6 Things You Can Do to Prevent Breast Cancer
Posted on December 11, 2008 - Filed Under Breast Cancer | Leave a Comment
With 49,000 new cases and 11,000 deaths per year, breast cancer has experienced a doubling of cases during the past 25 years. And yet, we can prevent this cancer by some simple habits. The risk of breast cancer may be lowered, so play your part!
Just like it is for lung cancer, the causes of breast cancer are easily identified, Only recently a number of these factors have been formally recognized by the light of specific studies. So lets take a look at what you can to to prevent breast cancer and live a healthy life.
Eat less and better.
Again, food is… Continue reading
Read More..>>Causes of Breast Cancer and Its Treatments
Posted on August 15, 2008 - Filed Under Breast Cancer | Leave a Comment
Breast Cancer
Breast cancer affects one in eight women during their lives. Breast cancer kills more women in the United States than any cancer except lung cancer. No one knows why some women get breast cancer, but there are a number of risk factor
Breast cancer is a cancer that starts in the cells of the breast in men and women. Worldwide, breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer after lung cancer (10.4% of all cancer incidence, both sexes counted) and the fifth most common cause of cancer death.
Breast Cancer Causes
In breast cancer, some of the cells in your… Continue reading
Read More..>>Breast Cancer Facts - You Should Know the Symptoms of Breast Cancer
Posted on August 10, 2008 - Filed Under Breast Cancer | Leave a Comment
Breast Cancer Facts Breast cancer is malignant cells formed in the tissues of the breast. The disease is predominantly found in women, and is much more aggressive in younger women, but it can also be found in men too. The disease is different from woman to woman and age to age, which is considered a heterogeneous disease.
Symptoms of Breast Cancer A number of conditions, other than breast cancer, can cause a change in size or feel of your breast. Fibrocystic changes, cysts, fibroadenomas, infection or injury are possible causes of non-cancerous (benign) breast changes, but more… Continue reading
Read More..>>Causes of Breast Cancer - Still a Mystery?
Posted on July 14, 2008 - Filed Under Breast Cancer | Leave a Comment
If you do your research, you’ll find that the information given still points to the “I don’t know, but here are the risk factors” lame explanation. What a lot of you know what! Sometimes I wonder if the people who write these things really think it through.
Here’s what I mean… “most women who develop breast cancer have no risk factors other than simply being a woman and getting older (especially being over 50). Talk to your doctor about your risk… blah, blah, blah.
Wouldn’t a better explanation be… “most women who develop breast cancer have no risk factors other than simply… Continue reading
Read More..>>Breast Cancer - Cure and Treatments
Posted on June 19, 2008 - Filed Under Breast Cancer | Leave a Comment
Breast cancer is one of the most feared diseases which nobody wants to be diagnosed with. From all the media attention it receives today a person would think that progress is being made towards finding a cure, but unfortunately the opposite is true, as the breast cancer rates are still climbing.
The main reason why it is still increasing is that we don’t have prevention, despite all the causes of breast cancer being well known. Also the reason why we don’t have a cure for breast cancer is because all our current treatments are very good at generating profits for the… Continue reading
Read More..>>Common Sense Tips to Cut Breast Cancer Risk
Posted on June 5, 2008 - Filed Under Breast Cancer | Leave a Comment
We’ve all been watching the annual parade of ‘pink’ - all in the name of raising money to fight breast cancer! The objectives are admirable - more money for research for early detection and maybe to defeat the causes of breast cancer. AND it’s important.
Somehow, despite all the pink ribbons and fundraising, the disease continues to affect thousands of families every year. Today breast cancer affects nearly 1 in every 6 women and all cancers affecting 1 in 3 women. There is no family that has been left untouched by cancer. An astounding toll!
So, what’s going on here? Are there… Continue reading
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