My friend already has the HPV virus and we found out today that she may also have cervical caner. One of the treatments for Cervical Cancer is the HPV vaccine, but since she already has HPV she can’t have the vaccine are there any other possible treatments?
My step brother and I live with our dad – long story, but he had enough money to take care of the details a long time a go. We both see our moms, but live with out dad. However, he definitely prefers my step brother because he is smart and a boy. I have health problems and he cusses at me, tells me that I’ll never amount to anything but working at Walmart, that he won’t pay for college, that I’m a ***** and that he hates me. Sometimes he tells me that I’m not his daughter and he doesn’t want me anymore. I am a senior in high school and will be 18 in January, but I’ve had some major health problems. I also feel intimidated to stand up to him. Any suggestions? It’s hard to just walk away. this is my dad and I feel like he loves me…
I had my thyroid removed and its been a year and I still feel like crap.I’m always tired,my body has aches and pain that I never had before.I was on Levothyroxine but I’ve had to have it adjusted 6 times and still have no energy,no zest for life.I just switched to Armour thyroid meds.I’ve only been on it 2 days so I don’t know if it will work.Looking for someone who has had the same surgery and how are you doing?I don’t know anyone who has had the surgery and so nobody can understand what I’m going through.I have supportive family but I’m only 42 and I’m going thru the motions of life but not living it.
I have a friend that has skin cancer of an ear.Her doctor set her up with a appointment to see a dermatologist,but her employer said she had to change it because they needed her there.I am asking for legal options to help her.Oh her employer by the way is Aafes.
Even as more consumers flocked to Wal-Mart the last few months for deals on brand-name electronics, the company cut prices drastically to keep up with competitors, undermining its sales.
Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest retailer and an increasingly important player in electronics retailing, posted strong third-quarter earnings on Thursday. Though the company has gained market share during the recession, sales at stores open at least a year — an important measure of retail health — fell slightly. Wal-Mart attributed the decline to price deflation in groceries and, especially, in electronics.
“Prices have declined dramatically,” said Riddhi Patel, principal analyst with the market research firm iSuppli. She added that, industrywide, prices for LCD televisions fell 23 percent and prices for plasma TVs fell 18 percent from the third quarter of 2008 to the third quarter of this year. Electronics analysts said prices dropped as retailers vied to sell to tight-fisted consumers.
“Wal-Mart and Best Buy are locked in this life-and-death struggle for market share,” said Paul Gagnon, director of North American TV research for DisplaySearch, a research firm. “They’ve both been pretty aggressive in dropping prices.”
And for good reason. Low prices are crucial to winning in this economy, analysts said.
“When consumers go out in the market, what they have in mind is a price point — ‘O.K., I’m going to spend $800,’ ” Ms. Patel said.
Wal-Mart’s strategy these days is to pick up new consumers, and then hang onto them as the job market improves. The retailer said Thursday that it sold 25 percent more flat-panel televisions this year than last year. The average price for each unit fell by more than 20 percent.
Eduardo Castro-Wright, who oversees Wal-Mart’s United States operations, said in a recorded call that sales of televisions were also hurt because “there has been little new technology and fewer movie releases this year compared to the last.”
And Mr. Gagnon said that television prices typically went through cycles where prices dropped significantly until a new technology emerged. Retailers began experiencing that last year, he said.
Bill Dreher, a senior research analyst with Deutsche Bank Securities, said Wal-Mart was being strategic about where to sacrifice profit margins. “They’re focusing on gaining market share and gaining categories — food, toys and consumer electronics,” he said. “They’re being very aggressive in reminding the customer that they have low prices in these key categories that are important to the customer.”
For the three months ended Oct. 31, Wal-Mart had profits of $3.24 billion, or 84 cents a share, up from $3.14 billion, or 80 cents a share, a year ago. Revenue rose to $99.4 billion from $98.3 billion.
Sales at Wal-Mart stores open at least a year in the United States, a measure of retail health known as same-store sales, fell 0.4 percent, not including the impact of fuel sales.
Given consumers’ mood and the fact that Wal-Mart posted strong sales last Christmas, the retailer said it expected same-store sales in its next three-month reporting period to be about the same as last year.
“The sales environment continued to be difficult this quarter,” Mike Duke, Wal-Mart’s president and chief executive, said in a statement on Thursday, “but customer traffic is up throughout the company.”
Wal-Mart’s strongest categories were grocery and health and wellness, both of which had year-over-year sales increases. “Our customer is really taking advantage of Wal-Mart’s low price on prescriptions and over-the-counter products,” Mr. Castro-Wright said during the call.
Wal-Mart raised its profit projection for the year, to $3.57 to $3.61 a share, up from $3.50 to $3.60 a share.
I’ve missed all three years of middle school and now the cancer is gone (maybe just temporarily, but it’s gone for now at least) and I really want to go to school this year. We can’t afford a tutor. Is it possible for me to be put in high school even if I’ve missed the past three years of school?
Could I do it if I studied math all summer?
Please, any information, opinions, encouragement and tips are GREATLY appreciated. I do not want to be three years behind just because of this disease.
Is it because in the 60s and 70s Canada was the nuclear power of the world . Did it get passed on from there gens .
I have only been dipping for a bout a month and a half, I was planning on to quit dipping after 2 months because I am temporarily dipping so I can quit smoking. And it worked! I don’t need ciggarettes anymore. But this morning I noticed a small little blister or bump on the inside of my lip. Is this just a coincidence, or is it really possible to get some kind of mouth disease, mouth cancer, etc. after only a month and a half of dipping?
chance me!
im going to enter senior year with a 4.07 average gpa out of 4
I have a 3.66 unweighted gpa
i am top 8% out of 775 kids
i have an ACT score of 29
ive taken Bio AP (got a b), Calc BC AP (got a B), US AP (got an A) this year
next year im going to take Chem AP, Calc 3 & Diff Eq AP, Stats AP, Euro AP, Eng AP, Span 4 AP
Basically, ive taken the most challenging curriculum my school has offered
my activities are:
Cross Country and Track (not varisty)
National Honors Society
Committee Chair for Lumanaria/ Sponorship for Relay for Life
Founder and President of our schools South Asian Society
Over hundred hours of Hospital Volunteering and am Volunteer Committee Chair at my hospital
Peer Jury/ DARE/ Rush Corp Leader
Over the summer i volunteer as a Summer Camp Director
Treasurer of Key Club
(no working experience but i am looking for a job)
Delegate at the 2007 II DIstrict Key Club Convention
This summer i got accepted to this health science program at uic.
sat 2 : bio-640, math level 2- 800
On the ap test:
Bio: 3
US History: 4
Calc BC: 5
Chances at Univ of Ill/ U MICH/ WASH U@ ST Louis for engineering?
This is what we were told. So, we developed regular contact before going to sleep and before rising in the morning. Of course we do it for love but we want to know if this is really so. Where in the internet should I go for research?
