Tag: Breast
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Breast Health Awareness: A Guide to Self-Checks, Product Labels, and Toxin Safety
October is Breast Health Awareness Month, a time to remind ourselves of the importance of proactive breast care. Beyond pink ribbons and campaigns, true breast health awareness involves taking tangible steps to understand your body. This includes reading product labels and making informed choices about the chemicals you expose yourself to. In this feature, we…
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Understanding The Link Between Breast Health and Mental Health
Studies have shown that major depression affects approximately 25% of breast cancer patients. However, the good news is that it has recognizable symptoms that are treatable[1]. Breast Health and Mental Health Knowing where you stand with breast cancer, especially for people who are at high risk, can significantly reduce your anxiety. Screening can pick up…
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Study Says You Can Improve Your Running By Investing In A Good Sports Bra
Running is one of the easiest, most effective ways to stay healthy, with studies proving that any amount of running can reduce your risk of death. Now, you can’t run without the proper gear and while a good pair of running shoes can help you break a sweat, for people with breasts, the gear also…
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Health Tests You Should Do To Boost Your Longevity
It is widely known that you should visit your general practitioner once a year. However, waiting for this annual visit isn’t ideal for your health. After all, as the saying goes, prevention is better than cure. We can achieve this by conducting tests, procedures, and self-checks to ensure that early detection is prioritized. From different…
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Breast Health Is About So Much More Than Mammography!
In this important Q&A, Dr. Justus Apffelstaedt explains why breast health is about so much more than mammography. Dr.Apffelstaedt is a specialist surgeon with an interest in breast, thyroid, and parathyroid health, as well as soft tissue surgical oncology. What exactly do you mean by “breast health is more than just mammography”? Breast health awareness…
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Are Your Breast Implants Giving You Cancer?
Over 200 000 breast augmentation procedures are performed every year, with the majority of them being for cosmetic reasons. In fact, patients spent over $1 billion on breast augmentation in 2020, regardless of the pandemic’s effect on aesthetic surgery. As breast augmentation surgery is a popular procedure, there is extra attention paid to the health…
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Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Can Leave Women with Better Breasts Post-Cancer
Breast cancer is the number one cause of cancer among women in many countries around the world. Fortunately, oncoplastic breast surgery offers women the chance to have their breast/s reconstructed at the same time that the cancer is removed. In the past, surgery to remove breast cancer did not focus on how the breasts would…
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Mammography Facts To Know Before Making An Appointment
A mammography exam or mammogram is FDA-approved medical imaging or an X-ray, often conducted to detect breast cancer or any other severe breathing diseases. Women who enter their 30s are often recommended to get mammography to find and treat any early signs of the disease. It becomes even more critical to get tested after the…
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Specialist Explains The Link Between Breast Cancer & Depression
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Breast Cancer is the most common cancer in women and can carry all sorts of stigmas around self-image and sexuality.…
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Considering Breast Implants? FDA Updates Risk Guidelines
The FDA recently updated its risk guidelines for breast implants. The move is aimed at ensuring that women considering breast implants have a clear picture of what implants involve before moving ahead with the surgery. Amendments to the guidelines suggest that the FDA has taken note of a range of concerns around this lucrative aesthetic…