The Breast Cancer Risk

Nine Ways to Reduce Breast Cancer Risk

noreply@blogger.com (Demulen) — Fri, 13 May 2016 17:09:00 +0000

By Syble James

Mutation in either the BRCA1 or the BRCA2 gene, excess estrogen levels in the body, diet, excess weight, alcohol consumption, and cigarette smoking are all risk factors for breast cancer. While there's almost nothing we can do to change hereditary gene mutation, it is within our power to control the other factors and protect our breasts.

Maintain a Healthy Weight

A recent American Cancer Society study of more than 62,000 women found that the more weight women gain after age 18, the greater their risk of developing breast cancer during menopause. Extra pounds increase estrogen production, which can fuel cancer growth. On the other hand, even if you are heavier regular exercise will reduce your risk significantly.

"Physical activity is thought to lower the amount of estrogen in the body, thereby lowering your breast cancer," explains Dr. Debbie Saslow, PhD, Director of Breast and Gynecologic Cancer at the American Cancer Society. So get moving. A brisk 30-minute walk five days a week can reduce breast cancer risk by 18 percent, according to a study of more than 74,000 women ages 50 to 79.
Eat Good Fats

High levels of polyunsaturated fat and saturated fat have been linked to breast cancer, so limit these fats in your diet. Opt for more monounsaturated fat, such as olive and canola oils. A study in Sweden of more than 61,000 women between the ages of 40 and 76 showed that consuming an additional 10 grams of monounsaturated fat reduces breast cancer risk by an estimated 45 percent. On the other hand, the study also showed that every extra 5 grams of polyunsaturated fat consumed, increased breast cancer risk by 69 percent. Breast cancer rates are low among women in Spain, Greece, and Italy, and the fact that people in these countries use olive oil as their primary source of fat undoubtedly is a factor in this beneficial result.

Eat Fruits and Vegetables

Carotenoids are powerful antioxidants that protect against cancer, and these are found in a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. Researchers at New York University compared blood samples from 270 women who subsequently developed breast cancer to samples taken from 270 women who did not. They found that women with the lowest levels of carotenoids had twice the risk of breast cancer as found in those with the highest levels. Try to eat five to nine servings (one-half- to one cup) daily of fruit and vegetables, especially carrots, tomatoes, watermelon, and spinach.

Add Flaxseed to Your Diet

These seeds are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, which support cardiovascular health as well as lowering the risk of all types of cancer. Flaxseed also contains high levels of a compound called lignans that may reduce estrogen activity in the body. Studies on rats show that lignans actually shrink breast tumors. To eat flaxseed, sprinkle two to three tablespoons of ground flaxseed on your cereal, add to smoothies, or use flaxseed oil in salad dressing.

Learn to Like Soy

Women in Asia have one-fifth the breast cancer rate of Western women. Scientists believe that the reason is their soy-rich diet. A Japanese study showed that women who ate three or more bowls of miso soup (made with fermented soybeans), reduced their risk by 50 percent over those who had less. Soy foods contain phytoestrogens, compounds that are weak forms of estrogen and may protect against breast cancer. Add one to two servings of soy foods daily to your diet - a cup of soy milk, a half cup of tofu, tempeh, or soy nuts.

Limit Alcohol Intake

Alcohol intake is linked to increased levels of estrogen which fuels cancer. It is recommended that if you drink alcohol occasionally, take 400 micrograms of daily folic acid (the amount found in most multivitamins). A Mayo Clinic study showed that women with the lowest folate (folic acid occurring in fruits and vegetables) intake who drank even a small amount of alcohol daily -- even half a drink -- had a 59 percent increased risk of breast cancer, but a high intake of folate cancelled out the increased risk among moderate drinkers. How folate reduces the risk is not clear, but experts agree that most Americans are not getting enough.

Quit Smoking

Studies show that the younger women are when they first start smoking, the greater their risk of developing breast cancer before menopause. Other studies suggest that women with a family history of breast and ovarian cancer may increase their risk if they smoke. Also current and past smokers who develop breast cancer are twice as likely to get an aggressive form of the disease that is not estrogen-dependent. Similar risk applies with second-hand smoke.

Limit Use of Antibiotics

New evidence suggests that the more often you take antibiotics, the higher your breast cancer risk. A study of more than 10,000 women revealed that the risk of breast cancer is doubled among those who took antibiotics for more than 500 cumulative days (the equivalent of about 25 prescriptions) over an average of 17 years compared with women who never took antibiotics. Researchers caution, however, that other factors, such as underlying illness, weakened immune system, or hormonal imbalance, could account for the increased risk.

Opt to Breast-Feed

Not only is it good for your infant, but lactation also suppresses ovulation and the production of estrogen. Researchers compared the birth rates and breast-feeding practices among women in developed countries with women in developing nations in Asia and Africa and found that the breast cancer risk in developed countries could be cut in half if women had as many babies and breast-fed each child for an average of 30 months per child as women in developing countries. Breast-feeding alone would reduce the risk by two-thirds. They also found that for each year a woman breast-feeds, her breast cancer risk dropped 4 percent.

Source:

American Breast Cancer Association
The Mayo Clinic

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noreply@blogger.com (Demulen) — Thu, 12 May 2016 19:45:00 +0000

Type 2 Diabetes - Could Insulin Resistance Contribute to Breast Cancer?

By Beverleigh H Piepers

In 2003, the journal Diabetes Care published the results of a study showing a slightly increased risk of breast cancer in women who had been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. In 2015, the journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment reported a Canadian study on Type 2 diabetes and stages of breast cancer. Comparing breast cancer patients with and without Type 2 diabetes, the investigators found the diabetic women were more often first diagnosed with this type of cancer in its later stages. The researchers concluded having Type 2 diabetes might make women vulnerable to more aggressive types of cancer.

In March 2016, the Journal Medicine (Baltimore) reported a link between insulin resistance, the cause of Type 2 diabetes, and one form of breast cancer. Researchers at Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea, looked at 760 women and compared their cancer stages with their need for insulin...

a total of 26.4 percent had insulin resistance. In patients, past menopause, those with insulin resistance had larger and more advanced tumors than those with normal insulin sensitivity.
big and advanced tumors were not the case for women who had not had menopause.

From the above information, it was suggested insulin resistance could cause tumor progression and should be taken into account when treatment is planned.
Breast cancer is staged by its size and how much, if any, it has spread...

Stage 0 the tumor is limited to one part of the breast
Stage 1 the tumor is up to 2 cm in size, has invaded surrounding healthy breast tissue, and might be found in the lymph nodes
Stage 2 the tumor is over 2 cm in diameter and might have spread to the underarm lymph nodes
Stage 3 the tumor is up to 5 cm in diameter and spread to lymph nodes under the arms or near the breastbone, or into the skin.
Stage 4 the tumor has spread to distant sites, such as the lungs, distant lymph nodes, skin, bones, liver or brain.

Signs and symptoms of breast cancer include...

dimpling of the skin
change in breast shape
bleeding or discharge
hard lump
redness
discomfort
inverted nipple
lumps near the breast or under the arms.

Eating a low-fat, low-calorie diet and maintaining normal lean weight helps to prevent breast cancer. Breastfeeding not only contributes to preventing breast cancer but helps the uterus to go back to its normal size after pregnancy and is the best nutrition for newborn babies.

Although managing your disease can be very challenging, Type 2 diabetes is not a condition you must just live with. You can make simple changes to your daily routine and lower both your weight and your blood sugar levels. Hang in there, the longer you do it, the easier it gets.

For nearly 25 years Beverleigh Piepers has searched for and found a number of secrets to help you build a healthy body. Go to http://DrugFreeType2Diabetes.com to learn about some of those secrets.
The answer isn't in the endless volumes of available information but in yourself.

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What Is Breast Cancer Awareness?

noreply@blogger.com (Demulen) — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 21:43:00 +0000

By Eric Arkadia

You've seen the pink ribbon before. It's the international symbol for breast cancer awareness, going as far back as 1991 when the Susan G. Komen Foundation first handed them out to participants in a breast cancer survivors convention.

But did you know that peach almost became the color of the ribbon for the fight against the disease? A breast cancer survivor by the name of Charlotte Hayley decided to sell cards bearing peach-colored ribbons to promote awareness. The agenda caught the interest of cosmetic company Estee Lauder, but they wanted to change the peach ribbons to pink, thus going back to the original color first used in 1991. And ever since, it has been pink.

If the HIV awareness ribbon is red, the ribbon for breast cancer is pink. Pink suggests femininity, delicateness, the maternal instinct: an appropriate color indeed. It is the awareness of a disease that can take a life, if not radically alter a lifestyle. The pink is the awareness of a disease that doesn't just disfigure women but also robs them of their inherent capacity to nourish their children.

Breast cancer, like all forms of cancer, is a traitor. It strikes when you're not watching. This is why October has become the designated month for Breast Cancer Awareness, a time to raise consciousness among women (and not just women but everyone in general) about the disease. This is the time when the pink ribbons start coming out, delicately pink, but steadfast in mission.

