Most underarm antiperspirants contain as the active ingredient, Aluminium Chlorohydrate, as you will probably remember there has been controversy about Aluminium, since the 1950’s when it was a popular metal used for making cooking pots, Saucepans and Fry Pans and that it could be one of the contributing factors to Alzheimer’s, now we have another problem that could also be related to Aluminium, Breast Cancer.
As Sidney Poiter said on the Oprah Winfrey show in March 2007, “I was left with the responsibility to effectuate my own survival.” As adults, we’re all accountable for our own survival. Yet as decent human beings, we need to ensure each other’s survival by learning what is not always easily discovered, but necessary to know. This is especially true when one is newly diagnosed with breast cancer. By raising our awareness, we can literally keep death at bay by spreading knowledge, wisdom and courage. It takes either personal experience, or a special dedication to a vision of a better future for girls and women, in order to make a deep, ongoing commitment to breast cancer awareness.
Why do people with breast cancer need chemotherapy? The reason is that despite the best efforts of the healthcare team to remove all traces of the tumor, breast cancer can still recur. Even early stage breast cancer can return months to years after the original diagnosis and treatment. It can come back as a local recurrence (in the treated breast) or as a distant recurrence, also known as metastatic disease, elsewhere in the body, such as the bones, lungs, liver, or other organs. Due to this concern, many oncologists prefer to err on the side of over treating their patients with chemotherapy, lest the person be under treated and sustain a recurrence.
As Sidney Poiter said on the Oprah Winfrey show in March 2007, “I was left with the responsibility to effectuate my own survival.” As adults, we’re all accountable for our own survival. Yet as decent human beings, we need to ensure each other’s survival by learning what is not always easily discovered, but necessary to know. This is especially true when one is newly diagnosed with breast cancer. By raising our awareness, we can literally keep death at bay by spreading knowledge, wisdom and courage. It takes either personal experience, or a special dedication to a vision of a better future for girls and women, in order to make a deep, ongoing commitment to breast cancer awareness.
Drinking green tea may help defend women from getting breast cancer. This is a good news from a study by researchers at the Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health. According to the statistics the incidence of breast cancer in regions where green tea is consumed in large quantities, notably China and Japan and India is much lower than in western societies. There is concrete evidence that suggests that Green tea has been consumed for almost 6000 years, with India and China being two of the main countries to cultivate it. Green tea has been used as traditional medicine in India, China, Japan and Thailand to help everything from controlling bleeding and helping heal wounds to regulating body temperature, blood sugar and promoting digestion.
What is the leading factor in the likelihood of a woman developing breast cancer? The short answer…genetics! If a woman has a history of breast cancer or there is a strong history of breast disease in her family then it is advisable to consider genetic evaluation to see if you carry the flawed gene. The test consists of a simple blood test. Although there is testing available to determine whether or not you carry this flawed gene , this test I by no means definitive with any degree of precision that you will get breast cancer.Carrying this flawed gene only indicates that you may have a greater risk than if you did not have it.
Ju, a thirty-six year old lady, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1995. She had a lumpectomy. Ju’s cancer was at an early stage but to be sure, the doctor suggested that Ju underwent a mastectomy — a total removal of her right breast. Ju declined and did not see her doctor ever again. She did not receive any chemotherapy, radiotherapy or hormonal therapy either. She decided to seek alternative healing methods. To many people in the West, what Ju did was sheer “madness” and for anyone to suggest forsaking conventional medical treatment as in her case might even be regarded as an irresponsible “criminal act”.
Ancient Egyptians first noted and recorded the disease as tumors, or ulcers, of the breasts, concluded that there was no real cure and that the only form of treatment was cauterization with a tool called the “fire drill”. Since then, there have been many similar cases described by doctors throughout history that concluded that there was no cure; or really effective treatment. When doctors started to understand the human circulatory system in the seventieth century, they also managed to establish a link between breast cancer and the lymph nodes in the armpits. Between the seventeen and eighteen hundreds, the French surgeon Jean Petit and Scotsman Benjamin Bell were the first ones to remove the lymph nodes, breast tissue and chest muscle in an effort to save woman from breast cancer.
The evening of the day my hair started to fall out, Christie, Barbara and I were having dinner at one of our favorite restaurants. Naturally, I had to tell them how it all happened. “Guess what happened this morning?” “What happened, Deb?” Christie asked, leaning forward in anticipation. “I reached up to pull some fuzz out of my hair and the whole clump of hair came out. I’m losing my hair!” “Wow! What did you do?” “I kept pulling pieces from different places on my head - then I showered and washed my hair to see how much more would come out.”
Undergoing any of the breast exam procedures may be taxing, but the benefits can be life saving. The earlier a cancerous lump is discovered, the higher is its chance of getting healed. How often should women go through breast screening exams? |