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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Businesses Supporting the Cause
Currently, the month of October is designated as the official National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM). For over two decades, NBCAM has successfully educated women of all ages about early detection, treatment, and diagnosis of breast cancer. Non-profit organizations such as Karmanos Cancer Institute, American Cancer Society, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and the National Breast Cancer Foundation are devoted to raising money for breast cancer research and educating women (and men) about the disease, supporting those with breast cancer, and celebrating the individuals who have survived it.
Reducing Risk Factors for Breast Cancer
Second only to lung cancer breast cancer is the leading cause of death among women in the United States. Only with early detection and effective treatment will it be likely to reduce the number of women who die from breast cancer each year.
There are some factors that are known to decrease a woman?s risk for developing breast cancer. Among those factors are SERMs, prophylactic mastectomy, aromatase inhibitors, prophylactic oophorectomy, and exercise. It is not known if factors such as abortion, diet, environment, second hand smoke, smoking, or statins can increase a woman?s risk factors for breast cancer.
Why Do Beverly Hills Women Seek Breast Augmentation?
Breast augmentation has become, if not the most popular, at least one of the most popular cosmetic surgery procedures sought in Beverly Hills. In fact, the popularity of breast implant surgery has moved beyond Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, and Southern California, to the rest of the United States. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), in 2003 nearly 255,000 women in the United States underwent breast augmentation nearly twice the number performed in 1998.
In this educational article about breast augmentation, as well as in other breast related articles provided on www.beautifulfigure.com, board certified plastic surgeon and renowned breast augmentation specialist Dr. Sean Younai reviews some of the pertinent topics about breast augmentation (or enlargement), saline and silicone breast implant placement or exchange, breast lift or “mastopexy,” breast reduction surgery, and the treatments for complications of breast augmentation or “augmentation mammoplasty.”
Breast Cancer Prevention And Food
Before we discuss about the relationship of breast cancer prevention and food, let us have an overview of what breast cancer is. Breast cancer mainly affects women, though it is not uncommon in men as well. As the name suggests it affects one or both the breasts of the patient. Just like every other parts of the body, the breast too grows and rests intermittently.
The nucleus of each cell controls the rate of growth of the breast. It is widely believed in the medical fraternity that it is defective genes that are the cause of cancer. It is when the genes that control the growth of the particular organ fail in their duty to control the growth cycle, cancer occur.
Do You Have Breast Cancer?
Have you noticed a lump or thickening in your breast? Do you find your breast size uneven? Do your nipples appear retracted or inverted? Are you worried that you might have breast cancer?
The second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S among women is breast cancer, the first being lung cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, only about 5 to 10 percent of breast cancers are hereditary in nature. It is estimated that about 75 percent of breast cancers occur in women who do not even possess the risk factors. Breast cancer is also seen in men but this occurrence is often rare.
