Tag: breast health
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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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Rare Forms Of Breast Cancer Deserve Our Attention
The World Health Organization has recently dubbed cancer a global health pandemic, second only to Covid-19[1]. Deaths from breast cancer are often due to late diagnosis, among other factors. Early detection and treatment of breast cancer is crucial for all forms of breast cancer. It is even more important with rare forms of breast cancers…
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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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Katie Couric and Breast Cancer: Why Do Dense Breasts Increase Risk?
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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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Do HRTs Increase Your Risk Of Breast Cancer?
[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]An unintended consequence of the current health crisis has been the delay of, or lack of focus on, “normal” health…
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Beating Breast Cancer With Dr. Justus Apffelstaedt
[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” 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” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]While breast cancer affects over 2 million of the female population, as well as 1% of the male population, the outcomes are…
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Yes, Men Do Get Breast Cancer and It Also Needs Our Attention
[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” 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” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]When it comes to breast cancer, the focus is usually on women and ever rarely on men. Granted, by the end of…
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Reach For Recovery Cape Peninsula Branch Launches Their First Mastectomy Bra
As of mid-October, the Cape Peninsula branch of Reach for Recovery will be providing subsidized mastectomy bras to state patients who receive prostheses from them through the Cape Peninsula branch of the Ditto Project. The bra will cost patients between R120-00 to R150-00 (dependent on size). The Ditto Project and Mastectomy Bra “State patients do…