Archive for May, 2011
Understand the Various Types of Breast Implants
The most popular cosmetic surgery today is breast implants. Breast implants may be used to augment a smaller chest or for reconstruction after breast cancer. Before seriously considering breast implants, a person should understand the different types of breast implants and what to expect before, during and after breast implant surgery.
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7 Things You Probably Didn?t Know About Breasts: Quick Facts About Breast Cancer
According to the National Cancer Institute, there were more than 2.5 million women in 2006 who had a history of any type of breast cancer, and have managed to survive the ordeal.
To give you an idea about just how serious this disease is, take a look at some other statistics:
- Breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer (next to lung cancer) in both men and women.
- Breast cancer is the 5th most common cause of cancer-related deaths.
Study: Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus increases if breast-feeding period is below 30 days
A study reported in the American Journal of Medicine revealed that breast-feeding for less than 1 month can increase the risk of Type 2 Diabetes. The study’s lead author, Eleanor Bimla Schwarz, MD, MS, from the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, said, “Diet and exercise are widely known to impact the risk of Type 2 Diabetes, but few people realize that breastfeeding also reduces mothers’ risk of developing the disease later in life by decreasing maternal belly fat.”
Study:
The study aimed to examine the relationship amongst duration, exclusivity, and consistency of lactation with the risk of Type 2 Diabetes in 2233 female member of a healthcare delivery organization in California, aged between 40 and 78 years. The researchers controlled for age, parity, race, education, hysterectomy, physical activity, tobacco, and alcohol use, family history of diabetes, and body mass index using multivariable logistic regression.