Breast Health Blog

This is from the Health Freedom Alliance.
A survey of Massachusetts women has found a potential link between the use of household cleaners and air fresheners and breast cancer. The study included interviews with 787 women who had breast cancer and 721 who did not. Researchers asked all the women about pesticide use but found little [...]

This article taken from and medical news today and Health Freedom Alliance- SOUNDS GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT!
Breast cancer cells – even the most aggressive type – died after treatments with peach and plum extracts in lab tests at Texas AgriLife Research recently, and scientists say the results are deliciously promising. Not only did the cancerous [...]

If I did the math right in my head (and I generally am not a math gal) The false positives are ridiculously high.  Tell me, has anyone else done the math?
HERE’S THE ARTICLE:
Mammograms detect few breast cancers in women younger than age 40 and often lead to more tests and unwarranted anxiety because of false [...]

FANTASTIC NEWS!
This new 5 minute test is the “breast idea” I have heard of in a long time! It extracts fluid from your nipple (much like a breast pump) and checks that fluid for abnormal cells- safely, inexpensively, ! BRILLIANT!!
The HALO Breast Pap Test gives doctors and patients a new method to monitor breast cancer [...]

This test shows almost 1/3 of breast cancer patients didn’t need chemotherapy. Although this test is expensive, the cost completely outweighs the cost of chemotherapy- at an average of $10,000 PER CHEMO TREATMENT! This article was taken from medical news today.
A 21-gene test that predicts whether early stage breast cancer patients will benefit from chemotherapy is [...]

From Medical News today
US researchers found that pomegranates contain six natural compounds that may prevent the growth of hormone-dependent breast cancer by blocking the enzyme aromatase, which changes androgen to estrogen. However, experts caution this does not mean people should expect the same results from eating pomegranates, because this was an “in vitro” (test tube) [...]

Here is a good article to start off the new year right!!
A study conducted at Scott and White Healthcare in Temple, Texas, found that a new drug stopped the growth of breast tumors in mice. This drug is unique in that it works both by stopping the cancer cells from growing and metastasizing to other [...]

What are your thoughts? I feel surely that stress, sorrow, fear, pain loss and depression are huge factors. This article was taken from the Health Freedom Alliance blog- a great website. www.healthfreedomalliance.org
Scientists now know that loneliness causes increased breast cancer risk in rats. Whether that translates into loneliness causes breast cancer in humans is yet to [...]

If you like mushrooms this is your lucky day. If you like to wash them down with a little green tea you’ve hit the jack pot. Scientists found that women consuming at least a third of an ounce of fresh mushrooms every day were 64 per cent less likely to develop a breast cancer. The [...]

NEW ADICE FROM THE GOVERNMENT TASK FORCE…. HEY- WHAT ABOUT RECOMMENDING THERMOGRAMS?  DUH!!! (I did notice they didn’t talk at all about over radiating- which is why I am leary of their change). They also are not recommending women do monthly self breast checks. This I am opposed to- because only a woman knows if change [...]