The main goal is always to encourage women to get a mammogram and have themselves checked, something many women ignore. The alibis go from There's always something more important to do, or That trip to the doctor can always wait, until it's too late. What many people miss is that early detection is very important because time is always a factor in cancer. The chances of survival are greater when the disease is diagnosed properly and treatment is administered as soon as possible.

And all it takes is a simple non-invasive mammogram. A mammogram can be costly, but nowadays every health insurance company in the U.S. has been required by law to provide coverage for this procedure for their clients. Women with Medicare can avail of the procedure at a low-cost too, and some clinics offer absolutely free screening so there's still no reason why women shouldn't be able to find time to have themselves examined.

In the U.S. alone, for the year 2010, an estimated 207,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed among women, along with over 54,000 new cases of non-invasive cancer. These figures are significantly lower than in previous years, (2% from 1999 to 2006), and that's a good thing.

It means the pink ribbons are working: people are getting aware that there is such a disease and that it can strike them (even males can be candidates ), but only if they allow it too. It means people are taking care of themselves more these days.

Finding out that you have breast cancer should not be the end of your life. Rather, it is only the beginning. This may sound clichéd, but the statistics in survival from the disease is very hopeful. In 2010 the number of breast cancer survivors has reached more than 2.5 million, and it's still on the rise.

Celebrities like musician Sheryl Crow, Golden Girl Rue McClanahan, pop star Kylie Minogue, actress Cynthia Nixon (of "Sex and the City"), Edie Falco (of "The Sopranos"), and Christina Applegate have all been diagnosed with the disease, battled it, and are now doing their part in promoting breast cancer awareness.

Eric has been writing articles online for about 1 year now. He is also sharing many of his passions through his blogs, his latest being on Backyard Putting Greens which among others give you reviews on Indoor Putting Greens.

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Support Breast Cancer With Pink Binoculars

noreply@blogger.com (Demulen) — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:36:00 +0000

By Derek Robinson

As you are no doubt aware, October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. People are involved in all kinds of activities to raise awareness of this horrible disease. Many others get involved with money-raising activities such as walks, runs, or other organized events. But did you know you could support breast cancer awareness just by buying a pair of binoculars?

A lot of companies sometimes change their product packaging to support certain diseases or causes. They might just make it a certain color, or put a special graphic on it. When people buy those products, the company then donates a portion of the profits to that cause. This method of charity support is good for everyone involved.

Obviously, the charity gets a donation, so that's a positive thing for them. The company looks good for helping a charity, and possibly gains new customers from it. And the people who buy the products can help support a charity without spending any more money than they would have anyway. It's a win-win-win.

Usually, you see this done with everyday, common products you might find in the grocery store. But every once in a while, a company will take part with an uncommon product. That's what Alpen did. Alpen binoculars have only been around since 1997, but they've built a good reputation. When a family member of an Alpen employee, and then an Alpen employee herself were struck with breast cancer, the company decided to show its support with products.

They came out with two models of binoculars, both pink. Every time one of those pink binoculars is sold, a portion of the proceeds goes to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. They're still regular binoculars inside, and they work just as well as any other model. The only difference is that they're pink on the outside.

These binoculars would make a great gift for any woman, or anyone who wants to show their support for breast cancer awareness. If pink's not your color, the company makes plenty of regular binoculars, too.

Derek Robinson is a keen outdoorsman who contributes regularly for many websites including The Binocular Site which is the premier consumer site about binoculars, monoculars, spotting scopes and much more at http://www.thebinocularsite.com

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Effects of Breast Cancer

noreply@blogger.com (Demulen) — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:36:00 +0000

By Scotty Vazquez

Despite breast cancer being the second cause of morbidity among women in the United States, modern treatment methods have significantly increased the number of cancer survivors. The survivors however have to live with short or long-term effects of breast cancer, which range from physical, emotional and psychosocial effects. While the effects of modern treatments such as radiation or chemotherapy may fade away with time, physical scars left by the complete removal of the breast tissue may be difficult for most women to cope with. Emotional scars are also among the most prevalent breast cancer effects among women.

Most effects of breast cancer are evident as the survivors try to adjust back into normal living as part of the larger society. This is especially so because most women consider breasts as an important part of their femininity. When they are affected therefore, some women embrace denial as a way of ignoring the curious stares. Others react by constant feelings of anger, extroversion or introversion, hopelessness, depression and some may even develop psychiatric symptoms. Coping with their changed physical looks also poses challenges to most women. Without support from friends and family, the experience can be quite traumatic. Luckily, technology and innovation have developed breast prosthesis, which fits just as normally as a real breast would. Alternatively, and at a little more cost, survivors can have breasts reconstruction surgery, in which case the removed breast tissue is replaced using artificial fillers.

In some cases, the effects of breast cancer impinge on one's ability to relate with the opposite sex. Married women can even suffer low sex drive, especially if they are uncomfortable about how their bodies look. At this point, the partners of breast cancer survivors need to play a reassuring role. Joining support groups is also among the effective ways that contemporary breast cancer survivors can find support among themselves. In such groups, they get to share their different experiences and coping strategies, thus making it easier for most of them to handle their emotional and physical feelings of inadequacy.

If the cancer treatment involved the use of chemotherapy or radiation, the survivor may experience effects of breast cancer ranging from hot flashes, excessive sweating and hair loss. Some of the conventional treatments offered to the cancer survivors in order to relieve these symptoms include anti-depressant drugs or steroids. However, these too have some undesirable side effects which include weight gain, constipation, fatigue, decreased libido, dizziness, insomnia and nausea. When such occur, breast cancer survivors may consider alternative therapies such as acupuncture, which have fewer side effects.

Overall, effects of breast cancer are mostly manifested in the survivor's emotions. Even after self acceptance, most cancer survivors suffer anxiety, where even a little pain on the scarred tissue may have the survivor panicking that the cancer may be coming back. This in turn may lead to other effects such as difficulty in sleeping, depression or feelings of isolation. One of the effective ways of reassuring oneself is getting constant tests and get

Pick Pink to Support Breast Cancer Awareness

noreply@blogger.com (Demulen) — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:35:00 +0000

By Ally Keer

October is internationally known as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Pink Ribbon Day is always on the fourth Monday of October, which marks the culmination of breast cancer activities. This day is for fund raising to support research.

In October, people are encouraged to wear a pink ribbon to prove their support. The pink ribbon has become a favorite among women. This is because breast cancer has hit home to almost everyone. Unfortunately, it's hard to find someone in America who hasn't known someone suffer or died from this disease.

Breast cancer has become the most common cancer among women. It forms in the tissues of the breast, either in the ducts. It has been confirmed numerous times over that the early detection is the key to success for effective treatment. That's what the pink ribbon is really about, wearing which might remind other women to have a mammogram. In this way, you might save a life, and a home.

The pink ribbon is an international symbol, which means you can wear it in any country to raise the awareness of breast cancer. You can also pick some pink products to show your support. Many companies and non-profit organizations have offered lots of related products such as jewelry, t-shirts, handbags, and hats.

During this special month, many online shops, especially most of whose customers are women, will have promotion activities to help raise the awareness and also increase their impact among customers. It's a win-win marketing strategy.

Many celebrities also make use of their impact to help bring this awareness. They wear ribbons in shows, awards ceremony, and other public activities.

So, this October, wear a pink ribbon and pick something pink to show your support to this great cause. Only with a few efforts, we can make big difference in the struggle against the breast cancer.

Ally Keer is an expert author who has been writing on diet, fitness, weight loss, and relationship for over 4 years. She is also a fashion addict, who is especially interested in handbags. http://www.bagsok.com is one of her favorite bag online shops, which provides stylish, fashion, and cheap bags.

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Pink Ribbons for Breast Cancer

noreply@blogger.com (Demulen) — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:34:00 +0000

By Anna W

Pink ribbons for breast cancer symbolizes hope, cure, and support from friends, family, breast cancer survivors, and patients. October is breast cancer awareness month and the pink ribbons are worn by people. Macy's and Bloomingdale's sponsor Get Pink Get More campaign. Customers who pledge receive gift certificate in December 1, 2010 for all their shopping throughout October.. It's a good cause to help and shop for the holiday season.

The disease strikes anyone without a cause. It does not matter whether you are male or female. It can happen to children as young as ten years old. Race, age, sex does not matter. One out of eight will die from the disease. Whether directly or indirectly everyone is affected by it.

A pledge can help someone with medical bills or support research foundation. There are well known non profit organization such as the Susan G. Komen for the Cure where you can pledge to show your support. It is believed that she was the first to use the pink ribbon. Their grassroots efforts in the early 90s include the Race for the Cure held for the first time in New York City. During this inaugural race, participants were given pink visors to wear. At the next year's race, the Komen Foundation instead passed out pink cancer ribbons.

