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Understanding the terms "absolute risk" and "relative risk"
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Posted on: Mar 9, 2017
When a friend took up yoga about 10 years ago, she told me it had toned and strengthened her body and helped to calm her anxiety. I decided to try it, too. I now do my yoga practice at home, and I...
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BPA and Related Chemicals Linked to Fat Gain, Breast Cancer Risk
Posted on: Jan 12, 2017I drink water out of my glass (protected by a silicone outer sleeve) or stainless steel water bottle and buy foods such as spaghetti sauce in glass jars rather than cans, as I wrote about in a 2012...
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Content Spotlight: Breast Cancer Risk Factors
Eating Unhealthy Food
Diet is thought to be at least partly responsible for about 30% to 40% of all cancers. No food or diet can prevent you from getting breast cancer, but some foods can make your body the healthiest it can be and boost your immune system.
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Smoking
Smoking is linked to a higher risk of breast cancer in younger, premenopausal women. Research also has shown that there may be link between very heavy second-hand smoke exposure and breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women.
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Drinking Alcohol
Research consistently shows that drinking alcoholic beverages increases a woman's risk of breast cancer, particularly hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer. Alcohol also may increase breast cancer risk by damaging DNA in cells.
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