Lethargic & lazy and all I could see was a future of getting larger, lazier & less healthy. I saw a future that I wanted no part of. So I made a single change to my daily routine.
That one change, changed everything! It helped me reduce the amount of sugar & fat I was eating, improved my digestion, calmed my aches & increased my energy. Now at 48 I can honestly say that I’m in the best shape of my life…and getting better!
I’m itchy, constantly. I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t itchy, it’s driving me crazy. All the dermatologist have to say is, “keep putting your cream on” Well the cream obviously doesn’t work otherwise I wouldn’t of been on toxic drugs for the past 3 years. Putting cream on already irritated skin just makes it worse, even just moisturiser.. But the dermatologists can’t seem to understand that, unless I’m the only one who experiences this. I’m tired, I don’t want to sleep because when I sleep I scratch, I wake myself up scratching, or my sheets have stook to me from blood and weeping sores so I move then it rips. It just seems never ending. No one ever thinks that eczema can be this life altering but it is, it affects everything about my life, from not being able to go in then sun due to medications I’m on, what I eat, what I wear.. It’s horrible and nothing seems to be working to get it better. Rant over.
It’s our honor today to highlight Dr. Jewel Plummer Cobb, a dedicated cancer biologist who discovered an effective treatment for some skin cancers, lung cancer, and childhood leukemia!
Born and raised in Chicago, IL, Dr. Plummer Cobb was raised from a family of STEM trailblazers, with her father being the first Black MD from Cornell University and her grandfather being a freed slave to becoming a Howard University graduate and pharmacist.
She carried on in her family’s #STEM tradition by pursuing science, graduating with a PhD in cell physiology from New York University (@nyuniversity) in 1950. She also greatly excelled at all that she did.
Plummer Cobb worked in a variety of institutions over her career and researched the effects of damaging agents (UV light, chemotherapy, etc.) and cell division. Her discovery of methotrexate as a chemotherapy agent is still being used today.
In addition to her outstanding research, Dr. Plummer Cobb also was a deep advocate for increasing women and people of color in STEM careers. creating programs to support Black communities as the VP of 21st Century Foundation.
Thank you for all that you’ve done Dr. Plummer Cobb - your legacy has lasting impacts in many arenas!
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