However, it has also been said that responsibility for the origin of the pink ribbon lies with Estée Lauder and Self Magazine after a 1992 Self Magazine issue devoted to breast cancer awareness. By 2005, the pink ribbon's association with breast cancer was internationally understood. Since the use, and subsequently the international appeal of pink cancer ribbons, many other ribbons have been used to symbolize various cancers and to help raise awareness.

Anna W. supports and teaches what causes cancer, natural cancer cures, support groups for cancer, holistic approach in medicine, list of raw foods, anti cancer diet, Budwig diet, cancer ribbons and more. Please visit her at http://www.all-natural-cancer-cures.com

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Can A Particular Alternative Cancer Cure Truly Fight Breast Cancer Tumors?

noreply@blogger.com (Demulen) — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:33:00 +0000

By Pat G.

Using an alternative cancer cure so that you can treat breast cancer is seldom spoken of in the doctor's office or hospital. This is because when a breast malignancy is present, the doctor's principal focus is to eliminate the cancerous growth along with the cancerous cells as soon as possible by zapping the actual cells away and also cutting the actual malignant tumor out.

Traditional treatments, including chemotherapy and radiation, never get rid of the underlying cause of the illness. In fact, the potential cause of the cancer is rarely mentioned. This is the major reason why countless numbers of cancer fighters relapse and consequently pass away. This is the biggest factor that separates alternative cancer cures with standard cancer treatments. Alternative treatments address the root cause so that the tumors and cells will not reappear.

The fact remains, countless individuals have been cured of breast cancer making use of alternative treatments. Actually, alternative cures have been in existence for countless years. Alternative remedies that eliminate tumors in the breast and throughout the body are becoming a lot more sought after currently because patients and families are little by little starting to get completely fed up with the medical industry.

Folks simply do not rely upon doctors as much as they did in the past. Toxic medicines and chemicals are the rule when it pertains to orthodox practitioners healing any medical conditions. But you need to ask, with so many breakthroughs in technology and billions of dollars paid out on breast cancer research, drug treatments, and other innovative treatments every year, exactly why are more people succumbing to cancer now far more than at any time in history?

Alternative cancer cures tackle recovery by utilizing purely natural therapies. Alternative therapies are designed to treat the total body. Zapping cancer cells as well as removing tumors can deliver a short-term resolution, but as the majority of us realize by now, cancers continue to spread inside of the body unless the root cause is addressed. Anytime the root cause is addressed using alternative solutions, the full body will heal. Not only will the cancer malignancy disappear, but a variety of other conditions will leave the body too.

With natural cancer treatment options, the practitioner views the cancerous cells and tumor serves as a sign that the body system is not in balance. An alternative cancer cure will help get the total body well, given that cancer cells will neither remain nor thrive in a body that is healthy and in balance.

Visit alternative cancer cure and learn much more about how you can cure breast cancer alternatively. There is a great deal of information available to you there. The website is http://www.CancerAlternativeTreatment.org. Visit today and learn about specific alternative remedies that you can start using to cure cancer naturally today! To your health!

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Breast Cancer's Lessons for the Lives We Live

noreply@blogger.com (Demulen) — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:32:00 +0000

By Joseph Langen

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Five years ago I knew breast cancer only in the abstract. It hadn't touched my life yet. I wondered how it was that so many women and a few men became hosts to a disease which started eating them up and, left untreated, could kill them. Had it always been this way? If not what has changed? I knew some cancer survivors and heard tales of a woman who died of breast cancer before I had a chance to meet her.

Then my beloved companion joined her mother and two sisters in the family struggle with breast cancer. The discovery immediately took over our relationship, first inviting panic and then survival strategies. Would she recover as did her older sister? Would she succumb to the disease as did her mother and younger sister? What was her prognosis? What should she do? What could I do?

Now, five years later, she has reached an important milestone in her recovery and survival. Each step in her treatment raised questions, challenges and fears. Eventually we tamed our concerns and made the necessary decisions. She endured treatment while I provided what support I could. Our life was different but we survived the ordeal and drew closer together in the process.

Recently I sat in a room full of several hundred breast cancer survivors, some of a few months and some of many years. They came together to raise money for breast cancer treatment and research. They dined and participated in a Chinese auction of gift baskets and a silent auction of bras elaborately decorated by craftswomen whose creations had been exhibited in a celebration of breast cancer awareness. Mostly they celebrated their courage and solidarity.

I wondered again about why people contract breast or any other sort of cancer. Mutated genes have been discovered to make breast cancer more likely. Clusters of cancer sufferers suggest environmental factors. Most likely is a combination of hereditary and environmental contributors.

Fortunately, research advances now make cancer a much less likely death sentence. Genetic testing helps make us aware of our risks. Research promises new, less primitive, treatments more in the near future. We also know more about how lifestyle such as nutrition, fitness and avoiding carcinogens can help keep us from cancer's grasp.

In these days when we are divided politically, culturally and religiously, it is reassuring to know that we can come together to fight cancer. Think of the pink gloves NFL players wear this month. Perhaps the fight against cancer can serve as a model for better cooperation between people in other areas as well. Thank you Zonta, Pink Hatters, United Memorial Medical Center Healthy Living, Genesee County Senior Center and GO ART!

Life Lab Lessons

Learn what you can about what causes cancer.
Do what you can to protect yourself and those you love.
Watch for signs of cancer and don't ignore them.
Support those you know with cancer.
Tell and show them you love them.

Joseph G. Langen is the author of Commonsense Wisdom for Everyday Life, Young Man of the Cloth, The Pastor's Inferno and Navigating Life: Commonsense Reflections for the Voyage. He also distributes a free newsletter on commonsense wisdom topics, Sliding Otter News. Learn more about his writing and publishing through Sliding Otter Publications at:

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Does the Pink of Breast Cancer Awareness Month Make Women With Cancer Feel Worse?

noreply@blogger.com (Demulen) — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 21:31:00 +0000

By Dave Pipitone

October is the traditional month for Breast Cancer Awareness. You'll see pink ribbons, pink t-shirts, pink clothing of all types worn by both women and men.

In fact, this year of 2010, the professional football teams of the National Football League have included pink in their football uniforms. Burly lineman and linebackers put pink cleats on their football shoes; quarterbacks and receivers wear pink wristbands and carry pink towels as part of their gear.

Why pink? How did the pink ribbon movement start? And most importantly, does it really help women who already have breast cancer? Or make them feel worse?

How Pink Got Into the Cancer Business
Ribbons have been used to express solidarity on the part of the wearer with the identified cause since the early to late 20th Century. Yellow ribbons are used for troops at war. Red ribbons for those with AIDS. Pink ribbons (and the color pink) express support for those who are diagnosed with Breast Cancer.

In the fall of 1991, Alexandra Penney, editor-in-chief of Self, a woman health magazine and Evelyn Lauder, of the cosmetic company Estée Lauder, got the idea to create a ribbon. The cosmetics giant distributed those ribbons stores in New York City.

Charlotte Hayley, who battled the disease, produced peach colored ribbons. She sold the ribbons to support cancer prevention. After discussing opportunities with Lauder, Hayley and their lawyers, they a "new" color, pink, was chosen, which became an international symbol for awareness.

Does Pink Really Help Women Who Have Breast Cancer?
There are loud voices of criticism about "Pink Month" and its long term effects for battling breast cancer.

Critics say that promoting pink ribbons as a symbol has not been credited with saving any lives. Others believe that the pink ribbon will fade from popular use and become only a fad. October has become a month when "pink" sales explode. Companies that sell pink merchandise and give a token donation to related charities.

Gayle Sulik, a medical sociologist wrote Pink Ribbon Blues: How Breast Cancer Culture Undermines Women's Health. She found that while "pink ribbon culture" has brought the illness much attention in the United States, did not improve women's health. Based on eight years of research, analysis and hundreds of interviews with women who had the disease, Ms. Sulik found that cancer rates rise, the cancer industry thrives, corporations profit from the disease, and those with this cancer are stigmatized by the pink ribbon.

How Does Seeing Pink Make Women with Cancer Feel about Themselves?
How does any woman feel when she has a serious illness and everything around her says, "Be Aware of Breast Cancer." In October, 2009 after Cheryl had been diagnosed with DCIS, a Stage 0 level. That October was a difficult month. Pink was everywhere and she was very aware of cancer. She had been diagnosed with it.

Yes, early detection was very important because we had less severe symptoms to deal with. Yet, the awareness month itself did little to support her. Whenever Cheryl went shopping, pink was everywhere. She felt horrible, like she couldn't get a break to live a normal life. Reminders were everywhere, that she was not normal - she had this cancer. She just wanted to hide.

Writing notes of support, using affirming words and spending more time together did a lot more for her spirits than pink ribbons and t-shirts did. Using the Treasuring mindset and approach helped Cheryl feel loved, appreciated and valued on the inside.

So, my questions to you, dear reader, are: What does October Breast Cancer Awareness Month mean to you? How do you treasure women with with illness? What do you write or say to them? And if you have breast cancer yourself, what would you want the important people in your life to write or say to you?

