After breast cancer diagnosis and bilateral mastectomy sometimes there’s grief. Initially treatment and living are the primary focus. After that is time to re-evaluate what is important and sometimes feeling grief is a component. Grief and its teaching helped me realize there were new lessons to be learned and healthy choices to make one [...]
Entries from March 17th, 2009
How to Cope With Grief After Bilateral Mastectomy – Is Grief Good? What Did Kubler-Ross Say?
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Genetic Risk Factors in Breast Cancer
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How much do your parents and relatives contribute to your risk for developing breast cancer? Read this summary of genetic risk factors in breast cancer.
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Environmental Risk Factors in Breast Cancer
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How much do your surroundings contribute to your risk for developing breast cancer? Read this summary of environmental risk factors in breast cancer.
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Issues After Breast Cancer
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I attended this year’s Susan G Komen for the Cure, Breast Cancer Issues conference in Portland, Oregon. This conference addressed risk reduction, treatment options and survivorship. It was a great, well organized, and well attended conference.
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Seven Secrets About Breast Cancer
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Breast cancer is the most feared disease amongst women and yet most ladies actually do not know that much about it. This article highlights what women should know but very often don’t hear. It will empower them to make informed decisions about how they want to approach their own breast health.
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Can We Avoid Breast Cancer?
March 17th, 2009 · No Comments · General News
It is a sharp reality that particularly amongst those following a western lifestyle, cancer has become a major disease and in many cases, a fatal one. Without orthodox medicine to guarantee us a cure, should we contract the disease ourselves, or to even educate us how to avoid cancer, we are left to do our [...]
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How to Calculate Your Risk For Breast Cancer
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Using known risk factors for breast cancer, mathematical models can be developed to help answer important questions. These mathematical models are useful tools for researchers and for patients as follows: Research on risk factors – The Claus risk assessment model was used to discover the subpopulation of people who had an autosomal dominant genetic allele [...]
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Vitamin E Can Lower Breast Cancer Risks
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It has been seen that women who take Vitamin E gel capsules can help moderate hot flashes and lower their risk of developing breast cancer. Once a woman has had treatment for breast cancer, she is advised to take Vitamin E to build her health.
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Lifestyle and Breast Cancer
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How much does the way you live your life contribute to your risk for developing breast cancer? Read this summary of lifestyle risk factors in breast cancer.
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Charnos – National Stockings Day, For Breast Cancer Care’s Pink Day
March 17th, 2009 · No Comments · General News
Charnos have declared October 20th to be National Stockings Day. Apparently some girls between the ages of 20-25 have never worn stockings – unbelievable! – which may explain why some guys have never seen the seductive sight of a stocking top.
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