Women's Health: Breast Lumps, Cancer & Self-Exam© by American Institute for Preventive Medicine
Feeling a lump or lumps in your breast(s) can be scary. For a lot of women, the first thought is cancer. The good news is that most breast lumps, 80-90%, are not cancerous. They are usually benign tumors or cysts that do not invade
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Questions to Ask your Doctor after a Cancer Diagnosis © by Steve Austin ND
Excerpted from Breast Cancer-What You Should Know (but May Not Be Told) Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment
Following is a list of questions you need to ask and a review of what the answers indicate.
Women, You Can Prevent Cancer© by John Collins ND
A look at the cancer statistics published by the American Cancer Society reveals good news and bad. First, the bad news: in the past 30 years, women have broken all previous records for deaths due tolung cancer, with a 440% increase since 1960!
Fiber, Fat and Breast Cancer Prevention© by Sally LaMont ND
One of our roles as Naturopathic physicians is to educate and assist you in making the dietary improvements that will prevent many chronic, degenerative diseases. The mounting evidence that dietary fat and fiber intake influences your risk of developing breast cancer makes these changes even more critical. In a recent study, increasing fiber content in the diet from 15 to 30 grams per day reduced blood estrogen levels, one of the variables in the development of breast cancer.
Revisiting Accepted Wisdom in the Management of Breast Cancer - Part 1© by Harriet Beinfield LAc
Standards of medical practice are established by well-intentioned authorities first and, ideally, validated by science later. At this moment, Sally's head is covered in peach fuzz, though her chemotherapy ended 4 months ago. Sally joined the 184,000 women last year to be diagnosed with breast cancer