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Reuters reported the results of a recent study published in the British Journal of Cancer suggesting that a certain mushroom long used in Eastern medicine may have anti-tumor effective in not only lung cancer, prostate cancer, and skin cancer, but also breast cancer. And now, they’re beginning to understand why.
Dr Daniel Sliva of the Methodist […]
Last week’s Women’s Health Newsflash: Breast Cancer - April 9, 2008 garnered this interesting comment:
It is rare to find so much breast health information in one source, and clearly you have a large following. If you have time, can you please review information on my client’s new blood test for breast cancer - the BT […]
Who has time to read it all? Here’s a quick rundown of what you need to know in recent women’s health news. Today’s topic: Breast cancer.
Eating Soy Foods In Puberty Protects Against Breast Cancer, Evidence Now Suggests
Evidence is growing from animal and human studies that genistein, a potent chemical found in soy, protects against development […]
Who has time to read it all? Here’s a quick rundown of what you need to know in recent women’s health news. Today’s topic: Breast cancer.
Surgical Site Infections More Common Than Expected Following Breast Procedures
Excerpt: Infections at the incision site occurred in more than 5 percent of patients following breast surgery and cost them more […]
A new form of breast cancer screening (which we actually talked about in March 2007) uses proteins found in saliva to detect the presence of early breast cancer tumors in women. Although mammograms and breast self-exams are the most common methods of detecting early breast cancer, the saliva test may be a great new technique, […]
New research indicates a potential solution to stop cancer metastasis by restoring microRNA to cancerous tumors.
They found that in certain aggressive cancers, some of these microRNAs are missing, allowing the aggressive spread of the cancer. When they restored these microRNAs to human breast cancers in laboratory mice, the cancer stopped spreading.
The researchers also found these […]
Courtesy of the Mayo Clinic, 8 reasons to exercise for 30 minutes a day. Here’s the quick rundown with my commentary.
Exercising 30 minutes a day can:
Lower blood pressure. According to the American Heart Association, some risks of high blood pressure include stroke, heart attack, heart and kidney failure, and atherosclerosis. High blood pressure triples […]
It sounds crazy: removing both of your breasts when you don’t even have cancer? Who would do that? Well, lots of women, actually. The availability of genetic testing to evaluate breast cancer risk is giving many women a preview of things to come by letting them know exactly what their chances are of developing hereditary […]
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