No one should take the breast cancer journey alone. Go along with support and encouragement. Get the breast cancer support and resources to show your loved ones how much you care. Visit Dave's site at Treasuing Women with Breast Cancer.com.

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Types of Breast Cancer Treatments

noreply@blogger.com (Demulen) — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:34:00 +0000

By Anna W

There are various types of breast cancer treatments which range from conventional, alternative, holistic, and natural ways. It is best to educate yourself prior to your decision. Knowledge brings wisdom and understanding. Gather as much information as possible, ask questions, and join support groups for breast cancer.

According to the National Cancer Institute, the conventional method involves surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, hormone, or targeted therapy. Most breast cancer patients have surgery to remove the cancer from the breast. There are several types of surgery.

The total mastectomy involves removing the whole breast that has cancer. Some lymph nodes under the arm can be removed by a separate incision. Modified radical mastectomy removes the whole breast with cancer, lymph nodes under the arm, lining of the chest muscles, and or part of the chest wall muscles. Radical mastectomy remove the breast, chest wall muscles under the breast, and all the lymph nodes under the arm.

After the surgery, some patients may be given radiation, chemotherapy, or hormone therapy to kill any remaining cancer cells left behind. Radiation therapy involves using high energy x-rays or other types of radiation to kill cancer cells. External radiation therapy uses a machine outside the body to send radiation toward cancer. Internal radiation therapy uses radioactive substance sealed in needles, seeds, wire which are directly placed into or near the cancer. Depending on the type and stage of cancer, the therapy may be slightly different.

Chemotherapy uses drugs to stop the cancer cells from growing. It can be administered by mouth or injected into the vein. The drugs travels through the bloodstream to reach cancer cells. Again, depending on the cancer stage and type, chemotherapy may be treated differently for each person.

Hormone therapy removes hormones or block their action and stops cancer cells. Tamoxifen is often given at early stages of breast cancer and those with metastatic breast cancer. Hormone therapy with tamoxifen or estrogen can act on cells all over the body and may increase the chance of developing endometrial cancer. Depending on whether the patient is post menopausal and hormone-dependent breast cancer, therapy can change accordingly.

Targeted therapy uses drugs or other source to kill cancer cells without harming the normal cells. Monoclonal antibodies and tyrosine kinase inhibitors are two types of therapies being studied to treat breast cancer.

Alternative, holistic, and natural treatments involve using only natural resources to heal the body. Breast cancer patients who have tried the conventional treatments and have been unsuccessful turn to alternative treatments. There are many successful stories of breast cancer survivors who have passed their remission stage and lead a normal healthy live.

Treating the body, mind, and soul are known to heal the body, naturally. We know that stress causes chemical imbalance in our bodies, sometimes lowering our immune system. Cancer patience, including breast cancer have lower immune system than healthy people. That's why doctors warn patients under going chemotherapy to avoid crowds to prevent getting pneumonia.

Eating whole organic vegetables, fruits, grains, beans, herbs, and tea are part of the treatment to getting better. There are also retreats that help breast cancer patients to relieve anxiety syndromes, stress, anger, and pain. Looking at the whole rather than parts of the body in terms of treating the disease holistically cures patients.

The Budwig diet, which involves eating a healthy vegetarian diet with low-fat cottage cheese and organic flax seed oil healed many breast cancer patients and others. The raw food diet also has testimonials of cancer patients leading a healthy lifestyle following the complete diet. Breast cancer is most common among women, however there are over 100 different types of cancer that strikes people every year. Why not educate yourself and find resources that best helps heal your disease.

Anna W. supports and teaches what causes cancer, support groups for cancer, anti cancer diet, list of raw foods, Budwig diet, and more. Please visit her at http://www.all-natural-cancer-cures.com

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Soy and Breast Cancer - A Suggestion to This Confused Relationship

noreply@blogger.com (Demulen) — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:37:00 +0000

By Ruimin Huang

Breast cancer is now an issue that had been raised by a lot of women all over the world. This type of cancer had killed millions of women nationwide and up to now studies are being conducted to know how to prevent and cure the cause of this cancer cell. Thus, with these studies there are a lot of misconceptions and foods that are connected to this type of cancer, and Soy and Breast Cancer are always been linked.

The Food That Might Cause or Cure Cancer

Soybean or Soya beans originated from East Asia under the species called Legume that is a plant that can be classified as oilseed and not a pulse. Soybean is very important to the daily lives of people especially those who are vegetarian since Tofu is a good alternative for red meat. Soy milk is an alternative for the dairy products such as milk. Soybeans can also give more protein in your body more than any other vegetables. It is sad to say that with all the benefits from soybeans people always tend to associate soy that is giving a bad impact on breast cancer.

The Start of the Soy Concept

There are a lot of questions raised with regards to soy. Some people ask if women who survived breast cancer should start avoiding eating tofu and other soy products. Also, is it true that if a person wants to stay away from this cancer they should avoid drinking soy powdered milk? The concept about soy and how they can promote cancer is very confusing and still no concrete answer to this question. Thus, the relevancy of soy to breast cancer is will connected with estrogen that acts like a stimulant that can be a receptors of breast cancer cells that can make them grow. There is always a potential if you eat a lot of soy products when you have cancer, and this is why most doctors will advice women who are undergoing breast cancer to avoid eating soy products. In contrary, some say that soy is not harmful. It can actually protect women from cancer because of its component isoflavones that can give a good strength in your body system. Soy products in considered as of the healthiest food due the protein content that will make your body strong and can build your muscle tissues.

Conclusion

For breast cancer patients, the soy intakes should not be worried too much. There is no need to eat much more or much less soy products, and just following the normal diet plan and advices from doctors as usual. Here is the suggestion for healthy soy intakes: eating about 15g of soy protein and 50mg of isoflavones a day is considered as safe and positive for health, and this amount of soy isoflavones and proteins can be provided by around 2 servings of normal soy products.

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Carcinogen: Environmental Exposures From Modern Life Styles And Medical Sources

noreply@blogger.com (Demulen) — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:43:00 +0000

By Chukwuh Innocent

"Though overall cancer incidence and mortality have continued to decline in recent years, the disease continues to devastate the lives of far too many Americans. In 2009 alone, approximately 1.5 million American Men, Women and children were diagnosed with cancer, and 562,000 died from the disease. With the growing body of evidence linking environmental exposures to cancer, the public is becoming increasingly aware of the unacceptable burden of cancer resulting from environmental and occupational exposures that could have been prevented through appropriate national action" Excerpt from a letter to President Barack Obama by the President's Panel on cancer.

Cancer continues to shatter and steal the lives of Americans. Approximately 41percent of Americans will be diagnosed of cancer sometime in their lives and about 21percent will possibly die from cancer.

Actually we seem to be losing the war against cancer because we have refused to address to a large extent the environmental causes of cancer. We have stubbornly refused to look at cancer from the angle of modern lifestyles and hazards from medical sources, not to talk of what we garbage in, in the name of food.

Convenience of modern life, from our toiletries, make up, automobile, generators, dry cleaning, airplane travel, potable tap water, cellular communication and electricity which was made to make life easy for all, has considerable impacted our environment and human health and some other unconfirmed effects on our health.

It might interest you to know that mobile source, air emission for trucks, cars, ships and other passenger vehicles and equipments contribute approximately 30 percent of cancer resulting from air pollution, and disinfection of public water supplies with intention of reducing water borne diseases may indirectly be affecting our health and research indicates that long term exposure to disinfection by- products may increase cancer risk.

Do you know that even chemicals used for household pest control can turn to a component of carpet dust leading to health risk for children playing on the floor?

The use of cell phone does not help matters either as this device are used regularly by older and younger ones alike. Though there's no evidence between the use of cell phone and cancer, however research on cancer and other diseases among long term and heavy users of wireless device is very limited.

Over the past two decades technology like imaging, nuclear medicine examinations including new pharmaceuticals interventions has all made possible diagnosis and treatment of human disease, cancer inclusive,but they also carry some health risks. It is on record that Americans get half of their total radiation exposure from medical imaging and other medical sources, actually medical radiation has nearly doubled over the years.

It might interest you to know that computed tomography (CT) and nuclear medicine tests alone contribute 36 percent of total radiation exposure and 75percent of the medical exposure of the US population.

The worst of it all is medical imaging of children since they have more years of life during which malignancy initiated by medical radiation can set in, and worrisome aspect of it is that many referring physicians, radiologists and the general public are unaware of radiation doses associated with various test.

"Even those who receive multiple scans or other tests that requires radiation may assimilate doses equal to or exceeding that of HIROSHIMA atomic bomb survivors."

It is widely believed that a single large dose of ionizing radiation and numerous low doses is equal to the body over time.

How doses one feel discovering that pharmaceuticals contribute a considerable source of environmental contamination, drugs of all types find its way into sources of water supply when they are improperly disposed.

Did I hear you ask the health impact of long term exposure to varying mixtures of these compounds. Your guess is as good as mine.

