Is there any truth to the Internet rumor that the incidence of breast cancer is more than 100 times greater in women who always wear bras than in women who never wear bras?
“The short answer is no,†said Dr. Ted Gansler, director of medical content for the American Cancer Society, when asked in a New York Times Health forum.
There is no scientifically credible evidence of this, he said, and the proposed mechanism — that bras prevent elimination of toxins by blocking lymph flow — is not in line with scientific concepts of how breast cancer develops.
Internet rumors on the issue are mostly inspired by one study with several scientific flaws, that was never even published in a peer reviewed journal. The study did not factor in known breast cancer risk factors that might be associated with bra-wearing behavior, such as weight and age. Also, the study participants knew the hypothesis before taking the survey.
“Because the idea of bras causing breast cancer is so scientifically implausible, it seems unlikely that researchers will ever spend their time and resources to test it in a real epidemiological study,†Dr. Gansler said.
Dr. Gansler and colleagues compared National Cancer Institute data on breast cancer risk for women treated for melanoma who had several underarm lymph nodes removed and those who did not. The surgery, which is known to block lymph drainage from breast tissue, did not detectably increase breast cancer rates, the study found, meaning that it is extremely unlikely that wearing a bra, which affects lymph flow minimally if at all, would do so either.
[ From: nytimes.com ]
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Leave A CommentRegarding melanoma, or skin cancer, what most people don’t know or realize is that the skin is the biggest organ, and absorption of toxins through it, even chlorine in unfiltered water in showers can even be worse than ingestion as it bypasses the filtration by the kidneys.
Most all sunscreens have harmful chemicals that promote free radicals and skin cancer, rather than prevent it. Case in pint, world highest sue of sunscreen is Australia, where they have the world’s highest number of melanoma cases. Better to use pure coconut oil.
Back to the subject, other than accidents and crimes against person, and high level incident exposure to toxins and dangerous, lethal/fatal conditions, most all people that die from medical, or so called natural causes is from some times of cancer or infection from one of the body’s seven channels of detoxification.
Like breast cancers and all those weird underarm growths that swell like basketballs and victims die because doctors have no cure, it is high level of toxicity in the lymphatic system.
Just like diabetes, which is technically just a condition or symptoms cause by several underlying major medical problems, most every illness and diseases is due to nutritional deficiency and toxicity.
The world is deceived b the media and ‘food’ industry with ulterior motives of high volume and $$$, like the harmful drugs that just address symptoms with bad side effects, not the causes.
People get sick and die because of ingesting all the toxins, chemicals and such fro what they eat, drink, breathe in and and absorb. Eating well, cardio vascular exercise to stimulate the central nervous system, the source of all natural, internal healing, and thinking well is positive lifestyle changes that can reverse and often eliminate most all natural diseases and illnesses.
For diabetics, exercise can get their body’s glucose absorbed into their cells WITHOUT insulin.
Detoxification is the culprit in most all cancers and similar disease. In addition to the eat well, move well and think well, the key is cleanse balance and build. good omega 3 fish oils and probiotics are the most vital supplements to take if any and should be taken by everyone daily. They are key to cell regeneration, proper body function, digestion, detoxification, fighting viruses and more.
All the pollutants, chemicals, additives, sodas, sugars, caffeine, alcohol, smoking and more kill our body’s probiotics or friendly bacteria vital for life and health, which is why you need to replenish them.
All those obese, big pot bellied people like John Wayne and Elvis that had about 44 lbs of undigested fecal matter in their intestines on their autopsies, Elvis white and calcified due to his drug use and mega high cholesterol diets have poor nutrition, digestion and detoxification.
Also, spinal subluxation or misalignment is both a toxicity and deficiency and restrictions of oxygen, blood and other vital floods to all parts of your body are major factors of poor health conditions, ailments, and diseases. Without proper spinal alignment, it is impossible to have optimal health as all life and health comes from your brain and central nervous system.
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Live and maintain an healthy lifestyle. Every little step makes a difference, but it takes time to reverse and heal, so do it now!