Comments (39) | Post a CommentCaffeine and Breast Cancer Risk
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Fri, Dec 05, 2008, 3:31 am PSTCan't wait for mornings to have that industrial-strength cup of coffee from your favorite coffee shop? Or maybe a caffeine-loaded soda midday to boost you through your afternoon slump at work? Well, caffeine is…Read More
How Often Can You Get a Breast Abnormality Imaged?
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Mon, Nov 24, 2008, 12:51 pm PSTI get this question a lot: "Can I get a mammogram or MRI in 3 months, rather than waiting the usual 6 months that's recommended?" My short answer is, no, wait the 6 months. Why? Because being able to see a…Read More
Are You Getting a Digital Mammogram?
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Wed, Nov 19, 2008, 2:22 pm PSTYou can't tell by how the mammogram is actually done — your breasts will still be squeezed side to side and top to bottom. This part of the procedure is the same, whether you get a traditional (old-fashioned)…Read More
Medicare: Annual Mammogram Quirks
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Fri, Nov 14, 2008, 4:13 pm PSTSo you faithfully get your mammogram every year — good for you! And you go every year, at the same time of year. Excellent! So why did Medicare deny payment for your last mammogram, which you had done…Read More
Fibrocystic Disease: Clearing Up the Confusion
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Fri, Oct 31, 2008, 2:12 pm PDTWell, the time has come to make a formal announcement about fibrocystic breast tissue: It isn't a disease. And, perhaps more important, fibrocystic breast tissue is very common and is not something that people…Read More
Sugar Intake and Breast Cancer Risk
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Wed, Oct 29, 2008, 10:03 am PDTFor decades, people have been trying to determine if eating sugar causes cancer or feeds a cancer that is already there. A researcher named Dr. Michael Pollak at McGill University in Montreal summed it up well…Read More
Is There a Stress-Breast Cancer Connection?
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Mon, Oct 27, 2008, 10:24 am PDTAlthough research studies have determined that this connection does not exist, I question this myself. We know that when we are stressed our immune system fails us. This is why so many people get colds and flu…Read More
Chemotherapy: Can You Still Have Children?
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Fri, Oct 24, 2008, 4:12 pm PDTIt's bad enough to be diagnosed with breast cancer at a young age, but then to realize that you might have to give up future plans of having children is really a kick in the teeth. More women, though, are…Read More
Radiation and Breastfeeding
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Sun, Oct 19, 2008, 9:05 am PDTToday, with 80 percent of the women who are diagnosed with breast cancer being eligible for lumpectomy surgery, we're able to save more lives and more breasts. The only catch is that these lumpectomies must be…Read More
Mastectomy - Still a Scary Word?
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Fri, Oct 17, 2008, 1:25 am PDTI believe that one reason why women still fear breast cancer so much is because they are still carrying in their minds an old image of a woman who'd had one of the old "Halstead" radical mastectomies. The…Read More
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