Breast Cancer Myths
What’s the disease that women fear the most? The answer is most likely to be breast cancer. And if you ask them the disease they’re most likely to get, their answer would be breast cancer as well.But they would be wrong.Among the most lethal diseases …
Learn MoreMale Breast Cancer
Anne Hofstadler is a breast cancer survivor. Her sister and mother have also had breast cancer. So Anne worries that her daughter may eventually be diagnosed with the disease — especially since her daughter’s paternal grandmother also suffered from i…
Learn MoreSurgical Procedures Used in Treating Breast Cancer
It used to be thought that the more the surgeon cut from a woman’s breast, the more likely she was to survive breast cancer. By the time surgery was over, a woman with a small tumor in one breast would have lost her breast, the chest muscles underneat…
Learn MoreBreast Reconstruction
You’ve made it through many of the hard choices in your breast cancer treatment only to confront another major one: whether — and when — to have your breast (or breasts) reconstructed after your mastectomy. Some women want a fully reconstructed brea…
Learn MoreGut Feelings
If you’ve ever felt your insides twist in knots before a big speech, you know the stomach listens carefully to the brain. In fact, the entire digestive system is closely tuned to a person’s emotions and state of mind, says William E. Whitehead, PhD, a…
Learn MoreDads: How to Share in Your Partner’s Pregnancy
In an earnest, but possibly misguided attempt to enable men and teens to see what it feels like to be pregnant, somebody decided to invent something called “The Empathy Belly.” Men strap on this prosthetic torso — complete with a bulging tummy and sw…
Learn MoreChildbirth Education Classes
Before you reach your third trimester, you should be thinking about registering for a childbirth education class. Like most prospective parents, you’re probably apprehensive about labor, delivery, and your first days with your new baby. The courses ar…
Learn MoreQuiz: How Much Do You Know About Adoption?
Millions of Americans have considered adopting a child, and small wonder. For many people, adoption is the ideal way — and possibly the only way — to make a family grow. If you’re thinking about adopting a child, either from the United States or abr…
Learn MoreBenign Breast Lumps
If you find a lump in your breast, don’t delay — see your doctor as soon as possible. Anything you notice that’s different from your normal breast tissue should be investigated. The good news is that more than 80 percent of breast lumps turn out to b…
Learn MoreBreast Cancer Types
How does breast cancer occur?Breast cells become cancerous when they mutate and start to multiply at an abnormally fast pace, crowding out healthy tissue. The abnormal cells grow into a dense mass that may be visible on a mammogram or that you may fee…
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