Before I tell you about this interesting study, I must warn you that it has been criticized for being potentially misleading or even downright inaccurate. Now, of course, the people who are making these claims come from cleaning groups, but it’s always good to hear every side of the story. And quite frankly, I can see how such a study might be flawed since it is asking women, both those whom have had breast cancer and those who have not, to recall years back what types of cleaners they used around the house.
These types of studies are almost always somewhat flawed and open to criticism precisely because they do rely on people’s memories and maybe even their subconscious biases. Let’s face it, we all tend to remember things differently. Nonetheless, it’s good to hear out this study and make the decision for yourself as to whether you might want to change your cleaning products or at least mind the time that you are actually in contact with them.
A link was apparently seen between women who used certain types of common household cleaners and those that developed breast cancer. The link was only seen in certain types of cleaners, and one of them was mold cleaner, which I’m assuming is the kind you use to clean your shower and get that soap scum off, which I’m pretty sure nearly every women has in her cleaning arsenal.
This definitely made me think twice about getting in an enclosed tub or shower to clean my stuff myself when I thought about it. Another one that was identified as a possible factor in increasing breast cancer odds was air fresheners. I hate air fresheners, and honestly, I gotta say with this one, I’ve always felt like spraying those heavily perfumed sprays could not be good for my health. Heck, they SMELL like chemicals!
The key here is that you stay away from heavy chemical smells. The biggest offenders that were identified as being possible hormonal disrupters, which add to the likelihood of breast cancer, were the ones that were most heavily filled with chemicals, and chemicals often give off a very distinct and strong smell.
I remember talking to you about this woman perhaps as long as a few years ago. A Brazilian model named Sheyla Hershey, who is actually quite a beautiful young woman if not one with questionable judgment, may actually have her life endangered because of her pursuit of having the “largest breasts” in the world.
Talk about sacrificing your health for beauty, sheesh. Her implants, which are silicone, are the work of about nine implant operations to make them bigger and bigger. She has almost a gallon of silicone in each breast, which is insanely huge and a wonder that these breasts have held up as long as they have without major medical complications.
You have to wonder, not only what was she thinking, but also what the h her plastic surgeons thinking that allowed this sort of insanity. She now is suffering with a serious infection that if it is not successfully treated, could even end her life.
She will almost definitely have to reduce her enormous breasts because of this. The breasts, if you have not seen a picture of them yet, look like they are about the size of large soccer balls, they are ridiculous, actually maybe even bigger than soccer balls.
Hopefully she can pull through this infection ok, but more importantly hopefully this will make her realize that her health and well being are more important than a title or her appearance – personally I think she’d look more gorgeous au naturelle anyways.
Well, this is certainly a bummer, as I remember reading very promising-sounding news about this drug when it was approved by the FDA for the treatment of breast cancer tumors a couple years back. Avastin, a Roche breast cancer drug that was thought to help extend the lives of advanced breast cancer patients, apparently has not proven itself in that capacity over the time it has been on the market.
It did not work to prevent the growth of the tumors further either, which of course goes hand in hand with also not helping to extend the patient’s life, obviously a huge disappointment for Doctors and their patients who were using this drug hoping that it would work for them.
The catch with the approval of Avastin though, which explains why it is now being re-reviewed after a few years on the market, was that it went through what is termed as an “accelerated approval” based on promising preliminary studies and results before it went through approval for commercial sale. The catch was that the FDA wanted to see proof that it helped shrink breast cancer tumors in the patients it was given to once approved, and also to see proof that it extended their lives.
They did not see this proof in the short time it was on market though when it was compared to the use of chemotherapy alone. The really sad and tragic part of all this is that the patients who were on Avastin as well as chemotherapy also had a diminished quality of life, suffering from side effects of fatigue, high blood pressure and abnormally high whit blood cell levels.
The FDA now has a choice to remove the drug from market, or to keep it on, pending review. I am not sure what they should do here. I guess they really need to compare the quality of life issues with the benefit that the individual patient shows, and that would be tough to do since every patient reacts differently to different drugs.
