A new study from Ontario has found that women working blue collar jobs are at an increased risk of developing breast cancer. The study of women in Essex County and Chatham-Kent, interviewed 1,000 women diagnosed with breast cancer and 1,150 women without the disease. Findings revealed that women who work for 10 years in environments […]
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Allyn Rose, a 2013 Miss America contestant, has announced that she will undergo a double mastectomy. Rose is representing Washington, D.C. in the January pageant. Rose had both her mother and grandmother die from breast cancer. She has decided to take preventative measures and have a double mastectomy to try and ward off the likely hood […]
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Breast surgeons have revealed a disturbing trend, they’ve linked breast cancer development to young women who tuck their cell phones inside their bras. Breast surgeons Dr. John West and Dr. Lisa Bailey, claim that the link is real and women should be careful of placing cell phones against their skin for long periods of time. […]
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Every October we see it – the color pink, everywhere, reminding us that it’s Breast Cancer Awareness month. Pink cement trucks, pink taxicabs, pink T-shirts, even pink toilet paper. But some advocates are critical of what they see as the “pinkwashing” of breast cancer during Breast Cancer Awareness month. What is “pinkwashing”? Similar in meaning […]
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Scientists have claimed to have developed a simple blood test that can accurately detect the initial stages of breast and lung cancer. Kansas State University researchers developed the test that can detect cancer before symptoms such as coughing and weight loss begin. Basically the test detects increased enzyme activity in the body. Iron nanoparticles coated […]
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Collaborators from the University of Alberta, the University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services are about to embark on the largest study ever conducted into possible links between exercise and breast cancer survival rates. The researchers will follow over 1,500 women recently diagnosed with breast cancer over a 10- to 15-year period. Previous research already […]
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