Articles | Don't Overlook Cancer Researchers When Choosing Your Heroes

Everyone has a hero today, most who do are children, but adults belong in that group too. The hero is generally someone so famous he is known all over the world, or may be a family member of close friend. It is a normal practice to respect someone and wish to emulate that person.

Looking up to a hero is a characteristic that many children learn from their parents. There is nothing wrong with that. When we have someone to respect and want to be like, it gives us the nudge to improve ourselves. If our hero can be that cool, maybe we can too if we only work at it.

Most of the time in today's society, the person we most want to be like is a celebrity. When we think about it, it's really no surprised that some many people look up to them. From an outsider's view point, they have as much money as they could ever want, a beautiful house, and even a maid to clean up those houses. To most Americans that sounds like a dream come true.

Popular magazines and tabloids publish so many photographs and articles about famous people because they fascinate us, we can never attain the heights to which they currently have risen to. Perhaps, even more important than that, these same popular publications also print the foibles and tribulations these celebrities are heir to, adding wonderful meat to our gossip sessions while bringing them truer to life for us.

Celebrities are everywhere we go whether watching television or reading publications, yet very few of us have actually met any of them. It is rare for people today to idolize someone they have actually met.

Why is this true? Perhaps the answer could best come from the people treated at Cancer Treatment Centers of America or the many children being treated for cancer at St. Jude Children's Hospital. Anyone living with cancer claims as heroes those dedicated scientists engaging in research to find a cure for their dreadful disease.

Thousands of people every day are diagnosed with cancer, many of them youngsters. If you are one of the fortunate who have never had cancer, it is difficult to know how devastating a diagnosis of cancer can be. We can understand, though, that the disease is often excruciatingly painful and we hope the diagnosis never pertains to us. The good news is the scientists have been diligently at work for years engaged in research to find a cure for cancer.

Fifty years ago, being diagnosed with cancer was practically a death sentence. Little was known about cancer and its various forms back then. Now, thanks to the hard work and dedication of scientists and doctors around the world, cancer victims can fight back.

These hard working researchers have given the lives back to millions of cancer sufferers. For them, these professionals are their heroes. So next time you discuss the subject of heroes with your children or think about choosing a hero for yourself, you just might look at giving the nod to these dedicated professional scientists who have made such a difference in so many millions of lives.