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Women’s search for better looks has gone far beyond the usual make-up and waxing. Since men are more attracted to what a woman’s body has to offer, they are willing to take surgical procedures for breast implants to increase body-look impression. Yes, this is unfortunate, but it’s true, at least in a lot of women’s minds, and hey, a lot of women get them for themselves let’s not forget that!
A woman is free to make a decision weather she would like to increase the size of her breasts, but rarely does she takes into consideration the after math of the operation.
Now, every human being has a history of complaining about the things they have after the purchase. There are also a lot of natural breast implant alternatives on the market today that are worth a gander if you are unhappy with your breast size.
No matter how long it took you to decide on the purchase, there will always be something you can find eligible for complaining. Complaining in the form of: ‘Maybe I shouldn’t have taken this color.’ or ‘the older version seemed better’, and etc.
After leaving the hospital with a new looks of breast implants, women instinctively look for flaws in the results. They start complaining about of the implants not giving the size they’ve expected; they are too big; they are too small; maybe I shouldn’t have done this; it is too painful; and etc.
All of these are unnecessary complains. Many preparations and patient’s decision are made before the operation table. Since they have decided on that kind of procedure, they should be fair enough to respect the results.
Complaints go further then the previous one and they seem to be more important. What women should be worry about is the aftermath of the operation. Some experience scar pain longer then it should be.
Many of them don’t know that breast implants don’t last forever. They need to be replaced (if the patient wishes) after two or three years. If not, the body’s health is in danger.
There is always a possibility of infection. Not every female body reacts the same after the procedure. Infections in these procedures are very rare, but need to be taken into consideration.
Another danger is Ruptured implants. As science goes further, ruptured implants become a thing of the past. Old implants may have the danger of rupturing and causing health problems.
Scar tissue forming around the implants sometimes tightens the implants. This will lead to different shape and harder implants. Putting all complaints into together in one place, it is clear the most of them are ‘painless’, meaning, not about post-operation situations. Some women have difficulties adapting to their new looks and fear that someone will find them unattractive.
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Today, the world of medical science is moving forward into the future as fast as it can. With the help of modern technology, it can perform miracles as people once could only wish for. The most popular medical procedure is plastic surgery; an opportunity a human being to alter unpleasant places on the body.
In the beginning, plastic surgery had just one goal, which is removing or fixing damaged places on the body’s surface. Most of those damages are first, second or third degree burns caused by accidents; Rhinoplasty – surgical procedure involving fixing or improving nose function; Liposuction- surgically removing extra body fat; and on and on.
But now plastic surgery is used far more often for improving body looks without an initial health problem. The most usual one is women breast implants. Many women are sensitive when it comes to the size of their breasts. If they are not satisfied with what nature has given them, they call a plasticized surgeon, medically able to enhance their breast size.
It is quite normal today for women to make a decision about breast implants. But as years go by, men started thinking about a possible similar procedure fit for them. Just like women, many men want to have macho-look like famous body builders and athletes. They put themselves through a medical procedure known as gynecomastia, giving their chest the size and look that body-builders work for years to achieve that goal.
As much as plastic surgery is safe and successful, it can also go the other way. Unsuccessful surgery results depend on many things, mostly, how the patient’s body will react to the procedure. Michael Bettinger says different. He is a former patient to Dr Lawrence Reed who surgically performed gynecomastia and left him with scars on his chest and numb nipples.
Not only did his nipples where left senseless, but they were also ‘out of position’. Mr. Bettinger filed a law suit against Dr Reed in Manhattan Supreme Court for $6 million. This law suit states the fact that doctors play a major role in medical surgery. Every surgeon has an obligation to a patient’s life when he is an operation. The same goes for voluntary plastic surgery.
There are two sides for every story but Dr Reed is unreachable for comment. Whether it is good to alter nature’s course through plastic surgery, people have different opinions, and they are entitled to it. Doctors are humans too, and like humans they are entitled to human mistakes, but not with the price of other human’s looks; god forbid – someone’s life.
