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Ten Ways to Lower Your Risk for Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is at an all time high in the twenty-first century,
especially for women. Listed below are ten preventable causes for breast
cancer along with methods to help you reduce your risk.
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This website
is compiled from over 25 years of research on the causes and prevention of
breast cancer. It is created by women for women. We are hopeful that by
educating women as to what they can do to lower their risk factors for
breast cancer, the best screening tools available and how to keep healthy,
we can decrease and hopefully eliminate this devastating disease.
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Staying
Healthy
Keeping the immune system strong is difficult in the business of everyday
life. We make choices each day that build or break down our immune system.
If our daily regimen is healthy and balanced, then we can occasionally
have a treat or go off the schedule, and it isn't going to hurt us. If our
life is constantly under stress and we don't pay extra attention to our
nutrition, exercise and getting the sleep that is needed, then our immune
system breaks down. When we are under stress, in the "fight or flight"
mode we do not manufacture "T" and "B" cells which are part of the
lymphatic system's way of fighting infection in the body. We will
eventually become ill. The following is a sensible program for building
good health. If you already have signs of disease, then an enhanced
version of this program may require an individualized professional
evaluation. You might seek the advice of a naturopathic doctor,
acupuncturist or visit Dr. Gardner's Clinic website
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Current Programs Sponsored by California Preventative
Medicine Foundation
"Women United"is
an outreach program developed by the educational branch of CPMF to inform
the public about ways to prevent breast cancer.
Each presentation includes:
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How to lower
your risk factors and prevent this disease.
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How to keep
your immune system healthy.
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An
explanation of breast screening tools and the accuracy rate of
Mammograms, Ultrasound, Thermography and Skilled Palpation.
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The "hands on" portion of the talk demonstrates
how to do a "self-breast
exam".
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Inflammatory
Breast Disease
Inflammatory Breast
Cancer or IBC is a rare form of breast cancer that frequently goes
unnoticed because it doesn’t show up as a lump like most breast cancers.
About
DCIS
Ductal Carcinoma in Situ
or DCIS is a pre-cancerous condition in which dysplasic cells or
metaplasia is encapsulated in the mammary ducts. Research shows that 35%
of the female population has DCIS and occassionally it does move outside
of the duct and become malignant. |