“University can teach you skill and give you opportunity, but it can’t teach you sense, nor give you understanding. Sense and understanding are produced within one’s soul.” – C. JoyBell C. The post University can teach you skill and give you opportunity, but … appeared first on Let Life Happen ..read more

By: Denise Heady, University of California, Los Angeles From: medicalxpress.com A new federal mandate requires that all women undergoing mammography in the U.S. be informed about their breast density—a factor that affects both cancer detection and risk. The regulation mandates that more than 40 million women receiving mammograms each year receive this information. While the regulation aims to improve patient ... The post New federal mandate on breast density: Essential guidance for clinicians and patients appeared first on Let Life Happen ..read more

“May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.” – Psalm 20:4 The post May he give you the desire of your heart and … appeared first on Let Life Happen ..read more

By: Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D. From: news-medical.net A study led by researchers from Tennessee State University, USA, has found that methanolic extracts of sweet potato leaves and stems can inhibit the growth of breast and lung cancer cells. The findings are published in the journal BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. Sweet potato is a highly nutritious vegetable belonging to ... The post Sweet potato extracts slow breast and lung cancer growth, study finds appeared first on Let Life Happen ..read more

By: AC Barker From small-town girl to globetrotter, Lori Bayer says some of the best years of her life were spent on a journey around the world traveling with her husband. “I learned so much about myself, and I learned so much about other cultures and other people,” she said, reminiscing about her travels. “It’s kind of formed a little ... The post Remarkable Women: Cancer survivor Lori Bayer becomes a breast cancer advocate, creating a nonprofit to help others appeared first on Let Life Happen ..read more

It’s not always easy to find a decent replacement breast. By: Kim Fellner I wasn’t eager to have this information, but when a stubborn sarcoma invaded my left upper chest and required a modified radical mastectomy, I found myself in the market for a viable substitute. I’m not alone. The American Cancer Society estimates that nearly 317,000 women will be ... The post The truth about falsies appeared first on Let Life Happen ..read more

“A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.” – Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice The post A person may be proud without … appeared first on Let Life Happen ..read more

By: Priya Malhotra, PhD From: bcrf.org Findings may help explain why immunotherapies aren’t effective in certain patients with TNBC BCRF investigator Dr. Xiang Zhang and his colleagues are examining the crosstalk between a breast tumor and the body’s immune system to understand why some cancers do not respond to treatment. He and his team recently published results in Nature Cell ... The post BCRF Research Identifies Immune Cell Changes in Triple-Negative Breast Cancers appeared first on Let Life Happen ..read more

“Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.” – Ayn Rand The post Achieving life is not … appeared first on Let Life Happen ..read more

By: Elana Gotkine From: medicalxpress.com For women with breast cancer, stressors are associated with deleterious alterations to the systemic and tumor immune environment, according to a study published online Feb. 14 in JAMA Network Open. Alexandra R. Harris, Ph.D., M.P.H., from the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, and colleagues examined the proteomic, transcriptomic, and genomic effects associated with ... The post Stressors affect systemic inflammation, tumor aggressiveness in breast cancer appeared first on Let Life Happen ..read more