To combat and win the war on cancer, one need considerable and significant lifestyle changes, watch your environment and be careful of all those habits you indulge in and above all watch that thing you garbage in, in the name of food.

May the almighty give you the wisdom to discern all this things.

I am Yours

Chukwu Innocent O

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Cancer is no death sentence,you can beat cancer, if you really want to,those who beat cancer has certain glaring qualities,they are determined and doesn't take no for an answer and they are convinced that the must be a better way to deal with cancer and the read books on cancer to find out how others in their shoes,survived the disease,they are open and positive in their outlook and above all they are ready to drop bad habits and make significant lifestyle changes. http://www.homeofallspiritualsolutions.blogspot.com

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Why Some People Beat Cancer While Others Don't

noreply@blogger.com (Demulen) — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:44:00 +0000

By Chukwuh Innocent

Those who survive cancer have strong desire to carry on, despite all odds. They have the desire to live. They acquire a craving for life, and a lot of things add up to influence someone's outcome.

Nutrition: The quality of food we consume goes a long way in making possible a person's recovery. How do you explain a situation one eats junk food and you expect that person to withstand the onslaught of cancer.

Stress Reduction: One's willingness to make lifestyle changes and to reduce the levels of stress both internal and external is important for beating cancer if one has deficient social support and high level of stress, the internal balance of the body becomes easily dislodged and the resistance to disease becomes seriously compromised. One's reaction to the hassles of life can lead to one having an infection or one remaining symptom free.

Drive and commitment: One's drive to get well and commitment to get well is vital to one's recovery. You need to guide against negative opinions of others from affecting your recovery. They should be no double mind about your recovery. Don't mix with negative people, the person with the challenge of beating cancer need to mix with people that are positive in outlook.

Do not be A Passive Patient: You needn't just do all you are told. Try to question everything and if you happen not to like anything, ask questions. Anything that will make you happy just do it. Anything that will bring you joy, love or laughter better indulge in it.

Those who survive cancer ask questions. They read books, listen to tapes and search through the internet looking for solutions in the end they discover something that works for them. They are desirous of trying anything and they are convinced that medical profession does not have solution to their problems.

You need to fully participate in your treatment by making your own choices. You need to be informed, so as to be empowered and prepared to challenge opinions.

We are in a global village, thanks to the internet, there is so much information available on how to obtain good health and vitality using nutrition to combat myriads of conditions, all you need to do is do your own research, ask questions, challenge whatever you are not comfortable with do your own due diligent search, do not take my work, not even your doctor. Try to know how others did it, many survivors has beat cancer while going against the dictate of medical tradition, you too.

For the seek of emphasis try to find out by reading books related to cancer to discover how others defeated cancer.

May the almighty give you wisdom to understand this things.

Yours,

Dr. Chukwu Innocent O.

http://www.homeofallspiritualsolutions.blogspot.com

Those who survive cancer ask questions? They read books, listen to tapes and search through the internet looking for solutions in the end the discover something that works for them. They are desirous to trying anything and they are convinced that medical profession does not have solution to their problems.

You need to fully participate in your treatment by making your own choices. You need to be informed, so as to be empowered and prepared to challenge opinions.

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Carolyn Emmons Is Recovering After Surviving a Double Mastectomy

noreply@blogger.com (Demulen) — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:45:00 +0000

By Sandra Bratschi

Carolyn Emmons made the difficult decision to undergo a double mastectomy to decrease the possibility of her breast cancer recurring, but the choice was one she wrestled with.

WickedLocal.com reports that the stay-at-home mother was unsure of what would be best for her, but with the support of her family and friends, and with recommendations from her physician, she knew that she had to do whatever would help her cope with her diagnosis.

Emmons went for her yearly mammogram, that is recommended for women over the age of 40, and had never demonstrated any risk factors that may have hinted at the possibility of developing breast cancer. But after her mammogram detected two small tumors, she underwent a biopsy and was diagnosed with stage one breast cancer.

She decided to seek a second opinion, and worked with Dr Dirk Iglehart at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and underwent further testing. Her diagnosis was changed from invasive breast cancer to non-invasive ductile carcinoma in situ. Her doctor recommended having her right breast removed, but she felt that having a double mastectomy would help reduce the risk of the cancer returning.

Emmons underwent the procedure in August, and has been recovering, but still has moments where she has trouble coping with her newly altered body. She credits the support of her family and friends with helping through such a difficult time, many of whom brought food and sent cards following her surgery. She will undergo breast reconstruction surgery in the spring

"I just don't take anything for granted anymore," she told the news source. "It makes you appreciate everything - your family, your friends, life itself."

According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), more than 50,000 women will be diagnosed with carcinoma in situ, which is one of the earliest forms of breast cancer.

The ACS provides detailed information regarding the different treatment options available for women who are diagnosed with the disease. Because the illness can be diagnosed in different stages, women are encouraged to explore all treatment options with their physician to determine which is best for their particular situation.

Sandra Bratschi is a writer for The Survivors Club and is dedicated to helping people in crisis survive and thrive.

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Breast Cancer Awareness Fragrance Spotlight

noreply@blogger.com (Demulen) — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:46:00 +0000

By Wendy L. Maxey

In October we highlighted fragrances that participate in Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Proceeds from the purchases of these fragrances went toward research to help find a cure for breast cancer.

Kim Kardashian is supporting breast cancer efforts with her new signature fragrance rollerball. Kardashian held a contest earlier this year in search of a designer to create the packaging for her fragrance, which will be revealed today. Kardashian's woody, sweet floral rollerball perfume can be found at Sephora, and 10 percent of all proceeds will benefit the Young Survival Coalition, which supports young women who are diagnosed with this terrible disease.

Annick Goutal's Rose So Chic collection includes Rose Splendide, Rose Absolue and Quel Amour! Between now and Oct. 31, 2010, if you purchase one of these fragrances, the design house will donate roughly $6 or 5 euros to cancer research. These donations are in memory of Goutal, who died of the disease in 1999.

Another fragrance line is Jo Malone Red Roses collection, which combines a variety of seven different roses worldwide. At its heart is crushed violet with hints of lemon and spearmint. Red Roses is a fragrance delight. Jo Malone will donate $20,000 from sales of Red Roses products to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

DKNY has developed a line of travel-size bottles of its DKNY Be Delicious Fresh Blossom fragrances. Fresh Blossom is fresh and vibrant, perfect for women of confidence who enjoy the innocence of a floral scent, but also want to exude sensuality. DKNY will make a donation of $15,000 in connection with the sales of DKNY Be Delicious/Fresh Blossom Coffret to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. You can purchase the fragrances online or at participating department stores.

Other fragrances include Melange Floral Solid Perfume, Estee Lauder Beautiful Eau de Parfum, Aphrodisiac Lumar Beverly Hills, Antica Farmcista Home Fragrances, Sweet Grass Farm Fragrance Sticks and DKNY Cashmere Mist.

Wendy Maxey is the content manager for http://www.perfume.org, a scent-sational resource for fragrance industry news, perfume reviews, design house information, health & beauty tips and a whole lot more.

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How Your Pink Tennis Purchase Puts Cancer Charities In The Black

noreply@blogger.com (Demulen) — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:47:00 +0000

By Cheri Britton

Choose Your Pink Tennis Gear From A Respected Brand

If you like tennis and the color Pink, you can now indulge yourself in some superb tennis gear from a select group of top sporting brands, and help a deserving pink ribbon tennis charity into the bargain. The Pink Ribbon symbol has grown rapidly in popularity and appears on a wide variety of sporting goods, especially golf and tennis. Companies using the ribbon on their product lines promise to pay a percentage of profits or a fixed amount to one of the Pink Ribbon Breast Cancer charities for an agreed period. Though it's true, that some companies have jumped on the bandwagon, as much in an effort to increase sales as to give to charity, most pink tennis products are supplied by some well known, well respected household names like Wilson and New Balance.

Wilson Give Cancer Sufferers The 'Hope' To Overcome Their Illness

Perhaps the best known range of charitable tennis gear is the 'Wilson Hope' selection of pink tennis shoes, bags, tennis balls and other tennis accessories. Wilson are at the forefront of 'responsible' sports manufacturers with their eco-friendly methods of production. They aim to minimize any harmful effects their business has on the environment. It's no surprise then, that they've embraced the chance to make a positive contribution to the many lives that are damaged every year by this pervasive illness. The 'Hope' refers to empowering sufferers to believe they have both the will and the way to conquer their illness. Wilson are noted in the world of tennis for supplying high quality tennis racquets, tennis bags, apparel and shoes to some of the world's best players like Roger Federer, the Williams sisters and Justine Henin, and some of the world's finest tennis balls to tournaments like the US Open.

