breast cancer prevention
November 13th, 2009
One of the most dreaded diseases for many women is breast cancer. This medical condition elicits fears related to sexuality, loss of body image, surgery, and death. As with most cancers, the exact causes of breast cancer is still not clearly known. But medical advances continue to find ways to promote breast cancer prevention.
One in every eight females in the US develops breast cancer. For majority of women, lifestyle changes, a healthy diet, exercise and weight reduction will help reduce the chance of developing breast cancer. To date, the most important thing to improve survival is getting breast cancer screening as early detection gives one a higher chance of surviving the disease.