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Reducing Your Breast Cancer Risk
You may be surprised to learn that nearly one-third of cancer deaths are attributed to diet and lifestyle. Clearly, how you live your life will have an impact on your...
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Understanding Breast Cancer
This year, the American Cancer Society estimates that over 246,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer will occur and over 40,450 women will die from the disease. Excluding cancers of...
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Nutritional Supplements and Breast Cancer
This month, we feature a series of articles on breast cancer to observe National Breast Cancer Awareness month. This article reviews the role nutritional supplements play in breast cancer prevention...
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Can Bacteria Cause and Prevent Breast Cancer?
When it comes to women’s health, there are few things scarier than the “c” word, especially breast cancer. After all, it accounts for 25% of all cancers and is the...
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What You Really Need to Know About Dense Breasts
Has your doctor informed you that your recent mammogram indicates that you have dense breasts? If so, are you trying to determine if additional testing should be done to screen...
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The Breasts Addressed: Everything You Want to Know
Breasts, boobies, tatas, “the girls” – with society’s obsession with our bosoms, you’d think we’d know everything about them. But surprisingly, beyond knowing all the different terms used to describe...
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Moderate Drinking and Breast Cancer Risk
A 2011 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals that even moderate alcohol consumption can lead to an increased risk of breast cancer. With so much...
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Young Girls Reaching Puberty Earlier
Young girls are maturing earlier, according to a study published in the September issue of Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The study was sponsored by...
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Fish Oil Supplements May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk
Fish oil supplements may reduce the risk of breast cancer, report researchers in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. This was the...
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Breast Feeding Reduces Risk of Developing Breast Cancer
Women who have a family history of breast cancer lowered their risk of developing premenopausal breast cancer by 59% if they breast fed, according to this study. While some studies...
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Breast Cancer Cell Finding Leads to Treatment Roadmap
Scientists from Walter + Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (Melbourne) discovered a population of breast cells called luminal progenitor cells that are likely to be responsible for breast cancers...