Well, it looks like the uber champ of supplements, which also happens to enjoy huge commercial popularity and multiple studies being done on it’s potential health benefits, fish oil, has achieved yet another possible merit when it comes to preventive health. That new merit is a link to reduced risk of breast cancer in women ages 50 to 76 who took a fish oil supplement every day.
The study was done in comparison to several other popular herbal supplements that are sometimes equated with “female” health, and it was found that fish oil was the only common denominator when it came to breast cancer prevention. One of them was black cohosh, which was honestly the only one I saw on the list that I recognized as having potential female health benefits, which has been used in menopause remedies and things like that for women.
The others I either did not recognize, or never knew they were used in conjunction with breast health or female health.
The study was admittedly somewhat flawed though, and the researchers who commissioned this study would like a more random one to be done so that more conclusive findings can be reported, but it still shows that there may be a correlation between fish oil and reduced breast cancer occurence.
And hey, if you ask me, who cares, there have already been multiple studies proving the benefits of taking omega 3 fat supplements. I take them every day, but I never took them for the breast cancer prevention aspect, more as an overall preventive health supplement. I also feel that my brain functions better when I’m getting a lot of fish oil in my diet, maybe that’s just in my head, but hey, that’s how I feel!
And we do know that fish is healthy for you, so preferably most health professionals recommend getting your omega 3′s through diet like fish, walnuts, almonds, avocados and other food sources as they are the best and most complete nature has to offer. But of course we don’t all have the time or inclination to make sure we’re getting tons of these foods in our diet on a daily basis, so it doesn’t hurt to add a supplementation of omega 3′s, whether plant or animal based, to your diet.
Why am I writing about this? While it doesn’t have anything to do with breasts themselves per se, it got me thinking about the struggles that men who want to feminize themselves and become women, legally and biologically, go through. Many transgendered men who want to grow female breasts and feminize themselves through surgery face financial bills that would make anyone cringe, because this is not something that is usually covered by insurance. Should it be or not?
This seems like a big identity crisis, and that can definitely impeded one’s quest for a fulfilled, healthy and happy life, but does it qualify as an actual medical necessity? Some people think yes, some think no. But men have some viable options at least for male breast enhancement these days that isn’t too cost prohibitive.
It’s a lot better than trying to get breast implants, which are typically hard to do on men because they just genetically do not have a lot of breast tissue to work with and are structured differently in the whole chest area, which can make breast augmentation a little trickier on biological males.
Chastity Bono, now Chaz, has the luxury of probably having the money to get her sex change operation and petition the court to be changed in gender and name to a man’s identity, which is what she has felt like her whole life, and that is her right, but what about those that aren’t as lucky in the financial department?
It seems like at least once a year, if not more, we hear chronicled the latest “nip slip” or boob slip of the famous, or not so famous, but on some reality show. It’s really easy to be a victim of nipple slippage though. It’s happened to me a couple of times in the water on the beach when I’m in my typical triangle top bikini.
I remember several times being hit by a really big wave while I’m trying to get out of the water, and not only almost getting knocked over, but also having to contend with holding my boobs so that they don’t fall out of my top or God forbid, I don’t totally lose my top in the waves, and give everyone a free show and conversation fodder for the next few weeks.
You’ve probably been there too, especially if you frequent beaches, which seem to be one of the most frequent places for women losing their tops. I know that Kirsten Dunst had a mistake where one side of hers fell off, and someone snapped a picture of this happening. I’ve also seen a few other pictures of young starlets having this issue on the beach as well.
There is perhaps one of the most notorious nipple slips that happened during the Super Bowl performance a few years back that prompted all sorts of stupid FCC complaints. You know, the one with Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake where one side of her shirt “falls off” and exposes a breast that is bare except for a conveniently placed pasty over the nipple. Yeah, just because it was a “nearly exposed” breast, people freaked out over it. Ridiculous.
