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very three minutes, someone in America is diagnosed with a blood cancer such as leukemia or lymphoma. The good news: A bone marrow transplant may help save these patients’ lives. But a transplant requires a matching donor, and 70 percent of people don’t have a match in their families. So they depend on the generosity of others—maybe even you.
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One Man’s Story Consider the case of 20-year-old Sheldon Mba. While prepping for final exams, Mba began to feel ill. This optimistic young man from Durham, N.C., thought his lingering stomach ailments and prolonged fatigue would pass after his workload lessened and he got more sleep. But when he collapsed on his way to an end-ofyear ceremony, he went to the hospital.
be you,” he says, adding, “People are dying from things like sickle cell disease and leukemia because their match isn’t on the registry. You could be that match.”
After several tests, doctors determined Mba was battling severe aplastic anemia and PNH, two rare marrow failure disorders. His only hope for a cure is a marrow transplant. Now, he and his doctors are searching for a matched donor.
There is a great need for young, diverse donors: Currently, the likelihood of having a matched, available donor on the Be The Match Registry is 97 percent for Caucasians but for African American and black patients, the likelihood can be as low as 66 percent.
He’s searching not only for himself but for others who also need matching marrow donors, particularly African Americans. Mba knows that patients are most likely to match someone who shares their ancestry and African American patients have the lowest odds of finding a match compared to all other populations. More African American donors are urgently needed to save more lives. Mba is a huge advocate for Be The Match, the world’s leading nonprofit organization focused on saving lives through marrow and cord blood transplantation. “There is a cure for these diseases and cancers. And the cure could
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How to Help That’s where you can come in. You can register as a donor and then stay informed and committed, so that if you’re selected, you’re ready to move forward. Learn More For further information, including how to sign up as a donor or to contribute in other ways, go to BeTheMatch.org. -(NAPSI)
Could This Tiny Lozenge Help America Stop Eating So Much?
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t any given point, roughly 50 percent of American adults are trying to lose or maintain their weight. That’s up from 24 percent in 2000. But instead of a leaner, healthier society, Americans are the heaviest they have ever been. More than two in three adults are overweight or obese, even though Americans spend $65 billion per year on dieting products and programs. Scientists know something is not working. Each year, a variety of services and diets are introduced to try to combat this epidemic. Most, like appetite suppressants, focus on the stomach. Now, a new innovative tool focused instead on the mind and mouth has been introduced to great interest and positive review. The product, MealEnders, is on a mission to help people combat overeating, master portion control and curb snacking in a way that is simple and sustainable. These 15-calorie signaling lozenges clear cravings from the mouth and mind using a combination of behavioral psychology and sensory science, and are designed to help support healthier eating habits—such as putting the fork down when you’ve had enough—for long-term, sustainable weight management. MealEnders consist of two components, a sweet, outer reward layer and an active-taste inner core. The outer layer provides a measured dose of “dessert” associated with the end of a meal or a snack, while the inner core
engages the trigeminal nerve with long-lasting cooling/tingling sensations to clear the palate and cue the cessation of eating. Sucking on a lozenge when you know you’ve consumed enough—but can’t stop—or in lieu of an unnecessary snack keeps your mouth and mind occupied, giving your body’s natural satiety process time to catch up. “The deliberate and conscious experience of taking a MealEnders establishes an important chronological marker for ending meals and avoiding snacks while empowering a user’s sense of self-control,” says Tami Lyon, MPH, RD. “The use of the lozenges, over time, promotes a positive association between the palate-clearing taste and an eating pause, creating an opportunity to implement healthy, sustainable weight loss behaviors.” The lozenges are not a “quick fix” product stuffed with herbs, stimulants or other “diet” drugs; rather, they are a safe, stimulant- and drug-free tool that can catalyze behavioral change by retraining the mind to “eat with the eyes.” And they taste great! Regulated by the FDA as a food product, each has only 15 calories and 2g sugar, is low-fat, gluten-free, kosher, and contains no high-fructose corn syrup or MSG. To learn more, visit www. mealenders.com. -(NAPSI)