Can what you eat help prevent (or promote) breast cancer? Yes… probably, but exactly how is not yet clear. How do we make sense of all the studies on diet and cancer?
Let's start with this understanding, relating to a common breast cancer myth: recent studies have not found significant decreases in the incidence of breast cancer when consumption of fruits and vegetables was increased. Keeping breast cancer at bay is not as simple as eating your fruits and veggies every day.
At the same...
Food is life. It fuels our bodies–literally. The energy released by burning calories keeps our hearts going, our lungs pumping, our... Read more »
At the risk of sounding like a broken record (or perhaps an iPod stuck on repeat), have you taken your walk today?A new study from the... Read more »
Megace (megestrol acetate) is a drug with two separate uses for breast cancer patients. It is both a hormonal treatment for advanced... Read more »
My last SharePost mentioned a recent University of California study that reported moderate exercise, teamed with a healthy diet, reduced... Read more »
Raise your hands, now. How many of you, at one point or another in your cancer experience, have thought, “What did I do to deserve... Read more »
If you’ve just learned that you have breast cancer, you may be encountering some of the most anxious moments of your life. Although research has... Read more »
Q. I had breast cancer in the past, and I’m really scared of it coming back. What can you tell me about recurrent breast cancer?A. Recur... Read more »
Q. I’ve been diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer. What can you tell me about it, and what my treatment might be like?A. Inflammatory breast... Read more »
Background Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a relatively rare type of breast cancer grows in the lymph vessels of the skin of the breast. Because... Read more »
Since its release in 1998, the breast cancer stamp has raised over $50 million for breast cancer research. Perhaps one of the reasons the breast... Read more »
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