Wilson Pink Tennis Products Deliver Both Style & Performance

Their iconic three racquet 'Wilson Hope' pink tennis bags and single racquet backpacks are about the most stylish that money can buy. If you also use a can of the Wilson Hope Extra Duty Pink Tennis Balls for Your Tennis Game, you'll be making a very powerful statement about your concern for ridding the world of Breast Cancer, whilst encouraging others to take up the cause, and at the same time giving to vital income to charities keen to help anyone affected by the disease. If you're a woman who really wants to 'push the boat out' for Wilson's chosen charity, The Breast cancer Research Foundation, a pair of Wilson Tour Vision Lady tennis shoes will also benefit the charity and equip you with leading edge tennis shoe technological excellence to rival any on the market, (and they look pretty good too!).

New Balance Are Long-Haul Partners In The Race For The Cure

Speaking of pink tennis shoes, 'New Balance' are no slouches in this department too. They've been giving money to Breast Cancer Research since 1989. They actually supply the '760', the official shoe of the Susan G Koman Race For The Cure, a long established annual walking event in the US to raise funds and awareness for Pink Ribbon Cancer Research and The Susan G Komen Foundation. Susan's brave fight against cancer ultimately led to the creation of the Pink Ribbon symbol, when, so impressed with her sister's selfless desire to help others better cope with Breast Cancer during her own fight for life, Nancy decided to carry forward her sister's wishes on her death. This led to The Susan G Komen Foundation and the 'Race For The Cure'. During the 1990 Race for the Cure, a handful of participants wore pink ribbons and a few were handed out by the Komen Foundation. Next year, all the walkers were given a pink ribbon to mark their participation. The symbol spread quickly across the United States with the involvement of Self Magazine and guest writer, Evelyn Lauder's decision to distribute a pink ribbon at all Estee Lauder's cosmetic counters around the country. Apart from cutting edge athletic shoes, New Balance produce some sporty tops, pants and socks advertising the pink ribbon and your support for the cause. All articles in their 'Lace Up For The Cure' Collection will benefit the Foundation by 5% of the retail price. They guarantee at least $500,000 per year.

Reebok, Under Armour And Brooks' Pink Crusades

Other important brands helping Pink Ribbon charities include sporting shoes and apparel manufacturers Reebok, whose 'In It To End It' campaign should provide up to $750,000 for the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade. Top fundraisers during the operation will be rewarded with custom Reebok apparel. Two other notables are 'Brooks', with the 'Brooks For her' collection, donating 6.25% of the retail price to three worthy Breast Cancer Charities: the 'Young Survival Coalition', the 'Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation' and the 'Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center', and 'Under Armour'. This rapidly growing American company is fast making a name for itself producing high performance sports apparel, and now has it's own 'Power In Pink' collection to benefit Breast Cancer Charities.

'Think Pink' To Help Reduce 'Pink Abuse'

Though all these charities work hard all year round to benefit Breast cancer Research, October is the month earmarked to draw maximum exposure to Pink Ribbon events. You'll no doubt notice the ribbon on many products as you shop, not just on sporting goods, but if you've time, try to dig a little deeper into just how much of your money will actually benefit which charity, and for how long? There's been concern recently, due to the proliferation of Pink Ribbon products, that not all Pink Ribbon campaigns are as beneficial as others. The 'Think Pink' initiative aims to highlight 'Pink Abuse', where campaigns end prematurely though the product is still being sold, where campaign costs outweigh the benefits and where some companies promote Pink products yet are involved in the manufacture of others where carcinogens are used. Don't worry too much - even an under performing Pink Ribbon product is likely to benefit cancer charities to some degree, but if you have a few moments to spare, just check the percentage of the sale price earmarked for the charity, how long the campaign lasts, and which charity will get the funds. If this isn't immediately clear, move to the next product, because as with most things in life, transparency goes hand in hand with honesty.

Cheri Britton is the editor of 'Women's Tennis Apparel' and 'Ball Machine For Tennis'. In her tennis fashion and clothing website, she reviews and showcases the latest styles in tennis dresses, skirts and skorts, women's tennis bags and shoes. She highlights in particular the tennis dress worn by the best women players on the WTA tour, and has an special fondness for the designer tennis clothing of Stella McCartney for Adidas.

Her new tennis ball machine website is devoted to comparing these mini mechanical devices with regard to price, portability, useability, features and suitability to the individual owner or buyer. Quality manufacturers such as Lobster, Tennis Tutor, SAM. Playmate and Wilson produce a range of models to engage the tennis game of beginners through to professional tennis players. The right ball machine will quickly take your tennis to a higher level, at a time place and frequency of your choosing. Oh, and tennis machines are great fun and fantastic for your fitness as well!

On the odd occasion she's not working on her websites, Cheri watches more tennis than is good for her, reads, visits places of historical interest and beauty, and relaxes with a pint or two of real ale (or something stronger!)

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A Fast Diet to Promote Good Health - But Can It Help Prevent Breast Cancer?

noreply@blogger.com (Demulen) — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 21:48:00 +0000

By Liz Marsden

If you ask most people what they want it's this... They want a fast diet to make them thinner and to be healthy. They'd probably also like to win the lottery, to give up work and have plenty of holidays... Despite that, being thin and healthy is pretty important to most people today.

The question is this... Can some foods encourage weight loss and also promote good health, even to the point of fighting potentially life threatening illnesses such as diabetes and cancer?

Yes, is the answer to the question. It has been scientifically proved that some foods have properties that make them a valuable part of maintaining your health and preventing disease.

Recent research claimed that including certain foods in your diet can help prevent breast cancer as well as helping your fast diet weight loss. That's a powerful claim...

Everybody knows someone, whether a beloved family member, a friend or associate, who has succumbed to cancer. So, if we can do anything to prevent being claimed by this awful disease then we owe it to ourselves and our families follow proven scientific advice.

What are the scientists saying we should do?

We're being told to use olive oil, eat dark coloured fruit and vegetables and whole grains to help prevent breast cancer. The advice is to eat plenty of vegetables. Eat at least 4 servings per day, 3 servings of fruit remembering that one serving is a small amount - 1 apple, 17 grapes, 1/2 a banana, 1 orange, 3 prunes. That's not a lot really...

It's suggested that starch, in the form of whole grains, is an essential part of an anti breast cancer fast diet with 6 to 7 servings each day. One serving would be 1 slice of bread, 1 pitta, 1/2 a bagel, 1oz/25g breakfast cereal/uncooked rice/pasta or 3oz/75g potatoes.

Fats you eat should be mainly olive oil - 4 to 5 servings of fat per day with 3 of these being olive oil. Remember that 1 serving is 1 tablespoon of olive oil, 2 tablespoons of nuts/sunflower seeds/pine nuts, 1 tablespoon of peanut butter, 1/4 avocado or 4oz/100g stoned olives.

This research adds that some dairy products should be included in your anti breast cancer diet with 2 servings eaten each day. Each serving is either 1cup/225ml skimmed milk, one large egg, 4oz/100g cottage cheese, 1oz/25g hard cheese or 1/2 cup/125 ml yoghurt.

It is suggested that meat should largely eliminated from your diet with only 12oz of white meat or fish per week and 6oz of red meat per month which should replace the same quantity of white meat or fish. These amounts of meat are far less than most people eat in their normal diets.

For your successful fast diet the research advises that calorie intake should be limited to 1500 per day whenever you can.

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How Does a Doctor Ever Know Anyone Has Ductal Breast Cancer?

noreply@blogger.com (Demulen) — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 21:11:00 +0000

By Kenneth Travis

Ductal carcinoma in situ or D.C.I.S. to those in the know, is a term you never want to hear mentioned in the same breath as your name. 50,000 women do in fact get to hear this term mentioned in conjunction with their name every year in this country. It's gotten worse ever since the health authorities began to tutor women to get regular mammograms. The misdiagnoses just keep pouring in. In case you thought that reading a mammogram was as simple for a pathologist as reading a blood test or a urine test, you'd be mistaken there. Telling the difference between a cancerous cell and a noncancerous cell is apparently high science that most pathologists are completely inept at. When a woman is told that she has ductal breast cancer, she never suspects any of this in the background.

Where is the government in all of this, you ask? The government is busy finding studies in ways to adopt in the setting of standards here. S o far, there are no tests are standards for pathologists to meet before they tell you that you have cancer. There is no board certification, there are no qualifications needed.

Yet indeed, ductal breast cancer is diagnosed at a breathtaking rate in the US, and these cases might as well be decided on a coin toss for all the accuracy they achieve. This is the finding of The United States Preventive Services Task Force. The College of American pathologists has said that it plans a voluntary certification system. Any pathologist in the country can take the certifying exam if they read at least 250 ductal breast cancer cases every year. But it's voluntary.

All of this trouble comes about because people are seriously concerned with identifying cancer at its earliest stages now. Before mammograms came along, no one ever knew there was anything wrong with women until an actual lump formed somewhere in the breast. Now that they are looking for breast cancer where no signs exist, the highest level of expertise is required to tell that cancer exists.

Even when things go very well in these cases, there is only a 30% chance that the ductal breast cancer will turn invasive and dangerous. The question we have to ask ourselves is, is that worth the kind of risk it is?

