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Monthly Archives: July 2015
In this opening of what will be 3-part series, breast cancer authority Dr. Jay Harness showcases his recent trip to Yerevan, Armenia, to share knowledge and help educate and perform surgical procedures to improve Armenia’s breast cancer program. Dr. Harness, … Continue reading
Posted in Breast Cancer Surgery, Dr. Jay Harness Expertise, Emotional Reconstruction®, Information Strength, Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy, Oncoplastic Reconstruction, Video, We Live You®: The Latest
Tagged Armenian American Wellness Center, Dr. Armen Kocharyan, Dr. Arthur Salibian, Dr. Hovhannes Stepanyan, mastectomy, reconstructive mastectomy
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New research has highlighted the link between alcohol and breast cancer prompting new warnings to women to drink less, in this report from the U.K.’s Mirror. More than a million British women aged over 50 took part in the Oxford … Continue reading
Posted in Diet & Exercise, Information Strength, Research News, We Live You®: The Latest
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Nearly half of all women experience pain or physical limitations after breast cancer surgery, a condition known as postmastectomy pain syndrome, or PMPS. However, many women find relief with treatments that include medication, physical or occupational therapy, and lymphedema therapy, … Continue reading
A new web app, ImaGenX Touch, allows women to assess their risk of breast cancer. The app identifies women at low medium or high risk of breast cancer and provides practical recommendations according to each user’s history, age, family tree … Continue reading
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Tagged Web App - IMaGenX
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In a study published in The Lancet this past week, researchers found that a class of inexpensive, existing generic called aromatase inhibitors, which suppress hormones, reduce recurrence rates by 30 percent as compared with tamoxifen. That confirmed what researchers had … Continue reading
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Getting a second opinion is an important way a patient can be her own health advocate. In this column appearing in US News Health, learn how one woman went through the thinking behind and process of getting a second medical … Continue reading
More breast cancer patients, particularly women with large or sagging breasts who previously did not qualify for certain surgeries, are now candidates for the most complex nipple sparing breast reconstructive surgery using the body’s own tissue. According to a new … Continue reading
Survivors of breast cancer with a family history of the disease gain more weight than similar women without cancer, a new study finds. What’s more—there seems to be an association between weight gain and treatment, as reported in TIME magazine. … Continue reading
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