Most solid cancers have a long list of well-documented ways to prevent them. Treatment, however, remains shaky. Breast, prostate, colon and pancreatic cancers are all very preventable. But the lifestyle choices known to prevent these deadly cancers are not always easy. Luckily, many of them are easy to implement and live by. More troubling, however, […]
The link between breast cancer and alcohol intake has bounced back and forth between no risk and increased risk. The past few years has seen this association settling in on the recommendation that alcohol intake does increase your risk for breast cancer. The mechanism relates to the fact that alcohol raises the level of sex-steroid […]
I have said that a girl developing breasts at 8 and starting her menstrual cycle by age 9 is a very scary recipe for breast cancer. And yet this is exactly what we are seeing. The number of Elementary school girls who can be classified as overweight or obesity has risen continually in the past […]
Society and medicine are very slow to adapt and change. This may be fine in some situations, but when it comes to mammography and breast cancer, the consequences are extreme. The story needs to start with what exactly constitutes “breast cancer.” The two most common types are lobular and ductal carcinomas. Both of these […]
CAN THIS SUPPLEMENT SLASH BREAST CANCER RISK?? Hate to beat a dead horse, but I’m going to anyway. Most types of cancer are repeatedly shown to be lowered through lifestyle factors. Exercise, Vit D levels, stress, diet, chemical exposure. The list is endless and puts almost all the power for prevention back in the hands […]
