Source: earth times dot org
17 October 2008
Ghana President John Kufuor today dedicated the city's new hopeXchange Medical Center, a high quality diagnostic and treatment facility with special focus on breast cancer. During the ceremony, President Kufuor welcomed a high-profile mission delegation organized and led by Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R)'s President and CEO Hala Moddelmog, and acknowledged the significant role that Komen for the Cure can play in advancing the fight against breast cancer in Africa. Read More here
Friday, October 17, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
More alerts on breast cancer, food, alcohol
Does Mexican Food Ward Against Breast Cancer?
By Dr. Mercola
A surprising new study indicates that Mexican food may help prevent breast cancer. Many believe that the key ingredients are the spicy chilis that gives the food its flavor. The study examined a number of diets, including Mexican, ...
Drinking May Raise Breast Cancer Risk
U.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USA
By Amanda Gardner SUNDAY, April 13 (HealthDay News) -- Alcohol, consumed even in small amounts, increases the risk of breast cancer and particularly ..
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Alerts on breast cancer, November 2007
The truth about Cancer
Jamaica Gleaner, Monday | November 12, 2007
Cancer is probably the most feared disease in the world. The general term cancer is used to describe a group of diseases that can affect any part of the body. There are more than 100 different types of cancers. Other terms for cancer include growths, malignant tumours and neoplasms.
Breast cancer sufferers get snubbed over travel support
Irish Independent - Dublin,Ireland
A spokesperson for Mullingar Hospital confirmed yesterday that following last week's HSE decision to close its breast cancer service no new patients will be ...
Breast Cancer Navigator Helps Women Cope With The Illness
WIFR - Rockford,IL,USA
"They say something you never forget, I have bad news you have breast cancer." That's when Lisa Bruno comes in. Just 24 hours after Maureen Palka's ...
Haircuts raise funds to help breast cancer researchers
Republican & Herald - Pottsville,PA,USA
... Balicki (Angie's Klassic Kuts) for an awesome day of haircutting and so much more to help raise money and awareness related to breast cancer research. ...
Touched by cancer
Elmira Star-Gazette - Elmira,NY,USA
By Salle E. Richards After their most successful year to date raising money for breast cancer, the Twin Tiers Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure ...
Jamaica Gleaner, Monday | November 12, 2007
Cancer is probably the most feared disease in the world. The general term cancer is used to describe a group of diseases that can affect any part of the body. There are more than 100 different types of cancers. Other terms for cancer include growths, malignant tumours and neoplasms.
Breast cancer sufferers get snubbed over travel support
Irish Independent - Dublin,Ireland
A spokesperson for Mullingar Hospital confirmed yesterday that following last week's HSE decision to close its breast cancer service no new patients will be ...
Breast Cancer Navigator Helps Women Cope With The Illness
WIFR - Rockford,IL,USA
"They say something you never forget, I have bad news you have breast cancer." That's when Lisa Bruno comes in. Just 24 hours after Maureen Palka's ...
Haircuts raise funds to help breast cancer researchers
Republican & Herald - Pottsville,PA,USA
... Balicki (Angie's Klassic Kuts) for an awesome day of haircutting and so much more to help raise money and awareness related to breast cancer research. ...
Touched by cancer
Elmira Star-Gazette - Elmira,NY,USA
By Salle E. Richards After their most successful year to date raising money for breast cancer, the Twin Tiers Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure ...
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Breast cancer linked to Plastics
Breast cancer link to plastic??
HEALTH RISK: Chemicals in everyday plastic products like babies’ bottles are linked to breast cancer, says a US expert.
Chemicals in plastics like some drink bottles, babies’ bottles and food containers are raising women’s risk of breast cancer, says a visiting US expert.
Dr Maricel Maffini, a biologist specialising in environmental causes of breast cancer, also warns people to avoid microwaving food in plastic containers and raises concerns about chemicals leaching from canned food.
Maffini will this week speak in Rotorua at the first national breast cancer conference, organised by the Breast Cancer Network. Her research focuses on the links between breast cancer and chemicals like bisphenol A, found in many items including polycarbonate plastic containers. Bisphenol A increases exposure to oestrogen which lifts the risk of breast cancer.
“The problem is these bottles leach bisphenol A, so you are constantly drinking a low level of bisphenol A,” she told the Sunday Star-Times from Boston’s Tufts University School of Medicine where she’s a research assistant professor.
“The main argument of companies that produce the plastic bottles is the levels are so low, they are harmless but the exposure is chronic.”
Food Safety Authority spokesman Gary Bowering said ESR research had led the authority to conclude NZ consumers should not change their consumption because local foods had less or comparable levels of bisphenol A as those overseas.
Bowering said the ESR research, carried out in 2004, did not cover bottled water, but did cover soft drinks, which have higher acidity and were more likely to be harsher on containers.
“This would suggest bottled water is of even less concern,” he said.
Aimee Driscoll, a spokeswoman for Coca-Cola Amatil, said it did not use plastics containing bisphenol A in its bottles in New Zealand.