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Scar Therapy for Women Who Have Had Breast Surgery

noreply@blogger.com (Demulen) — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 21:12:00 +0000

By Christina Grant, Ph.D.

If you have undergone breast surgery or a mastectomy, you might consider specialized scar massage therapy to help your body heal from the trauma. This type of massage targets scar tissue, which is an ongoing source of pain and discomfort for many women.

Lymph drainage will also be addressed as part of your treatment. Scar tissue can become hard, behaving like a solid wall and preventing the proper flow of lymph. Since your lymphatic system plays such an important role in helping your body eliminate toxins, it is vital to your health that your lymph flows well without obstruction.

Scar therapy massage creates motion around traumatized tissue and enhances the normal flow in lymph capillaries just under the skin. By softening and dissolving scar tissue, it helps release tissue congestion. This improves circulation in surrounding areas, including the arms where many women have continual aching after breast surgeries.

When the circulation and movement is increased - not only in breast tissue, but in your shoulders, chest, back, and neck - it can alleviate swelling, discomfort, and other post-surgery symptoms, such as pain or pulling around the surgery site. For women who have cysts as well, it can decrease the fluid in them.

Breasts are a touchy subject for Americans, despite the apparent fetish with them. Having another person, even a specialist who is well-trained and experienced, touching one's breasts can be cause for alarm. Many women are self-conscious and uncomfortable with the idea of breast therapy, but scar massage therapists are generally very supportive and are there to help.

I have two colleagues who specialize in techniques to heal scar tissue. They love to help women healing from breast surgery. Both of them have wonderful attitudes toward their work. They are dedicated to helping women live better lives post-surgery. As an added bonus, these therapists know when scar tissue has softened, whether cysts have decreased in size, or even if there are unusual lumps in breast tissue that ought to be checked by your doctor.

Many massage therapists find that working on the breasts is too intimate. Breasts are loaded with emotional, sexual, and societal concerns. Being the therapist who enters this territory can be daunting, but fortunately there are those who know its healing power, who feel very comfortable with it, and are dedicated to helping women in this way.

If you are interested in having scar therapy and breast massage, seek out a female practitioner well educated in breast anatomy and lymphatic massage. The American Massage Therapy Association website at http://www.amtamassage.org is one place to start. Once you are on this site, click on "Find a Massage Therapist." Currently breast massage isn't listed as a modality, but lymphatic drainage is, so once you find a list of therapists in your area you can then narrow your search to one that also specializes in scar therapy.

Christina Grant, PhD is a spiritual healer, counselor, astrologer, and writer. Learn more at http://www.christinagrant.com.

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Clearing Cancer Naturally

noreply@blogger.com (Demulen) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 21:13:00 +0000

By Tina Sacchi

I had a mass on my breast. The word to emphasize is "had." By focusing on cleaning my mind, body, my emotions, and my spirit, I was able to shift it out of me. Yes, I shifted cancer out of my body naturally. I made many important lifestyle changes and the results came back crystal clear: no cancer.

How did I do this without chemotherapy and other surgical options, such as mastectomy or lumpectomy? First, I am a believer in energy work and have dedicated my life to helping others correct misaligned energy to make positive shifts in their lives (after all, we are energetic beings). Second, I had to make major changes in my eating habits. I was no different from any other person eating the standard American diet (which consists of high-carb, high-calorie, non-nutritive foods). I had to do some work to shift many of my subconscious beliefs about food and nutrition. Part of this journey involved creating my hypnotherapy CD, I Decide and I Create the Body I Want. Then, I had to take action by making conscious food choices, not unconscious ones.

The first rule of thumb for healing your body is to reduce the toxins from your diet and your environment. Part of the cancer puzzle is toxicity overload. The body becomes so overloaded with toxins that vital organs start to malfunction, and some of them might even come close to shutting down, like the immune system! Did you know that your intestines are the largest part of your immune system?

The purpose of shifting your diet is to reduce the body's toxic load, and to get it to a level where your body can manage toxins with ease and grace. I'm not saying that you have to be toxin-free, because, after all, that might be tough to do. How do you get away from outdoor air pollution, for example? However, there are many things you can do to clean your diet and your environment to reduce your toxic load. By doing so, you can then handle more effectively those toxins that are beyond your control.

Instead of dreading the idea of "getting rid" of toxic foods and substances, go in another direction instead: simply start increasing the amount of good, clean foods in your diet. By increasing the good foods, you will start to push out the bad foods naturally. This way, it won't feel like a chore or a heavy burden to eliminate bad foods and deprive yourself. (Your body doesn't like to be deprived!) As you increase the good foods, your body will feel better and it will create a new memory: "Good food makes me feel better!" By creating a new memory, your body will naturally gravitate toward what makes it feel better and more complete. In truth, your body is starving for nutrition and trying desperately to get the right foods to feel complete and whole again!

Here are some great tips for getting started:

(Of course, always check with your physician before making any major changes.)

• Increase your daily consumption of organic, raw produce. Eat more lettuce or eat more apples. Choose whatever you'd like to eat, but keep it raw, organic, and simple.

• Just browse at the local Farmer's market at first. You don't have to maintain an "all or nothing" attitude. Simply browse and buy a few items that look great. Before you know it, the positive atmosphere of the Farmer's market will rub off on you, and you'll start making better purchases that will increase your health and well-being. Don't you just love the scents and textures of the local market? Smell the roses; check out the fragrant herbs; peruse the lavender section, eat some organic samples from the vendors!

• Increase foods in your diet that have antimicrobial properties, such as garlic, turmeric (Indian spice), cilantro (Chinese parsley), radishes, leeks, rosemary, and many others!

• Switch to purified water. Start drinking purified water. Preferably, purchase water bottles that are BPA-free. BPAs are chemicals that leach out of those yucky plastic bottles. Now, some companies offer BPA-free bottles of water. And don't count eight-ounce glasses; just drink whatever you can in a day. Once you get used to quenching your thirst with purified water, you'll train your body to drink more of it, and less of the soda and sugary energy drinks.

• Increase your omega-3 fatty acids. This is an essential piece of the nutrition puzzle. Americans eat so much omega-6 in the form of saturated fats, and we forget about the essential omega-3. In order to be in balance, the omega-3 to omega-6 ratio should be 1:1. Can you believe that Americans have a ratio of 30:1? This severe imbalance is purported to be a culprit in many of the standard diseases-of-the-day (heart disease, diabetes, cancer.)

• Add sprouted nuts and seeds to your diet. Why sprouted, and what are sprouted nuts anyway? Good, organic nut growers soak their nuts and seeds in purified water for 24 hours. This allows important enzymes to be released that are highly beneficial. When you eat raw nuts, these important enzymes are trapped in the nut and can't be utilized by the body. The soaking process allows the enzymes to become bio-available.

Just start with a few simple ideas and then keep adding more ideas, as you feel better. This is a great way to shift the energy and create new memories that your body will appreciate!

Any and all information is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice. Please consult a physician in all matters relating to your health, and particularly in respect to any symptoms that may require diagnosis or medical attention. Medical treatment should never be discontinued without proper medical professional advice.

Namaste,
Tina Sacchi
Holistic & Spiritual Practitioner, Speaker & Teacher

Tina G. Sacchi is a Holistic & Spiritual Practitioner, Speaker & Teacher. Tina is certified in Hypnotherapy through the National Guild of Hypnosis as well as the Arizona Society of Professional Hypnosis. Her techniques also include Shamanic practices, Dowsing, Reiki, Ear Coning, Meditation, Life Coaching, Emotional Freedom Techniques, Spiritual/Angel Readings, Crystal and Sound Healing, etc. She also holds a graduate degree. Alternative healing can be traced in Tina's ancestry for many generations. She has also studied under many spiritual leaders. Her passion to help people heal spiritually, physically, mentally and emotionally is innate in her total being. She is the Co-Founder of the School of Enlightenment and teaches classes around the Phoenix valley, the USA & internationally.

For private sessions, contact Tina Sacchi. You can visit her website at: http://www.TinaSacchi.com and write an email through Tina's site.

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Breast Cancer Risk - The 3 Main Ways To Reduce The Risk Cost Effectively

noreply@blogger.com (Demulen) — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 21:13:00 +0000

By Nate Kingston Lee

Women aged 40 and above are more prone to breast cancer. This is a perception we society usually have about breast cancer. However recent findings have proven all wrong as many more women below the age of 40 are suffering or diagnosed with this form of cancer. Below are the few means of reducing the susceptibility of developing breast cancer.

Going to bed early

The most elementary way of mitigating the chances of obtaining cancer is to go to bed early as research shown that women with insufficient sleep is more prone than that who has sufficient sleep of 6 to 8 hours. Sleep is vital in regulating and keeping the hormones at its optimum level.

Watch your diet

Avoid fried food and processed food such as bacon, hot dogs, fries and such food contains carcinogenic substances which could cause cancer in the long run. Though there are many factors that might be the culprit behind the cancer, reducing intake of such food might just help as well.

