Fundraiser — Race for the Cure

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Kv_komen_logo_COUI recently agreed to help raise funds to support efforts to fight breast cancer.  The funds that we are raising go toward educational, treatment, and screening programs.  As part of the effort, I will be running in the 2010 “Race for the Cure” — a 5K race here in Columbia Missouri on September 19. Please use the link listed below to join me as a sponsor of the run.

Thank you!

Dennis Crouch
dcrouch@patentlyo.com

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13 thoughts on “Fundraiser — Race for the Cure”

  1. 13

    The run itself MIGHT be in itself preventative against some forms of cancer.

    Perhaps, but then there’s the potential for nipple chafing. One it starts, it’s a vicious circle.

    And I don’t know what’s so bad about funding rabies awareness. Myth: Three Americans die every year from rabies. Fact: Four Americans die every year from rabies…

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    the funding on a per-victim basis for both breast cancer and HIV/AIDS was many, many times (circa 100x) that of higher mort diseases like diabetes.

    I’m sympathetic to the general principle that the “rock star” diseases get a disproportionate amount of funding, but maybe diabetes isn’t the best example. Diabetes is treatable (though not curable), but HIV is a death sentence.

    Then again, a fair amount of the spread of both HIV and diabetes can be traced to our lifestyle choices. So let’s fund breast cancer, I guess. It’s still a better cause than rabies.

    Just don’t run outdoors long enough to get skin cancer.

  3. 11

    The run itself MIGHT be in itself preventative against some forms of cancer.

    While the data is still somewhat ambiguous, there will hopefully be more information forthcoming concerning the link between vitamin D (synthesized upon exposure to radiation from sunlight) and cancer prevention.

    link to lpi.oregonstate.edu

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    Please all take a moment to look at relative funding levels for “famous” diseases getting a lot of media and Hollywood (and Senate, etc.) attention, vs. other diseases (which kill far more victims) but aren’t in the news and so get the dregs funding-wise.

    I haven’t myself looked this up since I was in law school a few years back, but at that time the funding on a per-victim basis for both breast cancer and HIV/AIDS was many, many times (circa 100x) that of higher mort diseases like diabetes.

    Just a thought. Why jump on the bandwagon that’s already so heavily loaded with cash? I understand the organizers’ belief that they can never-never slack off (else someday the funds might not be there), but that’s not a good reason for citizens to only follow the pack with their charitable giving.

    And to forestall the inevitable, yes I do have breast cancer survivors (and non-survivors) in my own circle of family and friends.

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    I’m in as a donor and I wish you a great run, Dennis. Let me know if this inspires you to go longer distances, like the marathon (my thing).

    The “for the cure” trademark battle is a very interesting one. On the one hand, Komen is within its rights to defend its mark, but then again, perhaps it should be a lot less aggressive than a regular business if the other causes and organizations are effectively pursuing cures for disease.

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    Crowd source it I say.

    You mean, get people all over the internet to examine breasts until they find the cure?

    Pretty sure we should have several hundred cures by now.

  10. 4

    While I’m all for donations, this is a patent blog, shouldn’t we be donating inventions/ideas to cure/treat breast cancer?

    Crowd source it I say.

    I’ve just begun studying the disease myself of late and I’m still working through the basics. Give me a few years, I’ll whip ya up a lil somethin.

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    Boycotting cancer research funding for lack of antecedent basis? Wow, that’s harsh. Guy must be an examiner.

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