Breast Cancer: Prevention
Is It Bad Luck, Your History or Your Genes?
01/21/06, Johns Hopkins UniversityYou'd think that having breast cancer would have filled in the "cancer box" on the list of health crises in your lifetime, but a recently published…
Assessing Your Risk: What About Dad's Medical History?
01/09/06, Johns Hopkins UniversityWhen doctors ask a patient about her family history of breast cancer, there is a tendency to focus on the mother's side of the family. Excuse me. Dad…
Link Between Breast Cancer Risk and Placenta Weight
01/03/06, Johns Hopkins UniversityBelieve it or not, someone is weighing your baby's placenta when you give birth. For decades, placenta weight has been part of the data recorded about…
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My Mother Has Breast Cancer -- When Should I Start Getting Mammograms?
12/05/05, Johns Hopkins UniversityA family history of breast cancer, especially in a first-degree relative -- mother, sister, daughter --can change the recommendation of when a woman…
My Mother Has Breast Cancer, What Does It Mean for Me?
10/25/05, Johns Hopkins UniversityA family history of breast cancer, especially when it is a first degree relative, can change the recommendation of when a woman should begin getting a…
Causes and Risks of Breast Cancer: What Is the Difference?
10/24/05, Johns Hopkins UniversityWhen a doctor says, "You have risk factors for getting breast cancer," what does he mean? Quite often, risk factors are misinterpreted as actual…
Educating Young Women About Breast Health
10/15/05, Johns Hopkins UniversityMany attempts to educate young women about breast cancer have fallen short of their goal. This is a challenging audience to reach; young women either…
Family History of Breast Cancer
10/08/05, Johns Hopkins University"I don't have a family history of breast cancer, so I can't get the disease." Wrong -- in fact, only about 12 percent to 15 percent of women diagnosed…
Lifestyle Changes to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer
09/29/05, Johns Hopkins UniversityWhen we think about breast cancer, sometimes we assume there is nothing we can do to reduce the risk of getting it. We assume it is fate when in fact…
HRT Linked to Increased Breast Density
09/23/05, Johns Hopkins UniversityA randomized study just published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute has found that use of one type of hormone replacement therapy (HRT)…
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