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[C386]Chances Of Getting Breast Cancer
by Danna Schneider, Dan
While it is currently true that there are some very promising advances in breast cancer research and treatment, it is still a prudent course of action to use prevention as your best defense against getting this cancer in the first place, and that is what we are ready to discuss.

Some of these promising treatments and detection tools for breast cancer include genetic testing for certain risk factors that can help women determine preventive courses of action if they are at a higher risk, advanced ways of detecting breast cancer earlier including more sophisticated biopsy methods with minimal invasion, and new and improved breast cancer drugs and tailored courses of treatment.

Heck, I was even reading just the other day about one company that is coming out with new, natural "biochemical" remedies against cancer and other serious maladies for which we have yet to discover excellent, non life threatening treatments.

Perhaps the most obvious of all prevention measures is, of course, eating a healthy diet rich in fruits and vegetables and "live" foods instead of processed, dead foods. Reducing alcohol or eliminating it completely helps to protect against breast cancer. If you drink alcohol, limit your consumption to less than one drink per day.

While there has been discussion and debate about whether red wine may help fight cancer, it is still wise to watch your consumption of even this, since it is, in essence, processed and broken down as a sugar, which causes inflammation.

Inflammation is thought to be a major contributor to all types of cancer, and I tend to agree with this philosophy from the information I've been privy to. Many of the popular diets now that promote overall health, weight maintenance and blood sugar stability are often "anti inflammatory" in nature, they just aren't always advertised that way.

Keep your weight at a healthy level for your age and height. Be especially vigilant not to gain any postmenopausal weight as this has been proven to increase your odds of getting breast cancer. The excess fatty tissue in your body increases your estrogen and the degree of estrogen exposure in your lifetime is linked to breast cancer.

Exercising can help with weight loss or maintenance of a healthy weight, therefore lowering your risk of breast cancer. If you do the weight bearing aerobics, you will add the extra bonus of keeping your bones strong.

Limit the amount of fats in your dietary intake. A lower fat diet has a moderate effect, but still decreases the risk of breast cancer. Hormone replacement therapy taken long term has been associated with an increase in breast cancer. If you are taking hormone replacements, you should probably talk to your doctor about other therapies to minimize menopausal symptoms.

There is not clear cut evidence linking birth control pills and a higher incidence of breast cancer. The newer oral contraceptives have a lower dose than the older contraceptives. Studies continue on this subject, but it may be something to think about when considering forms of birth control.

Excessive use of antibiotics is being scrutinized as a possible risk factor in the development of breast cancer. Exposure to pesticides is also being looked at in relation to breast cancer. Use caution concerning long term use of antibiotics and limit exposure to pesticides.

Areas of research that are promising and natural are retinoids and flaxseed. Retinoids, a form of vitamin A, may inhibit growth of cancer cells. Flaxseed lowers the amount of estrogen circulating in your body.

Both flaxseed and retinoid compounds are being studied for their role in breast cancer prevention, and are also known to be of benefit in heart and circulatory health, and flaxseed is known for it's digestive benefits as well. Most foods that are beneficial for cancer prevention wear many hats when it comes to health benefits, which is always a good thing.

Regular screenings by mammograms and self examinations will help to detect any early signs of breast cancer. Nothing is guaranteed to eliminate the risk, however lifestyle changes can reduce your risks significantly and are often simple and easy steps to take. You just have to know what they are...


It has been proved today that smoking harms a women much more than it does a man. Smoking is an addiction that has caught up with the women folk at a fast rate in the recent years. Especially in the developed western countries women with the fag is quite a common site. There need not be any more discussion on the harms of smoking. They have already been immensely stressed upon. But as people are now much more aware of the banes of this addiction there has been no development on the 'no smoking' front. Smoking stands true to the term addiction. Even if it practically kills, smokers find it difficult to part ways from it.

Coming back to the topic of smoking in women, time and again it has been proved that the ill effects of smoking are much more prominent and devastating in women. Still this does not deter millions of women from giving up the fag. One of the greatest ill effects of smoking in women is that smoking is a very potent trouble causer in a woman's pregnancy. A smoking mother and even a smoking father can bring in abnormalities in the unborn baby. But the unborn baby is very much susceptible to danger if it has got a smoking mother. Smoking is a major contributor in making a women look old and ragged at quite an early age. Smoking has also been held responsible for cancer in the women.

According to a recent study conducted in the Ohio State University women who smoke are at the risk of developing rectal cancer twice as much as their non smoking counterparts. This is another new divulgion regarding the ill in the women. It is not just enough to give up smoking. Giving up smoking at an advanced state cannot be very helpful in eradicating the chances of the occurrence of rectal cancer. Rectal cancer persists in women who give up smoking after several years of living with the smoke.

Rectal cancer is also determined by the intensity and the degree of smoking of a person. Even if a woman has been smoking for a short period, she might run the risk of having rectal cancer if she smoked to an immense degree. The intensity of smoking plays a vital role in the occurrence of rectal cancer in women.

Today, however there are ways to get rid of the fateful habit of smoking. Thanks to the gift of science and technology, today medical science invented the concept of no smoking pills. Addiction being the thing it is, it is quite difficult to give up. Though there are people who succeed in giving up the addiction of smoking or for that matter any other addiction, majority of the addicts fail in terms of determination and will power in giving up a particular addiction. Therefore the drug company Pfizer took up the initiative of inventing a drug that enables a smoker to give up smoking. Pfizer Chantix the name of the drug works by meeting the craving for nicotine in a person. Anti smoking pill Chantix is the first of its kind though today there are similar drugs available in the market. But as Chantix is relatively costly its target customers are the affluent section of the society. Once a person attains chantix prescription he or she can . It is actually quite easy to as it is even available online. When I say smoking kills what I actually mean is that, smoking brings in diseases that have the supreme ability of killing a person. Therefore instead of spending money on curing those smoking induced diseases you can be wise and spend on chantix online instead and get rid of the cause itself. This will definitely pay!

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Danna Schneider has sinced written about articles on various topics from Acne Treatment, Types of Cancer and Aging Problems. Danna Schneider is the founder of , an online magazine about breast health, and natural and herbal breast enhanceme. Danna Schneider's top article generates over 90500 views. to your Favourites.

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