Then there is also one of the most famous nip slips with Tara Reid, the seemingly constantly embattled star from American Pie and other less memorable movies. She was getting snapped by photogs and also on film and her dress just popped right off on one side, completely exposing one of her breasts, which looked like it had just recently been operated on in her infamous breast implant surgery.
The poor girl also got lots of negative attention for having botched liposuction on her tummy. I feel bad for her, she seems like a nice girl and people just love to pick on her!
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I was reading the other day about saline breast implants, and I had never known that there were two different types of silicone shells (yes, although saline implants are filled with harmless saline, their shells are still made of silicone because of it’s durability and dependability, it’s the silicone gel filling that cause the major health concerns). These two different types of outer shells for saline implants are smooth and textured. It is exactly what it sounds like.
One has a smooth surface, while the other one has a rougher, textured surface, sort of like you might see on other plastic surfaces, like for instance I have a plastic cutting board that has a smooth side and then also has a textured side for better traction.
While better traction might be a reality outside the body with textured plastic, it actually is supposed to cause a slightly higher risk of deflation or rupturing of the implant when a textured shell is used rather than a smooth shell, which I thought was interesting since I thought the opposite would be true. Then again, sometimes the seemingly most intuitive isn’t always the answer!
Here’s the reason that textured implants may be superior in another way to smooth though. It’s the whole traction thing I talked about. While rough surfaces on implant shells may increase the rupturing risk, they actually DECREASE the risk of implant migration. That’s right, these rougher surfaces help to keep the implant in the right place both during and after the operation so the implant won’t turn, flip or slip down or up in the cavity where it is supposed to be.
You may have heard some horror stories about implant migration, and it probably isn’t a fun thing since it can make the breasts look lopsided or asymetrical if it is severe enough, and can result in the implant needing to be replaced or repositioned, which means another surgery. However, the risk is higher with deflation with these as well, so it’s wise to talk to your doctor about the different implant alternatives as well before you make your choice about what to go with.
Textured surfaced implants also increase the risk of rippling or wrinkling of the implant as well, and they can be more difficult to replace than the smooth type, so this is another consideration to add to the pile when you are making this critical decision.
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So, I’ve just now started to take an interest in Lady Gaga. I know, I know, I’m a little late to this woman who has seemingly taken pop music and pop culture by storm, but I was reluctant to accept her since I wasn’t a huge fan of her breakout hit “just dance”, so I kind of dismissed her as another fly by night starlet. Well, then I started watching some of her very edgy, daring videos, and I must say, she reminds me a LOT of an earlier Madonna, when she was going balls out with her bondage and sexual stuff and was at the height of her popularity.
Especially her newest video, Alejandro, where she dons a bra that has was looks like machine guns sprouting out of it. She likes to strut her stuff in bikinis, with her all natural boobs bouncing with her, looking like they’re going to fall out of their safe place (I bet they have several times actually). She also really, really likes attention. And she’s young – so young, I had no idea! I think she’s twenty three. To have all that talent and guts at such a young age, and all this crazy success is definitely admirable.
I do like that she’s not just sexy for the sake of sexy, but she’s more artsy than anything else. You wouldn’t exactly call a lot of her getups sexy or hot, but they are definitely edgy and they get attention, and that takes a certain amount of moxie to pull off the right way. She reminds me so much of Madonna, it’s crazy, and if I’m correct, Madonna was one of her inspirations.
Madonna used to strut her stuff in cone bras and bondage, and Gaga seems to get off on the same stuff, pretty much touching others and herself very provocatively on stage and in videos, pushing the envelope of sexuality and tempting fate to get censored. And it’s totally worked for her. Her natural tatas and tight, toned and fat free body, plus her love of putting her breasts in studded bras and cone shaped apparatuses is like 90′s Madonna all over again.
And we’re all eating it up again to! I can see why she’s so popular now. Hopefully she keeps coming out with good music, but more importantly, hopefully we keep seeing more of that avant garde costume wear!
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