Australians may be paying for their poor diets with more than clogged arteries and expanding waistlines. According to one self-proclaimed “sexpert”, their sex lives may suffer too.
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The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday examined a breast cancer screening device called the “Halo system,” which extracts a fluid from the nipple to test for “atypical” cells that are believed to be a precursor to cancer and has been nicknamed “the breast pap.”
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Breast Cancer is the most common form of cancer. Inflamatory Breast Cancer, or IBC, is the most aggressive form of Breast Cancer but often lacks the typical warning signs. IBC is not usually detected by mammograms or ultrasounds, there are rarely lumps or tumors and instead inflammatory breast cancer grows in nests or sheets, and is often over-looked.
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So-called “alternative” therapies, mostly derived from ancient healing traditions and superstitions, have a strong appeal for people who feel left behind by the explosive growth of scientific knowledge. Paradoxically, however, their nostalgia for a time when things seemed simpler and more natural is mixed with respect for the power of modern science (Toumey 1996).
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Women who are in their forties hate their bodies, many are developing eating disorders because of this and a significant number have had cosmetic surgery, according to a survey of 2,000 women carried out in the UK by Top Sante.
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Eating more processed meats such as bacon, sausage and smoked ham increases the risk of stomach cancer, Swedish scientists said on Wednesday.
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A pair of blood-smudged surgical gloves appears on the giant screen, then a glistening scalpel, which slides with ease into the pale, yellowy skin. “These,” explains the heavily accented narrator, “are all little tricks to deal with the problem of the dog ears.”It is an overcast morning in Copacabana and in a big circus tent, erected metres from one of the world’s most famous beaches, hundreds of stylishly dressed delegates crane their necks up at two cinema screens.
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The researchers report in the journal Chest, that obese patients should achieve a certain level of fitness before having the surgery, and that their lack of physical fitness could raise the threat of serious complications following obesity surgery.
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For young women with severe ulcerative colitis — a form of inflammatory bowel disease — opting for potentially dangerous drug therapy may be a better choice than surgery if they want to preserve their fertility.
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Researchers from the Pacific Northwest Research Institute (PNRI) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have uncovered a pattern of DNA damage in connective tissues in the human breast that could shed light on the early stages of breast cancer and possibly serve as an early warning of a heightened risk of cancer.
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