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Breast Cancer Surgery Options

Each October we're bombarded with breast cancer awareness campaigns, leading to significant strides in earlier breast cancer detection. But, various studies have proven that women facing breast cancer surgery aren't always made aware of their choices. There's been little emphasis on comprehension of surgical alternatives and the breast reduction procedure. This may appear improbable, but I am living proof that there's a gap in understanding about surgical alternatives.If women are afflicted by a...

The Hospital Tower

The hospital"tower" stands quietly over the darkened city at the very early morning mist and slopes. In a darkened area from the tower a guy kneels over his wife's toes who's in a drugged sleep in the hospital bed. The only sounds are the soft whirring and clicking of pumps and monitors, an occasional muted noise from down the hallway or maybe the sound of a lonely siren out of a remote crane coming to the hospital.As he gently rubs her toes that he begins crying, not to himself, but for her.The...

Nutrition Tips and More to Lower Your Risk of Breast Cancer

September is a particular month, not just for each one the fall fans out there, but for all those girls who've suffered, are suffering, or know somebody who's experiencing breast cancer. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an whole month designated for its yearly effort to increase awareness for a disease which has taken the lives of numerous girls all around the world. Prostate cancer should be an issue to every girl, not merely those people who have a family history of this illness. It's...

A Mammogram Could Save Your Life

It's been a long and stressful day of work, and you only wish to have a hot shower and relax to your favourite tv programs. Whilst in the shower, then you see a bulge in one of your breasts. What was likely to be a relaxing day has become a nightmare. You call your doctor and schedule a consultation after you're from this shower. Because of the urgency of the issue you're granted an appointment for the morning after. If you get into see your doctor, they require a mammogram and a biopsy of the l...

Breast Cancer Under The Microscope: Look Closer

The term cancer is enough to strike fear into even the toughest of hearts, but if caught early , it is not necessarily deadly. This doesn't mean it is not severe. Prostate cancer is the most frequent cause of cancer in women both internationally and in South Africa. In accordance with South African data one in 29 lady will be diagnosed with this cancer.Breast cancer, in summary, is when cancerous (malignant) cells start to form in the tissues of the breast implants.The cancerous cells can then s...

Breat Cancer Awareness Month: Put Your Money to Better Use

Scroll through Facebook or flip through the channels on TV, I Am seeing a Great Deal of pink, like I do Each October. Due to this, I've fought for days hoping to compose this informative article eloquently and without breaking anybody who retains this cause so near their heart.So here goes nothin'.I have respect for anybody that's placing her or his time and money towards a reason they champion. I admire anyone who has fought breast cancer, is still battling, is a survivor, or who's lost their s...

Breast Cancer: Stop and Think Before You Pink!

Each October we receive a nationwide wave of pink ribbon breast cancer awareness solutions.Even after October it is fairly tricky to avoid becoming the prevalent pink ribbon advertising civilization in our faces...The promotion with those trinkets and standing symbol associations has overshadowed the incredibly important work required to tackle placing an end to the fatal disorder.Regardless of enormous amounts of money raised from type well-meaning fundraisers/donators breast cancer is still a ...

A Particular Genetic Variant Can Help Breast Cancer In Latinas

Latin American women particularly those with an native history may have a specific gene inside these, which protects them from breast cancer. Earlier epidemiological studies imply that Latinas may be prone to developing breast cancer compared to women of different ethnicities. Though, the specific reasons for this effect were unknown, now an global group of USCF scientists also have discovered the specific place on the DNA that's responsible for this excess protection.Scientists still have a lot...

Which Implant Is YOUR Choice?

When I was diagnosed with breast cancer back in 1994 saline implants weren't an alternative. Due to some shoddy surgical procedures that caused negative reactions, and even rejection by women's bodies of implants made from silicone, they had been pulled off the market for several decades. Moreover, the tram-flap and latissimus dorsi-flap operations hadn't yet been released.My husband and I made a choice to perform reconstruction after that mastectomy understanding that my only alternative was a ...

Breast Cancer: Causes and Prevention

Cancer has been among the top disorders in our current moment. In reality, at the most recent report from Reuters, patients infected with this disorder has improved by 8.2M at the year 2012. Among the top cancer disorders that's been reported is breast cancer.From the U.S. alone, it's been discovered that individuals with this disorder has attained 697,020 and those are both female and male patients. The top reason that resulted in the said disease is the shift in the life span of individuals.Wh...