A few years ago, Wacoal Lingerie completed a fit study to find that about 8 in 10 women are wearing the wrong sized bra. That’s about 90 million women walking around with unsupported breasts! How is this possible, you ask? Well, the most common error is wearing too…
UBCF meets rigorous standards for qualifying charities to participate in CFC 2014 Campaign Season: September 1 – December 15 View Pictures from 2014 CFC Events Huntington Station, NY (PRWEB) September 11, 2014 The United Breast Cancer Foundation (UBCF), a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is pleased to announce they have been approved…
We have all heard the old adage “An apple a day keeps the doctor away!”, but does it really keep the doctor away? You might be surprised to learn how just 1 apple has many health benefits. There are lots of good reasons to eat those apples every…
Today researchers can finally say with certainty that bras do not cause breast cancer. Lu Chen, a researcher at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle was interested in this myth after claims have been made from media reports and books. Reports once suggested “that bras may…
Many breast cancer authorities, like the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute, encourage women to get regular screening for breast cancer using mammography. The evidence present today still attests to the accuracy and clinical significance of mammography as the single best tool to screen for breast…
It feels like we’re all living in fear that everything around us causes cancer. Everywhere I turn I’m hearing about something new that will give me cancer. At this point, I’m wondering what won’t give me cancer. Of course things like a healthy diet and exercise will always…
There are many new pharmaceutical methods of treating and preventing breast cancer; this article will briefly go over Kadcyla and Herceptin, two important anti-cancer drugs. When discussing breast cancer, it is hard to avoid mentioning HER2, a protein that plays a huge role in the development of cancer….
Breast cancer can develop from a number of irregularities, and many methods of therapy have been researched to target the pathways of these irregularities to try and treat breast cancer. The PI3K/mTOR pathway is an example of one such pathway that, if dysregulated, can lead to breast cancer….
Everyone knows the pink ribbon and everyone knows what it represents. Pink ribbons and the color pink in general in reference to Breast Cancer Awareness are everywhere. In 2008 the Whitehouse lit up pink, the Eiffel Tower has as well. NFL stars can be seen sporting pink every…
Our ability to clinically diagnose breast cancer is largely provided for by modern medical imaging and related diagnostic technologies. Medical imaging has become advanced enough that it is sometimes possible to accurately diagnose breast cancers using only diagnostic imaging, without using any invasive procedures. Although effective, medical…
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