Prevention

One of the fastest growing trends in dieting is the so-called Mediterranean diet. This formula for healthier nutrition has been said to have amazing benefits, including cancer prevention and diabetes control. If you’re interested in learning more about this diet plan, you’ll find useful information below.

What is Mediterranean Diet?

We’ve been conditioned to hearing ads on television that describe how aspirin helps the heart. But now, a report recently published in BioMed Central's open access journal Breast Cancer Research suggests that it might have beneficial effects on certain members of the breast cancer community, too. In a study that included 127,000 women ages 51-72 with no history of cancer, it was found that aspirin use was linked to a small reduction in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancers.

Sometimes it is hard to know how to process all of the information that the media presents on women’s health issues. Not long ago, reports suggested that one glass of red wine every day minimized the risk of heart disease in women. Now, this week, research presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting reported on a study that suggests a link between alcohol consumption and breast cancer in post-menopausal woman.

A couple of recent news articles reminded me of just how much of a difference technology has made in the world of breast cancer treatment.

I read a little blurb about a physician who recently gave a talk about how to prevent breast cancer. The article did not give specifics, but the whole premise of his talk made me furious. Can you imagine how many women in his community read about this talk and rushed to hear him tell them how they could avoid getting breast cancer? It reminded of the traveling snake-oil salesman with his magic elixirs “guaranteed” to cure whatever ailed you.