Information and opinions on Breast Cancer from Haralee at MyBreastCancerNetwork.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/5550 http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/5550/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/5550 http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/5550/84968/don-wait-fda Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:14:39 -0400 Haralee Do you remember the advice Dustin Hoffman's character in ‘The Graduate' received? "The Future is in Plastics!" Well it turns out that plastic has changed the world but it also is linked to cancers in the breast, brain and testicals. The FDA is reviewing (again) new studies on Bisphenol A (BPA), on whether the chemical is safe for use in food and beverage containers.   BPA is the same chemical banned in Canada for its use in baby... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/5550/84968/don-wait-fda http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/5550/53883/healthy Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:55:36 -0500 Haralee   Eating cruciferous vegetables, cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower can help protect women against breast cancer. UCSB professors, Wilson, Jordan and Azarenko have shown "how the healing powers of these vegetables work at the cellular level". www.ucsb.edu.   Their paper was published in the December Journal of Carcinogenesis. www.carcinogenesis.com.   So much has already been written about the virtues of cabbage, broccoli and... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/5550/53883/healthy http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/5550/52764/survivorship Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:20:08 -0500 Haralee I have been very fortunate to be a participant in an exercise study for breast cancer survivors for the last 23 months. The study just ended and the preliminary results are significant. Looking at bone density, and the impact of exercise looks very positive. The study was funded by the American Cancer Society, www.cancer.org and the Komen foundation. www.komen.org.   Two groups were randomized, one attending a stretching, yoga class and... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/5550/52764/survivorship http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/5550/29083/survivor-2008 Tue, 27 May 2008 18:41:27 -0400 Haralee   Sunday June First is Cancer Survivor Day. Right in between Mother's Day, Father's Day, Memorial Day, Proms, Weddings and Graduations is the little known outside of the world of cancer a holiday to celebrate survivorship. How appropriate. Cancer is the disease that can just occur in your busy life. Sandwiched between growing up, working on you career, enjoying your family and life, or expecting to retire, you are given the diagnosis of... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/5550/29083/survivor-2008