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Breasts can blush too

Do you feel that your breast are red? Blushing? If you are warm or flushed, it's possible your breast will flush just like your cheeks, and you can notice this without concern. If one breast appears flushed or "blushing", then yes, you should consider that there is something to ask your gyno about. Breast infections can present as redness, but will also usually have pain, and cause you to feel ill or have a fever. Inflammatory breast cancers, whiled very serious, are very rar

Which Mammogram Test is Best? Newer Tests on Horizon!

When to get a mammogram, and which of all the available tests you should request, based on your risk factors is discussed.

Mediterranean diet's breast cancer protection

The newest data on the Mediterranean diet shows breast cancer protection as well as being good for your heart, your kidneys, and your brain.This study was fascinating because it compared just adding a few nuts to your basic diet, or going low fat. But specifically a Mediterranean Diet helped protect against breast cancer in post menopausal white women who were at high risk for cardiovascular disease. The study does have some limitations for what women can apply to their own h

Dense Breasts Explained

1. The medical term dense breast refers to a woman who has breast tissue that is not composed of very much fat between the glands and ducts of the milk system so that the tissue is litteral thicker and less visible on x-rays such as mammograms. 2. Your gyno can detect breast density on exam, but the formal definition of dense breasts is based on your radiologist grading this on exam. 3. It is only relatively recently that women were informed of the density findings on their m

Breast cancer survivors and sex

Virtually all breast cancer survivors report problems with sex, and in most its due to the vaginal changes caused by the medications used to treat breast cancer. In most cases women post breast cancer treatment will have the medical condition of vulvovaginal atrophy: Withered Up Vagina from Lack of Estrogen or vaginal mucosal erythrodysesthesia: Skin toxicity due to Chemotherapy. Both the lack of estrogen and the effects of chemo can affect the vagina, the vulva, the urethra,

Too old to get genetic breast cancer test?

Genetic testing has been used throughout medical care. Young women have been offered and receiving genetic testing for many years. There are tests for your blood type, tests for those of Jewish heritage to determine if you are at risk for Tay Sachs or Canavan’s disease (the actual current panel we use tests for ten different diseases), there are tests to see if you are a sickle cell trait carrier, or carry the genetic material to pass on cystic fibrosis. But generally the ave

Here's your risk of getting these gynecologic cancers

Cancer prediction is an entire science of it's own, and you need a personal consultation to determine your real risks. For decades we mainly were quoting your cancer risk of any particular cancer by keeping track the major female reproductive cancers in the United states. The most basic risks of cancer was then able to be quoted based on your lifetime risk of actually getting invasive disease, which is where we have come up with these figures: 1 out of 8 women: Breast Cancer

These medicines can actually prevent breast cancer

By age 40 you have a 1.5% chance of developing breast cancer, but if you begin screening early you can increase your chances of survival if you do get breast cancer. There are strategies to prevent ever getting breast cancer. You should not smoke, moderate alcohol consumption, lower the fat in your diet, increase exercise and normalize your weight. Medicines can be used to prevent breast cancer in all women, but generally are used for those actually at risk. If you haven't di

Mammogram benefits to you

Mammograms are important for you health. Screening has been said to reduce the overall mortality from breast cancer by 28-35%. Knowing this, almost 70% of women have been getting regular mammograms. And the rate of breast cancer detection has declined as a result. In women with breast cancer detected, if they follow through and they are given rigorous treatments; these treatments are difficult and have side effects, but still extremely effective. Women are reluctant to get ma

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