Archive for December, 2008

Happy New Years!

December 31, 2008

Happy New Years!  Just wanted to make sure I wished all Breast News readers a very happy and prosperous and fun new years!  Hopefully you get to hang out with your closest friends tonight and reflect on what a great year it was (notwithstanding the awful financial news that seemed ot permeate the second half [...]

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Zometa, a Bone Drug, May Help Chemo in Breast Cancer Treatment

December 28, 2008

In some good news for breast cancer treatment and research, it appears that a bone density drug called Zometa may help women strengthen their bone density (which is a common problem for us women as we age), but it may also help chemotherapy fight breast cancer.  Why would they  come to that conclusion, with two seemingly [...]

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Estrogen, Progestin for Menopause Do Increase Breast Cancer Risk

December 24, 2008

There is now a pretty conclusive study that shows that there is a definite link between breast cancer likelihood and the taking of supplements medically prescribed for menopause relief for five years or more.  The two supplementations I’m speaking of are naturally occurring female hormones that tend to naturally dwindle with age and cause their [...]

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More Comprehensive Breast Cancer Test Gets Higher Marks

December 21, 2008

We’ve all been reading about how technology combined with genetics-minded science have been coming up with some pretty mind blowing ways to help determine whether a woman is more prone to getting breast cancer at a certain point in her life or not, but there are newer and better ways being developed every day that [...]

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Jen Aniston’s “Breast” Photo Shoot

December 18, 2008

Well, Jennifer Aniston just keeps getting better with age!  Ask any guy who takes a look at her dazzling new, barely there magazine cover and her spread within the magazine, and he’ll tell you that she looks amazing.  Even my boyfriend, admittedly not a huge fan of Ms. Aniston before, said that it’s very “hot”, [...]

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Joan Holloway on Mad Men is the Busty, Full Figured Woman of Yesteryear

December 15, 2008

I love the show “Mad Men”, which plays on AMC, their first foray into the big leagues for original programming, and to me at least, and others since they won several emmies already, a home run thus far and a signal to go ahead with more original programming, in the steps of HBO and Showtime [...]

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Health Coverage Denied Because of Breast Size?

December 11, 2008

A woman in Sweden claimed that because her breasts were so large, she was denied health benefit coverage because she refused to undergo a breast reduction surgery to help her aching back that she says was the result of a fairly serious car accident.  She says that she understands her large breast size didn’t help [...]

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Genetic Test May Not Trump Family History for Breast Cancer

December 8, 2008

In surprising and maybe even somewhat disappointing news for those that thought genetic testing was the end all be all for testing to see whether one is prone to developing breast cancer or not, there has been new evidence that breast cancer may be better detected and predicted through a thorough look at breast cancer [...]

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Dita Von Teese to Pose for Playboy December Magazine

December 5, 2008

It’s no secret that part of a woman’s sex appeal is her cleavage – her breasts more specifically, and preferably breasts that are tastefully dressed and not just pushed up and out all the time, but rather subtly flaunted, sort of how busty babe and burlesque dancer turned model Dita Von Teese showcases her – [...]

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It’s All in the Bra You Wear…

December 2, 2008

We went out last night to a local winery with some friends and I ended up wearing a body hugging, longer style stretchy turtle neck that definitely required me to wear a bra that outline the shape of my breasts nicely but didn’t make them look padded or weirdly shaped, so I ended up choosing [...]

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