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Haralee on Breast Cancer
Monday, August 31 2009
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... Read more
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Haralee on Breast Cancer
Tuesday, December 30 2008
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.... Read more
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Haralee on Breast Cancer
Thursday, December 18 2008
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... Read more
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Haralee on Breast Cancer
Tuesday, May 27 2008
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... Read more
