifestyle change,” she says. “We hope this sort of information helps people to understand the risks, but also [helps] agencies like the Ministry of Health and the Cancer Society.” As a result of her involvement in these research projects, Professor Richardson was invited to join the Cancer Society of New Zealand National Health Promotion Advisory Committee in 2017. About the research group The Wayne Francis Cancer Epidemiology Research Group was established in 2011 as a partnership between University of Canterbury School of Health Sciences, in the College of Education, Health and Human Development, and the Wayne Francis Charitable Trust to support and encourage research into the distribution and determinants of cancer, and efforts to reduce the impact of cancer. In addition to supporting research projects undertaken by the Wayne Francis Cancer Epidemiology Research Group, the Wayne Francis Charitable Trust also funds the Graeme Davey PhD Scholarship and partly funds Professor Richardson’s position at UC. Regain the freedom of your home Simple, safe and stylish, Acorn Stairlifts give people the chance to enjoy their own homes once again. • For straight or curved staircases • Indoor and outdoor lifts • Free home assessment • Fast installation • Safe and reliable FREE DVD Guide to Stairlifts! 0800 223 062 CALL NOW FOR YOUR FREE BROCHURE & QUOTATION
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