Archive for the ‘Breast Cancer’ Category

Women’s Health Blog: Pregnancy May be Ok for Women Who’ve Successfully been Treated for Breast Cancer

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Very exciting news for women who want to get pregnant but had to face the personal challenge of battling breast cancer. At the European Breast Cancer Conference held recently, researchers reported their findings after analyzing trials in which approximately 1400 pregnant women and 18,000 non-pregnant women had participated. Women in both groups had a history of breast cancer. Researchers found that the women who were successfully treated for breast cancer could get pregnant without any fear of recurrence of the disease and that pregnancy actually may even improve their chances of survival from breast cancer.
 
Researchers found that the women who became pregnant after being diagnosed and treated for breast cancer improved their chances of survival when compared to women who did not get pregnant after breast cancer treatment.

The bottom-line message here is that even after breast cancer treatment, women can get pregnant and their pregnancy can actually increase their chance for survival. This is truly a huge blessing for many women who can finally achieve their dream of getting pregnant in spite of battling breast cancer!

Can Loneliness and Stress cause Breast Cancer? New Study finds a possible link between Loneliness, Stress, and Breast Cancer

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Women who are isolated and lonely as well as who face stressful situations may be highly susceptible to Breast Cancer.  The Journal of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published a study in their December 7th to 13th edition that suggests that isolation and stress is a combination that may lead to increased risk of breast cancer in human beings.
 
These same researchers found that African American women have been found to develop breast cancer at an earlier age. They also found that women living in high-crime areas face isolation and high stress levels.
 
We all know that stress causes a lot of health problems. Now researchers may have found a link between stress and breast cancer.
I think that future studies focusing on environmental conditions along with biological conditions will help researchers further evaluate and recommend treatment of diseases like breast cancer.
 

Women’s Health Blog – Hormone Therapy may cut Breast Cancer Risk for Women

Friday, November 13th, 2009

Dr. Hugh S. Taylor, (Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale) and his colleagues have found that breast cancer risk in women can be cut with the right combination of estrogen and a hormone which blocks the effects of estrogen in breast tissue.

They presented findings of their study at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) scientific meeting held in October 2009, in Atlanta, Georgia.

The study was funded in part by the Women’s Health Research Institute, Wyeth Research and the results are currently being tested in clinical trials across the nation.