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A nurse led study published by Emilio Gonzalez-Jimenez PhD, of the University of
Granada in Spain, and his colleagues suggests "Women who breastfeed for over 6
months are less likely to develop early breast cancer than women who do not
breastfeed - as long as they do not smoke." |
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The Cancer Society recommends exercise after breast cancer surgery, no matter
what type of surgery you had, as well as exercise after radiation therapy. � |
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If you have been diagnosed with cancer (or if someone close to you has cancer) you probably have many questions. You want to know what is happening inside your body and why. How should your cancer be treated and what does your future hold ? You many find it difficult to understand explanations from yours doctors, articles you have read or conversations with other people. � |
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Recently, Dr. Barbara Levy, vice president for health policy for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and Health magazine teamed up to survey 753 of the magazine�s readers and 1,248 OB-GYNs. The survey results uncovered some persistent myths and Health.com reported on 25 of them.� |
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Approximately I80, 000 American women are newly
diagnosed with breast cancer disease each year, and it is the leading killer of
women in midlife (ages forty to fifty� five) . The only cancer that kills more
women overall is lung cancer, but breast cancer is actually responsible for
more years of life lost because it generally afflicts younger women. |
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Approximately
180,000
American
women
are
newly
diagnosed
with
breast cancer
disease
each
year,
and
it
is
the
leading
killer
of
women
in
midlife
(ages
forty
to
fifty�
five).
The
only
cancer
that
kills
more
women
overall
is
lung
cancer,
but
breast
cancer
is
actually
responsible
for
more
years
of
life
lost
because
it
generally
afflicts
younger
women.
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The chances of cancer are less on a
diet which is vegetarian, raw and free of hydrogenated fat and heated oil.
According to researches, diet is a risk factor for the disease. Pure food
is healing; this has been demonstrated over and over, and impure food is cancer
nurturing, this also is clear. When food is tampered with in the growing phase
or later preserved or cooked, it is no longer pure. A large portion of plant
nutrition is destroyed, and the food can rightfully be called "dead" � and it
has a good chance of taking you with it.
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Very few pregnant women are diagnosed with breast
cancer. But because more women are choosing to have children later in life, and
because the risk of breast cancer increases as women age, there may be more
cases in the future. Today about 1 out of 3,000 pregnant women is diagnosed with
breast cancer. |
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A yoga research on 126 women revealed that, the
ladies taking yoga exercise experienced a 12%
betterment in physical weakness, physical
functioning, and quality of living unlike those in
the program who didn't take the yoga classes. Yoga
lessons had been shown to enhance the stress degrees
and sense of well-being of breast cancer patients.
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According to the ACS, modifiable factors that boost the risk of breast
cancer, include having children late in or having no children; using oral
contraceptives or hormone therapy; not breast feeding; drinking alcohol; being
overweight or obese and physical inactivity. Women Fitness offer few tips for
those who are interested in knowing something on how to really prevent breast
cancer.
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Large-scale research projects are
underway worldwide in an effort to discover and measure the effectiveness of
therapies long-used by non-Western cultures to combat illness and promote
health.
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A recent research confirmed weight
training benefits in breast cancer survivor. The women who trained
with weights had increase in lean muscle mass, compared with those
who did not. If you're being treated for breast cancer, try to make
exercise (and a healthy diet) part of your daily routine. |
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The World Cancer Research Fund found a link to
obesity in six types of cancers. Women who were overweight were four times
more likely to develop cancer of the uterine lining while obesity boosts the
risk by six-fold. Obese women also are at greater risk of breast and colon
cancer. |
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Better breast cancer survival may be among the
many health perks of physical activity. The findings add strong new
support to the growing body of evidence that healthy lifestyle
factors such as eating well and exercising regularly provide
significant health benefits, possibly even offering protection
against cancer recurrences about on par with chemotherapy and even
the newer hormonal and drug treatments. |
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The size of your breasts is determined by the
genes you inherited from your parents. No exercises, creams, or machines can
change the size of your breasts. Breast surgery can enlarge small breasts using
implants, reduce the size of large breasts, or lift sagging breasts. |
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