News, opinions and articles about breast cancer prevention.
Posted: 30 Jul 2021
Having a low level of vitamin D is linked with breast cancer. Making sure you have a healthy level of Vitamin D is a great way to stay well and may reduce your risk of breast cancer. What is Vitamin D and how do we get it? Vitamin D is naturally present in some...
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23 Jul 2021
Microplastics are often in the news these days. They are mostly discussed in terms of pollution of the natural environment, particularly the oceans. In this blog, we consider some specific...
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"If you're going to buy drinks, buy them in glass bottles rather than plastic bottles, avoid canned food, and refuse thermal till receipts ... simple things can help minimise our...
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"I always draw a smiley face on birthday cards. And then I do a load of curly hair. It's just always something I've done, " says Josie Jeffries, explaining how...
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Tina Paine was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009 when she was 29 years old. She’d had some breast pain and felt a lump during the Christmas of 2007 and went to...
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The impact of breast cancer reaches beyond the people with the disease. In addition to the devastation caused to the person who is diagnosed, husbands, partners, children, and parents can...
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It was a mixture of chance and curiosity that found Valerie Speirs, now Professor of Molecular Oncology at the University of Aberdeen, began her research into male breast cancer back...
Read full story15 Jun 2021
"My doctor went all serious and I saw him typing something on the computer.. so I sort of jokingly said: Could it be cancer? And he went: "Well, I'm not...
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