OK, time to stifle the Thanksgiving jokes about turkey making you drowsy. Yes, there’s an amino acid called tryptophan in turkey, and it does help your body produce a chemical called serotonin, which promotes a good night’s sleep. But chicken, beef, nuts, and cheese also contain tryptophan, and no one’s pointing the finger at them. So if you nod off after dinner, it’s probably due to all the carbs in that pile of brown-and-serve rolls you scarfed down.
Ovarian cancer is among the most aggressive and toughest of all gynecological cancers to diagnose and treat. The most common kind, called high-grade serous ovarian cancer, has about an 80% chance of returning.
“I have not cried ever since my diagnosis. I didn't even cry when the doctor told me that I had cancer or when I told Dennis or my kids,” Jane says. “But I'm going to cry when I ring that Victory Bell.”
Do you have friends or loved ones that are due — or overdue — for their PSA test to detect prostate cancer? Let them know about our free prostate cancer early detection event on November 16, 2023.