Here is another use for breastmilk – testing for breast cancer. And if you are nursing or are planning to in the coming year, you might just consider volunteering for this research program.
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are looking volunteers who:
are breastfeeding or pumping breastmilk
who have had a breast biopsy previously or who [...]
Tags: breast cancer, breastmilk, cancer, cancer research, volunteer
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Joanna Rudnick is young, beautiful and has a promising career in filmmaking – and a ticking time bomb inside her. She was 27 years old when she received the bad news: she tested positive for a mutation in the BRCA gene, a mutation that highly predisposes her to breast and ovarian cancer, just like many [...]
Tags: BRCA, breast cancer, film, genetic testing, Joanna Rudnick, ovaries, preventive surgery
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What would you do if you wanted a baby, but all your husband’s female relatives had suffered from breast cancer, the kind that doctors knew was caused by a faulty gene?
A controversial egg selection technique selection has resulted in the first baby girl born in the UK this week that doctors know is free from [...]
Tags: breast cancer, IVF
Posted in: Baby, TTC
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Below is list of freebies and samples that I thought Babies Online Blog Readers might enjoy. Have a look and feel free to add to the list by sharing your comments on any other freebies that you may be aware of.
Free CD – Find out how to “Beat the Odds” of heart Disease (60 sec [...]
Tags: breast cancer, Free Jockey Underwear, free stuff, Freebies, heart disease, Kotex
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A recent study has stated that women who were breastfed as babies have a reduced risk of developing breast cancer. According to the study, women who were breastfed as infants ‘had a 17 percent decrease in breast cancer risk’ note one member of the study team, Hazel B. Nichols. She further stated that, ‘we did [...]
Tags: breast cancer, Breastfeeding, cancer, prevent cancer, Research
Posted in: Health, News
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