Understanding your family history

It is crucial to understand your family history as it would create awareness on what are the types of diseases that runs within your family. Knowing and understanding your family history can also aid in early detection and probably cure for the disease, particularly cancer and thus it is your responsibility to know and be aware of your family history

However, if you have been diagnosed with breast cancer, do not despair and think positively on methods to solve your problem.

For interviews with real life breast cancer patients please visit here and always remember that prevention is better than cure.

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Safety of Pregnancy After Breast Cancer Treatment

noreply@blogger.com (Demulen) — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 21:22:00 +0000

By Amr Azim

After treatment of breast cancer to the satisfaction of her oncologist, should a women who desire to get pregnant be discouraged from doing so? A very critical question considering the fact that there are close to half a million breast cancer survivors living in the US and are in the childbearing age. For a very long time, counseling of women regarding pregnancy was dependent on the fact that estrogen increases during pregnancy and because estrogen has some effects on both estrogen receptor positive and estrogen receptor negative tumors, its probably better if women avoid pregnancy-unless of course another woman is carrying for them, a gestational carrier. This recommendation is not based on strong scientific evidence.

Safety of pregnancy after breast cancer treatment. All the published reports included a total of 1417 women who got pregnant after breast cancer treatment and 18059 who survived cancer and did not get pregnant. Women who got pregnant following breast cancer diagnosis had significantly better survival compared to women who did not get pregnant. In fact, those who got pregnant were more than 40% less likely to die because of breast cancer. Important caveat to these studies is the healthy mother bias-the tendency of healthier women to desire and attempt pregnancy and the less healthy women to avoid pregnancy. This may inflate the safety of becoming pregnant after treatment. Studies also largely did not address the chance for recurrence. Nevertheless, no study showed detrimental effect in breast cancer survivors who become pregnant. The largest of these studies published by The Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group was a population based study and included over 10,000 women who survived their cancers and were under the age of 45. Three hundreds and sixty-seventy one women experienced 465 pregnancies and 236 deliveries. Women who got pregnant-full term or spontaneous miscarriage, were at least 30% less likely to die from breast cancer. Women with low risk cancers enjoyed 45% higher chance for survival after full term pregnancy than similar women who did not get pregnant. How long should women wait after breast cancer treatment before attempting pregnancy? The majority of experts recommend waiting for about two years as the majority of recurrences takes place within this period. There are differences in recurrence pattern, however, between estrogen receptor negative and estrogen receptor positive tumors. Estrogen receptor negative tumors are more common in younger women and tend to recur earlier-within 2years after treatment. Recurrence of estrogen receptor positive cancers remain as high as 4-5% per year for about 15 years.

Pregnancy in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. In BRCA1 pregnancy does not seem to increase the risk of early onset breast cancer. In BRCA2 carriers, pregnancy may cause a borderline increase in risk before 50 years, especially when first pregnancy after age 40. Breast feeding is recommended whenever possible in treated women, even if they are BRCA carriers and does not appear to impact prognosis and may even be protective in some cases.

Contraception. If pregnancy is not desired as during cancer treatment and the follow up period after treatment non hormonal contraception is recommended such as IUD or barrier method e.g. condom. BRCA1 carriers may show an increased risk for early onset cancer if they use oral contraceptive pills before the age of 30 or for more than 5 years.

Young women diagnosed with breast cancer are commonly concerned about their future fertility and safety of pregnancy after treatment. Proper counseling enables them to make appropriate decisions about future reproduction and fertility preservation. At the end of the day, most of the breast cancer battles will be won, some will be lost, pregnancy does not appear to contribute to that loss.

Amr Azim is a board certified reproductive endocrinologist and fertility specialist at New York City IVF and author of many scientific publication in the area of fertility treatment and fertility preservation. I specialize in helping women and men with fertility counseling, testing and infertility treatment including IUI and IVF.
I am very passionate about helping women, men and children diagnosed with cancer and other diseases understand the impact of disease and its treatment on future fertility.
I write regularly at http://nycivf.org and http://preservationoffertility.org

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Breast Cancer - It's Not a Four Letter Word

noreply@blogger.com (Demulen) — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:15:00 +0000

By Michael Janiuk

It was always there but, of course, it's not at the forefront of your mind. My wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. A shocker? Well yes and no. We knew it was a risk. In fact a high risk. Why? Because her mother had it. And here's the real irony: my wife is sixty and her mother lost her left breast through a mastectomy at sixty. My wife was also affected in the left breast.

Well, a whole lot has changed since her mother was diagnosed twenty-seven years ago. At that time she was doing the proper thing and getting an annual mammogram. When the problem area was spotted she was given a list of surgeons and told to pick one and schedule an appointment as soon as possible. She was then scheduled for a biopsy. Well, she came out of surgery without her breast. It was very cut and dried. She, of course was shocked. The good news is that she did live another twenty years after that and never had any more bouts with cancer.

Today things are done much different. Yes, my wife was also getting an annual mammogram and that's how it showed up. It was caught very early. I'm telling you they had it measured in the millimeter range. These machines are amazing. We had a long session with the gynecologist. He laid out everything that he could with the risks. Then he gave us a recommendation for a surgeon based on personality and skill. His office took care of making the appointment.

Before we got there we had some concerns of course. The surgeon had a Chinese name so we were afraid that he might have a heavy accent. That turned out to not the case at all. He was a very likable guy and immediately put us at ease. He as very specific about what he was proposing. What he intended was a lumpectomy. That amounts to removing only the problem area and leaving the breast intact.

He also wanted to assure us that, in the event he were to get in there and find that it was much worse than we had anticipated he would close-up and we would again meet to talk about what should be done and reschedule the surgery. If that meant a mastectomy then a plastic surgeon would be brought in and a reconstruction would be done immediately.

There is a second part of the surgery. They have to deal with the lymph nodes. He had to remove what he called the sentinel node, if I recall correctly. This was removed and sent off to be tested before she was done. As I understand it, this told them if it had spread throughout her body. Well, again we were lucky. Based on the lab tests on that lymph node the cancer had been caught and removed.

So the surgery went extremely well. She got the lumpectomy as planed. And, as with most procedures now, it was done on an outpatient basis. She went home that day feeling pretty good considering. She didn't even use the pain meds they gave her.

That wasn't the end of it, however. We were told that in order to bring your odds of survival up to those of a mastectomy you need to follow-up with a radiation series. This is done five days a week for six weeks and only takes a few minutes per session.

At the time of this writing, she is in her second week and doing well.

We are indeed lucky to be living in these times. A cancer diagnosis is no longer considered to be a death sentence. But you have got follow the recommendations. I'm talking about mammograms and colonoscopies and other tests.

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Finding Out About Common Breast Cancer Causes

noreply@blogger.com (Demulen) — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:16:00 +0000

By Carlos Shawn Williams

It seems as though breast cancer causes are multiplying each year and specialists are finding more reasons that people could get the cancer. This is a guide designed for both men and women who ant to know about the common breast cancer causes and how they can protect themselves. Take the time to check out these causes right now and take note of any that might be directly applied.

As we get older, we often have to worry about a number of different health issues. Women who are over the age of 50 years old could be more susceptible to getting breast cancer if they are not careful. Once that age is reached, be sure to make an appointment with the doctor on a regular basis to have regular breast exams to make sure everything is all clear.

Breast cancer has also been known to run in the family. Other men and women who have had this form of cancer could very well pass it down to their kids. A doctor can easily give an individual a family history breakdown in order to let members know how high the actual chances are of getting this cancer. Metastatic prostate cancer is yet another hereditary form of cancer that men can pass down to their sons.

Taking birth control for an extended period of time can also cause breast cancer. It is important to try natural remedies or try to limit the amount of time in which the birth control is used. Be sure to ask a doctor about the best types of birth control to use and make sure that the pill is not used as often.

Waiting a longer period of time to have a child is not a very good idea. It seems as though many women are actually having children at a much younger age and the results could actually be fatal. Breast cancer is a very big warning that women need to be weary of. Check with a doctor prior to going through with a pregnancy, if a woman is over the age of 40, it could create some issues.

Obesity is one of the most popular breast cancer causes. Those who choose not to take care of themselves and implement the right diet and exercise regimen are only going to be hurting themselves. It is important to whip into shape and start eating the right way so that other health issues do not arise. Being in shape for life is not only going to prevent cancer, it is also going to help make an individual feel much better and happier with himself or herself.

While there may not be a cure for breast cancer just yet, there are specialists that are doing what they can to create something that is going to help. Doctors have also begun working on prostate cancer cures as well and looking into the colorectal cancer symptoms will also help shed some light on the right cure.

Health and wellness are very important these days. Many men and women should always be aware of the common breast cancer causes so that they do not run into any trouble themselves. Be sure to pass this around to the whole family so that everyone is aware of what they need to do to stay away from breast cancer.

While woman should pay attention to breast cancer, men should be aware of prostate cancer concerns. Visit my Colorectal Cancer Symptoms blog.

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