Need your help for Movember 2014

 

Over the past 3 years, I've been participating in Movember, and last year I raised just over of $6,000 for awareness of, and treatment for, men's health issues. This Movember, I've again committed my upper lip to help change the face of men's health by growing a moustache, now I need your support at http://mobro.co/vladb.

 

The Movember Foundation is the leading global organization committed to changing the face of men's health. 

 

I'm passionate about this cause because too many men are dying unnecessarily from prostate cancer. In 2014, more than 233,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer.

The Movember Foundation is working tirelessly with an urgent goal in mind: accelerating breakthroughs in prostate cancer research that will benefit patients and their families. Movember is achieving this with the formation of the largest, global alliance of prostate cancer researchers and clinical specialists, who are tackling the toughest prostate cancer challenges.

 

I need your support to fund this important work. Together, we can create a world where no man dies of prostate cancer.

 

You can donate by:

-                      Donating online at http://mobro.co/vladb

-                      Writing a check to 'Movember', referencing my registration ID: 2380382 and mailing it to:  Movember, P.O. Box 1595, Culver City, CA 90232

 

You can learn more about the important work and impact Movember is having at: http://us.movember.com/programs

 

There's a lot riding on this moustache, thank you for your support!

 

Mo Bro Vlad Berson

http://mobro.co/vladb

 

Another 30,000 men projected to die this year

It’s been 18 days of Movember 2013, and of course Movember is a fun event (if you enjoy ridiculing guys like me for growing a lip-ferret, which I still feel belongs back in the age of ascots, fishbowl parties, and typewriters). But as fun as it is, the cause we’re supporting is quite serious.

The challenges to men’s health are a grim subject. The bottom line is we’re more likely to face serious health issues than women, and more likely to die because of them than women. Using scary stats to motivate people is not how we roll at Movember, but the facts below are too startling to ignore. In the US:

• 1 in 2 men, and 1 in 3 women, will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime – and men will contribute 12% more deaths this year vs. women.
• 1 in 6 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime.
• Over 238,000 new cases of the disease will be diagnosed and almost 30,000 men will die of prostate cancer in 2013.
• Testicular cancer is the most common cancer in males between the ages of 15 and 35.
• 7,920 men will be diagnosed with testicular cancer and 370 will die in 2013.
• 6 million people die every year from tobacco use and exposure to tobacco smoke. One person dies every six seconds.
• 1 in every 13 men will be diagnosed with lung cancer in his lifetime – and we’re 21% more likely to die than women.
• While not as common, men can get breast cancer. About 2,240 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed among men and about 410 men will die from the disease in 2013.
• More than 3.5 million cases of skin cancer are diagnosed each year.
• An estimated 13 million men, or 11.8% of all men over the age of 20, have diabetes – a rate 9% higher than women.
• Approximately 76.4 million men and women have high blood pressure.
• Men who sit more than six hours a day have an 18 percent increased risk of dying from heart disease and a 7.8 percent increased chance of dying from diabetes compared with someone who sits for three hours or less a day.
• Globally, 5.3 million deaths will be attributed to physical inactivity.
• Over 6 million men are diagnosed with depression each year.
• Almost four times as many males as females die by suicide.
• 24% of men are less likely to go to the doctor compared to women.

If you really want to freak out about the cancer rates for men vs. women check out the stats onhttp://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/content/@epidemiologysurveilance/documents/document/acspc-036845.pdf

What’s the bottom line?

• First: don’t be stupid! Knowledge Is Power, Prevention Is Everything, Early Detection Is Key. Check out http://us.movember.com/mens-health/resources/ for tips and remember to get yourself checked out! Seriously – men, go to the g*ddamn doctor. Women, urge men to got to g*ddamn doctor.
• Second: help us support world-class men’s health programs that combat prostate and testicular cancer by contributing here http://mobro.co/vladb. These programs, directed by the Movember Foundation, are focused on awareness and education, living with and beyond cancer, and research to achieve our vision of an everlasting impact on the face of men’s health.

For those of you who’ve already contributed to my Movember campaign – thank you. There’s scary moustache pictures posted in the gallery at http://mobro.co/vladb.

28,000 Men Will Die Of Prostate Cancer In The US This Year

Hi,

Men's health is a cause I am passionate about but in order to make a difference I need your help. My commitment is to grow a moustache for the month of November and by changing my appearance, raise vital awareness and funds for men's health, specifically prostate and testicular cancer initiatives.

I am asking you to help support my personal journey by making a donation. The size of the donation isn't important, every little bit helps Movember continue its funding of world-class programs. 

To highlight the importance of what I am doing, take a look at these statistics:

•        1 in 6 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime

•        This year 242,000 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed

•        This year 8,290 men will be diagnosed with testicular cancer

If you'd like to help change these statistics, please donate to me by:
*Donating online at: http://mobro.co/vladb
*Writing a check payable to 'Movember', referencing my Registration ID: 2380382 and mailing it to: Movember, PO Box 2726, Venice CA 90294-2726

For more details, take a look at the Programs We Fund section on the Movember website: http://us.movember.com/about/funding-overview/

Thank you in advance for supporting my efforts to change the face of men's health.

Vlad Berson

Movember is a registered 501 (c)(3) charity, donations are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.

My EYES! Oh AAARRGGH I CAN STILL SEE IT

OK - full disclosure: I have a guilty pleasure. Well, several actually, but this post isn't about monkeys. I'm a geek, and I relax by geeking out and watching mindless sci-fi movies. If it has robots, spaceships, lasers, monkeys, hot chicks in boots, and/or dragons - that's my way of breathing deep and saying "ooohhhhhmmmm". So after a trying week, I just tried relaxing by watching Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

I couldn't do it. Even though things were blowing up and Megan Fox was never assigned pants by the wardrobe department, by 23 minutes in, I wanted to tear out my eyes with my own teeth. I don't know how a movie could suck this much while spending so much money, but then again I didn't watch the royal wedding today.

Anyhow - in summation: given a choice between watching this movie or having to live for a week inside Carrot-top's mouth , the choice is clear. Don't. Waste. Your. Time.

And my new favorite Archer episode is...

El Sequestro from season 2! Not least because this was tattooed on Pam's back:

For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,
And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed:
And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill,
And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still!

Season two isn't on DVD yet, but if you haven't seen this show, WATCH IT NOW.  Archer: Season 1

C'mon, how many cartoons are quoting Lord Byron?

Religion is just grand, part 5

I'm standing in a catholic church's foyer. My wife is inside because she's a godmother to a baby being christened. The foyer is where people go when the have a baby in a stroller (like me) or a small child getting antsy (like the other people here). A little girl keeps fidgeting and trying to "dance". Her mother or grandmother or whatever gets fed up and says: "stop it! Do you want to go to HELL? Well, DO YOU?!"

Little girl starts to cry.

Amen.

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