Archive for the ‘Women's Health’ Category
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5 Simple Things That Could Cut Your Breast Cancer Risk
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
1. Limit yourself to two or three alcoholic drinks a week
Alcohol, consumed even in small amounts, is believed to increase the risk of breast cancer. Most doctors recommend cutting back on wine, beer, and hard liquor.
A recent study showed the link between drinking and breast cancer was especially strong in the 70% of tumors known [...]
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Menopause and Perimenopause. When to Call a Doctor
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
During perimenopause or postmenopause, call your doctor about:
Menstrual periods that are unusually heavy, irregular, or prolonged (1½ to 2 times longer than normal).
Bleeding between menstrual periods, when periods have been regular.
Renewed bleeding after having no periods for 6 months or more.
Unexplained bleeding while you are taking hormones.
Perimenopause symptoms, such as insomnia, hot flashes, or mood swings, that aren’t responding [...] -
Breast Reconstruction: Now or Later?
Friday, December 12th, 2008
Many women who’ve had a mastectomy will also have breast reconstruction, whether immediately (your breast surgeon literally hands you off to your plastic surgeon in the operating room) or at some point later on, maybe after you’ve finished radiation treatment.
Women weigh the physical and psychological effects of getting the process started versus taking their time to [...] -
Celebrities Who Battled with Breast Cancer
Friday, April 4th, 2008
1. Cynthia Nixon, 42 (diagnosed 2006 at 40)
At first, Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon was hesitant to reveal that a cancerous tumor had been discovered in her right breast during a routinemammogram. Nixon, best known for playing the responsible Miranda Hobbes, didn’t want her condition to become public during her treatment. “I didn’t want [...]
