Cancer kills seven million people around the world each year, and that number is expected to more than double within the next 20 years unless something is done. The Cancer Research Institute is learning to harness the immune system’s natural disease-fighting ability and strengthen its ability to eliminate cancer. Visit www.CancerResearch.org for more information and to learn how you can help join CRI in advancing immunology to conquer cancer.

Electrolux & Kelly Ripa support the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund in the fight against Ovarian Cancer.

Kodak Commercials Competition Winner 2006 Dir: KBK Prod: Kirsten McFie

www.morethanalive.com The single animal study of pineal function indicates that fluoride exposure results in altered melatonin production and altered timing of sexual maturity. Whether fluoride affects pineal function in humans remains to be demonstrated. The two studies of menarcheal age in humans show the possibility of earlier menarche in some individuals exposed to fluoride, but no definitive statement can be made. Recent information on the role of the pineal organ in humans suggests …

www.donatetomyrelay.orgRadio Toast only plays superb music you may never have heard before. If you enjoyed this post, please donate anything you can (before August 2009) to Cancer Research UK using the link www.donatetomyrelay.org Modern Estonian composer Arvo Part excells himself here- this is the last three exciting-as-hell minutes of Tabula Rasa’s first movement (‘Ludus’ = ‘Game’). Composed in 1977, this was very influential on Bowie (and others) during his Berlin period. Pictures are of …

The National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) is a UK-wide partnership between the government, charity and industry which promotes co-operation in cancer research among the 21 member organisations for the benefit of patients, the public and the scientific community.

Save some boobs: bit.ly Jack Black gets a mammogram in honor of the Men for Women Now campaign, a collaboration between the Noreen Fraser Foundation and SocialVibe to fund women’s cancer research. Jack co-wrote this video where he encourages men to “get off our lazy butts…” To find out more and see more videos, please visit www.menforwomennow.com.

Medical researchers in Tel Aviv have identified a substance that can kill cancerous cells without harming healthy ones. So far, experiments have only been carried out on mice, but they hope the discovery may pave the way for more effective cancer treatment. Al Jazeera’s Jacky Rowland reports.

We at the Brain Cancer Research for a Cure Foundation along with our collaborator Dr. Alfredo Quinones- Hinojosa have a passion for paralyzing brain cancer. Dr. Q ,as his colleagues call him, are in a daliy battle to find “less barbaric ways of treating brain tumors’” and finding tumor fighting vaccines. They can’t achieve their goals without having the resources that are needed to develop better brain cancer treatment and save lives. With your support we can create hope for those who are in …

www.donatetomyrelay.orgRadio Toast only plays superb music you may never have heard before. If you enjoyed this post, please donate anything you can (before August 2009) to Cancer Research UK using the link www.donatetomyrelay.org Another track of Jansch’s 1965 debut album ‘Bert Jansch’ (the great ‘Needle of Death’ is also here on Toast), released on Nathan Joseph’s Transatlantic label. ‘Courting Blues’ is full of tension, drama and barely hidden menace. Lock up your daughters!…