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Surprising Factors That Contribute to Breast Cancer
By Melanie Haiken, Caring.com
Knowing the risk factors that contribute to breast cancer can help you evaluate the likelihood of getting the disease. In some cases, it’s possible to make changes now that will improve your chances of avoiding it. Here’s what researchers know about breast cancer risks; you are probably already familiar with some of these 9 factors, but there are some that you may find surprising–like your work schedule!
1. Lifestyle risks: Being sedentary, exposure to secondhand smoke, and drinking alcohol
Physical activity has a direct effect on breast cancer risk. One Women’s Health Initiative study showed that walking as little as one to two and a half hours per week lowered a woman’s breast cancer risk by 18 percent.Being physically inactive increases a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer.
While smoking is a risk factor for many types of cancer, it doesn’t appear to raise the risk of breast cancer significantly. Oddly, though, breathing secondhand smoke has been linked with an elevated risk of breast cancer. Studies have shown the greatest risk from secondhand smoke is for younger, premenopausal women. This is an area researchers are still trying to understand.
Although the effect of heavy alcohol use on the liver is fairly well known, it’s less well known that regular drinking increases breast cancer risk as well. Women who have two to five drinks a day have one and a half times the risk of women who don’t drink. Having one alcoholic drink a day raises a woman’s risk slightly but not a lot.
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add your comment »Awesome post. I think all women should aware about breast cancer and change their lifestyle to avoid this.
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Moses smell the roses, indeed do find another website if the click throughs on this are so aggravating to you. Sure wish that was the biggest problem in my life. Note to CARE 2: Keep up the having to click through. Some of us would like for you to receive more donations.
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For those of you so concerned with having to "click through"--(can't imagine that is the biggest annoyance you have in your life, especially if it's true that this site receives donations when you do so)--anyway, have none of you heard of the page down feature on your computer? Try it! And allow those of us who want to "click through", so that we can donate to this site, do so.
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. . . a combination of estrogen and progesterone to treat menopausal symptoms. . .
I feel this should be changed to 'estrogen and a progestin (or progestogen).
Progesterone is very different from the chemically altered pharmaceutical progestins that are given in HRT.
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Thanks for the great tip Jacqueline!
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I used to have the same problem with click throughs, until someone posted an easy solution: click in the left side orange arrow and you will get the whole article at once.
Hope it helps you.
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PLEASE don't make so many click-throughs! I know it improves advertising, but I won't go all the way through! Cut it back by at least half! I'll find another website if you keep this up!
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While this might be true for some, I was dx with Stage 2 invasive breast cancer at age 44 and had NO risk factors. NONE!!! I've been living with no evidence of disease for over three years and for that I am so grateful. The very real truth is that most women who are dx with breast cancer are not high risk. However, making these lifestyle changes will improve your health overall and will certainly make fighting any disease easier. The best protection is early detection. Get those mammos. And don't wait for a doctor to refer you. Just book that appointment.
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Forgot to tick 'track comments' re. breast cancer, diet, bacteria, and raw milk.
This should do it. :-)
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Dairy seems to get a bad rap when diet and disease is talked about. With commercial dairy I totally agree! But then there is raw dairy straight from the cow. Another story completely!
All the necessary enzymes are there, the vital bacteria are there, and it's in it's whole form. Studies show(the non vested interest ones) that 90% of digestion is bacterial. If you drink the milk at room temperature, the bacteria is 'awake', and new bacteria forms as the container of milk stands. If the milk stands too long, it turns to clabbered milk.(yoghurt like) Both ways are very good, and they're easy on the tummy! A man in his 60's has eaten totally raw for 40 years, and is a picture of health. Prior to that he suffered 8 'incurable' diseases, including blood & bone cancer, Type 1diabetes, autism. So raw milk is not a problem to our health!
Digestion(assimilation) is a major problem today, mainly due to lack of the above mentioned bacteria, and also eating too fast, whilst not calm and relaxed. The drugs are another major influence on knocking out the bacteria. The medical is based on the Pasteur theory, so it's "destroy that bacteria, and the disease will be beaten!" 'Mission accomplished! Casualities - 1" (the body)
Check out The Primal Diet, and Price/Pottinger
PS> Yes I know The comments will come about stealing off the calves, and the treatment of the cows. That is something you have to weigh up for yourself. Just watch where you walk. you are squashing living creatures
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