Babies, Babies and more Babies

Hi Folks,

Some of our studies this week involve conception to birth.  Remember to bring in your questions or put one in the ? envelope on my cabinet so I can address it with the class.


Question of the Day:   (This is an FYI)  Thanks Lauren, this hopefully answers the question.

Can testicular cancer be detected by a male urinating on a pregancy test/reagent strip?

According to the American Cancer Society, pregnancy tests work by detecting a hormone called Beta-HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin). Beta-HCG is produced by the cells of a woman's placenta during pregnancy, but is also excreted by some tumors "including some, but not all, testicular cancers," the cancer society says.

"At the time of diagnosis, only a small minority of men with testicular cancer have HCG levels high enough to be detected by a home urine pregnancy test," says Dr. Ted Gansler, director of medical content for the American Cancer Society, in a statement. "More sensitive blood tests for HCG with a lower cutoff level could detect a somewhat higher percentage, but several non-cancerous conditions can cause false positive results. "Current evidence does not indicate that screening the general population of men with a urine test for HCG (or with urine or blood tests for any other tumor marker) can find testicular cancer early enough to reduce testicular cancer death rates".

FIELD TRIP FORMS.....EVERYONE bring it tomorrow, AVHS bring on Thursday FOR SURE. (Unless you're coming to class!!!!)  Parent signature required and no procrastination!

MEMORIZE YOUR SS#  Very important!!!  Have a safe and fun evening!

Cell phone greeting and email addresses - now that you are becoming interns/professionals, change your greeting and email to reflect a professional person;

EXAMPLES: 

No ringtones....just the message.

Cell:   Hello, you have reached Jane at 925 123-4567, thank you for calling and feel free to leave a message.  Thank you.

Email:  You'll need a new email if yours is not professional.  Create a new one to use for college/employment/internship and make sure you remember the password.

Don't use...... hotsexyone@gmail or nicknames!!!  :-/  Nooooooooo.
         
Try something like this: smithjane123@gmail.com

This blog courtesy of the birthday girl, Lidia and Ms. Erceg  
 P.S. UC Santa Cruz representative in our Med Occs Classroom at 11:25 tomorrow!!!

Don't just sit there......help me!