Tag: Breast Cancer

Adorning your social-media and streets with the pink-ribbon, the little reminder to go for a mammogram, get detected early is the message spread by...

Enhance your rates of surviving this most common disease with these 10 key facts highlighting the symptoms and treatment strategies for breast cancer.

Getting a mastectomy, is no picnic, besides that, it can be depressing for breast cancer survivors to look at their bare chests in the...

Examine your breasts once monthly for visible changes in size, texture, or feel. Exercise, breastfeeding, and a healthy diet can add years to your life.

According to the most recent figures, Breastcancer.org estimates that one in eight American women will develop breast cancer during their lifetimes. The good news...

Prevention is the best cure and yet the most important thing you can do today to increase your personal odds of beating breast cancer. The...

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide. Whether or not doctors advice early detection, 1 in 8 women will still be diagnosed with...

Mammograms are considered the best screening test for breast cancer, but even 1 low-energy mammography radiation is sufficient to cause DNA mutations. It heightens the risk of breast cancer by about 1% in women before menopause. Tumors in denser breasts of younger women may still go undetected by mammography. Women below 40 should carefully weigh its benefits against its risks.

At 31, Sarah Whitney was diagnosed with stage-3 breast cancer. Twenty weeks pregnant with her third child at the time, the Florida mother had...

Is cancer lurking in your toothpaste and deodorant? Or is munching on that delicious hamburger and/or popcorn increasing your risk of cancer? You'd be surprised...

There is inconclusive scientific data to prove that your risk of contracting breast cancer is lower if you do not have a family history. Cosmetic breast surgeries or wearing antiperspirants do not increase your breast cancer risk. Having smaller breasts or undergoing a double mastectomy does not reduce your risk. Lumps are not the only indicator of breast cancer.

Girls, we all know that with great bras comes great responsibility! You know, finding the right bra, washing that bra, wearing that bra during...

Cruciferous veggies contain several carotenoids that can prevent some forms of cancer. They also contain glucosinolates, that break down during digestion into biologically active compounds. These enhance elimination of carcinogens before they can damage DNA, or by altering cell-signaling pathways that prevent normal cells from being converted into cancer cells.

Avoid breast cancer by eating 75% of green vegetables laden with phytonutrients to keep the immune system strong and to ward viruses of cancer. Reduce toxicity with the essential oils. Ways to zen out: Yoga and meditation, low impact walking, moderate caffeine, and supplements such as red reishi, B12, ashwaganda, and DoTerra’s Mito2Max.

After the age of 40, yearly mammograms are key in early detection. Women of all ages should participate in monthly self-exams. There are two types of mammograms: screening and diagnostic. A screening exam is used for women who currently show no signs of cancer. A diagnostic exam is for women who have displayed abnormal results in a screening exam.