Who would have thought that the ditsy and carefree character Kelly Bundy in the hit TV show Married . . .
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Who would have thought that the ditsy and carefree character Kelly Bundy in the hit TV show Married . . .
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A few weeks ago a study stated that self-breast exams didn't save lives, but I am not buying it. Many women I know have caught their breast cancer early because they did monthly exams. So if you're still a believer and continue to check yourself monthly, you should be reassured to know that most lumps you find aren't cancerous.
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If you often forget to perform your monthly self breast exams, you can rest easier and maybe even take the item off your to do list. An analysis by Cochrane Collaboration of two large studies on self breast exams (SBE) found that monthly self exams did not reduce breast cancer deaths. Even worse, these self exams lead to increased numbers of biopsies of benign lumps.
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Sometimes life does imitate art, and not in the ways we like. Actress Cynthia Nixon was diagnosed with breast cancer two years, reminiscent of Sex and the City character Samantha Jones' fictional battle with breast cancer.
Nixon kept the matter private while undergoing treatment – a lumpectomy and six and a half weeks of radiation treatment – but now is bringing her story to the pubic by becoming an ambassador for the Susan G. Komen For a Cure.
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We all know that exercise helps protect grown women against breast cancer, but according to CNN, new research has found that exercise during the teen years – starting as young as age 12 – can help protect girls from breast cancer when they are grown.
The best results, they say, are when the girl does regular exercise from ages 12 to 22 because it lowers her estrogen levels overall. What's more. Exercising early can also help reduce a girl's risk of obesity and increase her self esteem.
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