I received one of those "OMG" e-mails from my cousin. You know the ones--someone died or developed a horrible disease that could have been prevented with a simple test. This one was the CA-125 blood test for ovarian cancer e-mail. The originator of the e-mail was a real person and she did have cancer and the CA-125 test did discover her cancer but she has since revised that original e-mail due to further study.
Folks, when you get these gloom and doom e-mails or the ones about the guy waking up in the bathtub filled with ice or whatever, check them out on Snopes before you start forwarding them to everyone you know. The CA-125 e-mail has been around since 1999 obviously is going through another reincarnation as it were.
The Internet provides a lot of wonderful information and it can also ensure that you get the facts straight. It only takes a few moments to check the facts before you forward that e-mail, no matter how well-meaning it is.
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