The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor everolimus given with the aromatase inhibitor exemestane markedly boosts progression-free survival (PFS) in post-menopausal women with advanced breast cancer compared with hormonal therapy alone, according to updated results of the phase III...
A report at The San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 6-10, 2011, looked at cancer risks associated with having Diabetes or being Obese. The Swedish study has shown that Obesity or Diabetes after the age of 60 significantly increase the possibility of developing breast cancer...
Breast cancer survivors whose starch intake is above average have a greater risk of cancer recurrence compared to other breast cancer survivors, researchers from the University of California, San Diego explained at the 2011 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Dec. 6-10, 2011. The...
A new case-control study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, shows that women who participated in at least three screening mammograms had a 49 percent lower risk for breast cancer mortality. "Our study adds further...
Having diabetes or being obese after age 60 significantly increases the risk for developing breast cancer, a Swedish study has revealed. Data also showed that high blood lipids were less common in patients when diagnosed with breast cancer, while low blood lipids were associated with an...
Lymphedema, a chronic swelling condition common in breast cancer survivors, affects three million people in the U.S. In the past, most people believed that exercise might induce or worsen lymphedema. After reviewing the literature, University of Missouri researchers say the benefits of exercise...
Can Twitter make cancer better? Xeni Jardin, the founding editor and co-editor of Boing Boing, decided that it probably could, and live-tweeted her first mammogram and breast cancer diagnosis yesterday. She tweeted everything from her decision to undergo her first screening to photos of herself...
New breast cancer screening guidelines by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health (CTFOPH), which recommend against annual screening of women ages 40-49 and extending time between screens for older women, ignore results of landmark randomized control trials which show that regular screening...
The presence of a new pioneer factor, known as PBX1, can guide the response to estrogen in breast cancer cells according to researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center in results published in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics. This research reveals that PBX1 alone can...
Her name is synonymous with beauty counters and anti-wrinkle creams, but Evelyn Lauder was also a huge champion for women's health, as a founder of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and an outspoken advocate for breast cancer awareness (who happened to help make pink ribbons as ubiquitous as...
Leviticus 9:20
And they put the fat upon the breasts,...
Hmm...it looks like I have a lot of punctuation. I don't care... prove that it's a sin and I'll stop...
... and he burnt the fat upon the altar:"
.... so literally it has to do with something else like sacrifice, ...
... but what is...
Instead of roasting a whole turkey this year, I'm going to do just the breast in the crock pot. Any suggestions? I want to use celery, carrot, onion and sage for flavor, which is what I use when I do whole chickens in the crock pot. I need to know how long to cook it.
Also, do I cover it with...
Few patients in Canada undergo breast reconstruction after mastectomy, despite its safety as a procedure and the positive psychological benefits, states a review article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). The article reviews rates of breast reconstruction and factors that influence...
In dozens of experiments in mice and in human cancer cells, a team of Johns Hopkins scientists has closely tied production of a cancer-causing protein called TWIST to the development of estrogen resistance in women with breast cancer. Because estrogen fuels much breast cancer growth, such...
Results from a long-term follow up from the Intergroup Exemestane Study's (IES) data published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology reveals that women's risk of dying from breast cancer can be reduced by changing to an aromatase inhibitor called exemestane after two to three years of tamoxifen...
Mammography saves lives by detecting very small tumors. However, it fails to find 10-25% of tumors and is unable to distinguish between benign and malignant disease. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Breast Cancer Research provides a new and potentially more...
Early detection of breast cancer saves thousands of lives each year. But screening for breast cancer also produces false alarms, which can cause undue stress and costly medical bills. Now, a recent study using patient blood reveals a possible way to reduce the number of false alarms that arise...
A protein in the nucleus of breast cancer cells that plays a role in fueling the growth of aggressive tumors may be a good target for new drugs, reports a research team at the Duke Cancer Institute. The finding, published in the Oct. 18, 2011, print issue of the journal Cancer Cell, presents a...
The low rate of breastfeeding among low-income, inner-city African-American mothers is a health disparity now receiving national attention. Two new studies from University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital highlight some obstacles to increasing the breastfeeding rate in this...