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Breast Cancer T-Shirts
I love life
Sure - its been very difficult at times over the last couple of years but I haven't lost sight of what's really important. Family, fun, laughter and the ability to find enjoyment in even the darkest of days.
So .... to celebrate that .... and to move on beyond the ubiquitous pink ribbons which are now found virtually everywhere - I asked my son Nic to design a new T shirt logo. You can see it to the top left of this page. I love it and wear it regularly.
Anyway - I've had so many people approach me and ask where they can get one too that Nic has teamed up with Cafepress.com to offer them for sale worldwide.
Here's the deal - each T shirt is available in a range of styles and colors. We'll arrange to donate five dollars to breast cancer charity for every one sold. The quality of the garments is great and Cafepress offer a great back up service should you have any problems.
Follow
this link to see bigger pictures and to explore the range of options that Nic has created.
Move beyond pink ribbons and show the world that you love life too !
Labels: breast-cancer, breast-cancer-t-shirt, cancer-sites, cancer-support
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Breast Cancer and Hip Size
Yikes - can it really be true that hip size is a predictor for the
risk of getting breast cancer? A new study suggests that it might be.
Scientists from the UK's Southhampton University have shown that women whose mothers have wide and round hips could be seven times more likely to develop breast cancer
It seems that a women's hip size is a marker of her oestrogen production.
Wide, round hips represent markers of high sex hormone concentrations and if your mother has wide hips then you - the daughter - could be at increased
risk of breast cancer.
The study looked at the health of over 6,000 Finnish women born from 1934 to 1944 and comparing it with information on their mothers' hip size. The measurement used was the intercristal diameter -- the distance from hip bone to hip bone.
According to the findings, a woman's
risk of breast cancer went up by 60 per cent if her mother's hips were more than 30 cm across. The risk increased with hip size and with the length of time the baby was in the womb.
I'm not sure how this fits into the big picture of breast cancer awareness but it's certainly food for thought.
Labels: breast-cancer, breast-cancer-risk, living-with-cancer
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Weight Loss and Cancer Risk
Can Losing Weight Reduce Cancer RiskNew research hinting that losing weight cuts the risk of breast cancer is the latest development in the cancer - healthy lifestyle debate.
At a conference in Birmingham UK earlier this month the National Cancer Research Institute heard that middle-aged women who lose weight and exercise twice weekly are 40 per cent less likely to develop breast cancer.
It seems that weight loss was the key factor, followed by a low-fat diet with plenty of oily fish.
Scientists believe weight gain prompts inflammation in fat stores, in turn stimulating breast cells to become cancerous.
Evidence of another link between diet and disease is more ammunition to the growing body of opinion that says the way we conduct our lives has an overwhelming bearing on our future health.
Now all of this is good and well but of course many people who have an exemplary health diet will still develop cancer. The food issue is only a part of the jigsaw in my view - not nearly the whole story but still, I guess that it all helps.
What do you think?
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