Dr Peter Plimmer, a plastics technology consultant to Auckland University and Plastics NZ, said there was “no way” anyone drinking from a hand-held bottle here could be exposed to bisphenol A. He said hand-held drinking bottles were made from PETE (polyethylene) plastics which did not contain bisphenol A. This interesting discussion continues here
Source :Boland, Sunday Star Times
See also http://snipurl.com/bwater
HEALTH RISK: Chemicals in everyday plastic products like babies’ bottles are linked to breast cancer, says a US expert.
Chemicals in plastics like some drink bottles, babies’ bottles and food containers are raising women’s risk of breast cancer, says a visiting US expert.
Dr Maricel Maffini, a biologist specialising in environmental causes of breast cancer, also warns people to avoid microwaving food in plastic containers and raises concerns about chemicals leaching from canned food.
Maffini will this week speak in Rotorua at the first national breast cancer conference, organised by the Breast Cancer Network. Her research focuses on the links between breast cancer and chemicals like bisphenol A, found in many items including polycarbonate plastic containers. Bisphenol A increases exposure to oestrogen which lifts the risk of breast cancer.
“The problem is these bottles leach bisphenol A, so you are constantly drinking a low level of bisphenol A,” she told the Sunday Star-Times from Boston’s Tufts University School of Medicine where she’s a research assistant professor.
“The main argument of companies that produce the plastic bottles is the levels are so low, they are harmless but the exposure is chronic.”
Food Safety Authority spokesman Gary Bowering said ESR research had led the authority to conclude NZ consumers should not change their consumption because local foods had less or comparable levels of bisphenol A as those overseas.
Bowering said the ESR research, carried out in 2004, did not cover bottled water, but did cover soft drinks, which have higher acidity and were more likely to be harsher on containers.
“This would suggest bottled water is of even less concern,” he said.
Aimee Driscoll, a spokeswoman for Coca-Cola Amatil, said it did not use plastics containing bisphenol A in its bottles in New Zealand.
Dr Peter Plimmer, a plastics technology consultant to Auckland University and Plastics NZ, said there was “no way” anyone drinking from a hand-held bottle here could be exposed to bisphenol A. He said hand-held drinking bottles were made from PETE (polyethylene) plastics which did not contain bisphenol A. This interesting discussion continues here
Source :Boland, Sunday Star Times
See also http://snipurl.com/bwater
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Chemotherapy and the under 40s...
Chemotherapy failing some young breast cancer sufferers, finds study
Young women suffering from breast cancer do not necessarily benefit from chemotherapy treatment, a study has found. According to the research, published in the online journal Breast Cancer Research, women under the age of 40 with breast cancer ...
Young women suffering from breast cancer do not necessarily benefit from chemotherapy treatment, a study has found. According to the research, published in the online journal Breast Cancer Research, women under the age of 40 with breast cancer ...
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Inflammation and Breast Cancer
Although chronic inflammation is a rarely discussed condition, it is, in fact, often the underlying cause of most major diseases.
Inflammation is your immune system's response to an "insult"an injury, like a pulled muscle or a cut-or an "intruder," such as an allergen, bacteria, virus, or chemical irritant. Your immune system reacts by releasing white blood cells and chemicals into
the bloodstream, which infiltrate your tissues, causing inflammatory trademarks: redness, heat, swelling, and pain. Here's where, and in what form, untreated or chronic inflammation can strike:
BRAIN Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis
EYES conjunctivitis
SINUSES sinusitis
FACE acne
GUMS periodontal disease
LUNGS asthma, bronchitis
COLON colitis
INTESTINE Crohn's disease
VAGINA vaginitis
NOSE rhinitis
THROAT Laryngitis Acid Reflux
HEART, ARTERIES, VEINS
vasculitis, atherosclerosis, heart disease
JOINTS arthritis
PANCREAS diabetes
STOMACH gastritis
KIDNEYS lupus
HIP bursitis
SKIN psoriasis
TENDONS tendonitis
For more information see Muriella's Corner Newsletter here
Inflammation is your immune system's response to an "insult"an injury, like a pulled muscle or a cut-or an "intruder," such as an allergen, bacteria, virus, or chemical irritant. Your immune system reacts by releasing white blood cells and chemicals into
the bloodstream, which infiltrate your tissues, causing inflammatory trademarks: redness, heat, swelling, and pain. Here's where, and in what form, untreated or chronic inflammation can strike:
BRAIN Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis
EYES conjunctivitis
SINUSES sinusitis
FACE acne
GUMS periodontal disease
LUNGS asthma, bronchitis
COLON colitis
INTESTINE Crohn's disease
VAGINA vaginitis
NOSE rhinitis
THROAT Laryngitis Acid Reflux
HEART, ARTERIES, VEINS
vasculitis, atherosclerosis, heart disease
JOINTS arthritis
PANCREAS diabetes
STOMACH gastritis
KIDNEYS lupus
HIP bursitis
SKIN psoriasis
TENDONS tendonitis
For more information see Muriella's Corner Newsletter here
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