CHICAGO (Reuters) – Low-dose radiation from mammograms and chest X-rays may increase the risk of breast cancer in young women who are already at high risk because of family history or genetic susceptibility, Dutch researchers said on Tuesday.
They said high-risk women, especially those under 30, may want to consider switching to an alternative screening method [...]
Cancer is one of the most preventable life-threatening diseases facing Americans today.Cancer prevention is easier than you think. With a few simple lifestyle changes, you can drastically reduce your risk of many types of cancer. You can significantly reduce your risk for cancer by:
1. improving your diet
-Reduce your risk for cancer by improving your diet.New [...]
Low blood cholesterol levels reduces the risk of not only heart disease but also cancer.
The findings should help ease longstanding fears that low cholesterol is associated with an increased risk of cancer, said Dr. Demetrius Albanes, a senior investigator at the U.S. National Cancer Institute, and an author of one of two reports in the [...]
Whatever your age, size or shape it’s important to take care of your breasts. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK, so it’s important to look after your breasts by being breast aware.
Being breast aware is an important part of caring for your body. It means getting to know how your breasts [...]
The often cited statistic is that one in eight women will get breast cancer at some point in their lives, but that actually is a misunderstanding. If a woman lives to be 80, she has a 14 percent chance of contracting the disease. At 50, the chance is only about 2 percent. And when breast [...]
