New Breast Cancer Guidelines Recommend Later Screening Less Often
The Oz Blog | Breast Cancer
by The Dr. Oz Show
3y ago
When to get screened for breast cancer with a mammogram has been under debate for years, with some professional organizations recommending the early and often approach and others questioning the usefulness of mammograms all together. Now the American Cancer Society (ACS) has weighed in with new guidelines about when to get screened. The recommendations could affect the way women across the United States get screened. The Importance of Screening Tests Breast cancer is a great example of an illness that’s often easier to treat or prevent in the early stages. Many breast cancers can be removed o ..read more
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What You Need to Know About Olivia Newton-John’s Natural Breast Cancer Treatments
The Oz Blog | Breast Cancer
by The Dr. Oz Show
3y ago
On today’s show, Dr. Oz sat down with Olivia Newton-John to talk about her breast cancer recurrence.  The world-renowned singer and actress was treated for breast cancer 25 years ago and discovered this past spring that it had returned when a painful metastasis was found in her sacrum. She had radiation treatment which relieved her pain and is on a regimen of natural herbs and minerals, including a mix of strains of medical cannabis selected for her by her husband Amazon John Easterling. Amazon John Easterling has been doing this type of work for the past 30 years. He calls himself a bot ..read more
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How to Talk to a Loved One About Cancer
The Oz Blog | Breast Cancer
by The Dr. Oz Show
3y ago
In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’re sharing a story that highlights the positivity and change that can arise from a cancer diagnosis. When Jen Kraemer-Smith was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012, she was working at a weekly magazine and pregnant with her third child. After she found out, all she wanted to do was to keep the news to herself and her immediate family. It felt difficult and uncomfortable to share the news, let alone ask for help. But as the months passed, she gradually came to realize that not talking about her feelings or her health ended up being ..read more
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Possible Link Between Gum Disease and Breast Cancer, Especially in Smokers
The Oz Blog | Breast Cancer
by Jonathan B. Levine, DMD
3y ago
Gum disease, or periodontal disease, is a chronic inflammatory condition of the gums that affects half of Americans over 30. Gingivitis, the mildest form of periodontal disease, is marked by swollen and bleeding gums. If not addressed gingivitis can advance to more severe stages of periodontal disease, which threaten the tissues and bones that support teeth. In advanced periodontal disease, gums recede away from the teeth, creating “pockets” that become infected. Eventually, teeth loosening or loss results. Research has already shown this common, but serious periodontal disease has also been ..read more
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What You’re Not Told About Mammograms
The Oz Blog | Breast Cancer
by Darria Long Gillespie, MD MBA FACEP
3y ago
Last month, the American Cancer Society (ACS) released a new set of guidelines for breast cancer screening. This left many of us with more questions – now six different groups recommend three different ages to start screening. The choice of when to start is further encouraged to be a woman’s personal decision with her doctor. However, the current guidelines are confusing at best (as a physician myself, I was certainly confused), and occasionally misleading. What’s in the guidelines? One change the ACS made was raising the starting age for mammograms in women of “average risk” (no family histo ..read more
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What I Learned About Being Naked
The Oz Blog | Breast Cancer
by Darria Long Gillespie, MD MBA FACEP
3y ago
“Naked is trending and sexy right now,” was the marketing email subject line. No surprise there – from ads featuring barely covered naked celebs to totally naked “dating” reality shows – getting naked gets attention. I’m feeling naked. But I feel neither trendy nor sexy, and I’d rather not have this attention. I’m wearing a thin blue gown, ballet flats and sitting in a cold waiting room for a biopsy, because “the mammogram showed an abnormality.” There are five other women, all in similar garb in the waiting room, and right now the labels on our clothes in the dressing room – and their sizes ..read more
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The Importance of Making a Promise to Feel ‘Em
The Oz Blog | Breast Cancer
by The Dr. Oz Show
3y ago
Story provided by Erica Bartol, founder of Promise To Feel ‘Em Two years ago I had this vision that stemmed from the ever-so unbecoming diagnosis of breast cancer at the unsuspecting age of 30 years old. Ironically, a few days before that horribly momentous day, I had felt compelled to perform a self-exam as a direct result of watching The Dr. Oz show that specifically featured younger women’s breast cancer journeys. That day I heard the words, “you have breast cancer” turned my world upside down. It was also the moment I decided that this was not going to defeat or define me. I needed t ..read more
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The Environment and Breast Cancer
The Oz Blog | Breast Cancer
by The Dr. Oz Show
3y ago
  Written by the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation We launched the Army of Women® and the Health of Women [HOW] Study because we wanted to advance research into the cause—and prevention—of breast cancer. It is widely accepted that breast cancer is caused by a combination of genetic, hormonal and environmental risk factors. Your genes, you are born with. Your estrogen (hormonal) risk factors are linked to the age at which you begin menstruating and go into menopause; whether you use birth control pills or hormone replacement therapy, and for how long; and if you had children, a ..read more
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The Need for More Focus on Breast Cancer in Hispanic Women
The Oz Blog | Breast Cancer
by The Dr. Oz Show
3y ago
Written by the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation Cancer is the leading cause of death among Hispanics, and breast cancer tops the list of cancer-related deaths in Hispanic women. The probability of developing invasive breast cancer in Latinas is lower than in non-Hispanic whites (currently, the lifetime risk is 1-in-10 for Latinas vs. 1-in-8 for non-Hispanic whites). However, Latinas are significantly more likely to present at a later stage with larger tumors that are hormone-receptor negative, which are more difficult to treat. Economic and Socio-Cultural Barriers Fuel Limited Understanding ..read more
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Finding the Strength to Beat Breast Cancer
The Oz Blog | Breast Cancer
by The Dr. Oz Show
3y ago
Written by Carrie Vieceli  Strength in the face of breast cancer: It is something that each diagnosis demands, and sometimes it comes more readily than others. In the nine years since I was diagnosed with breast cancer, my strength, while coming from deep within where my intense passion for life is found, has always been fueled and sustained by my unwavering faith, and the boundless love and support from my family. Being diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 30, less than two months after marrying the man of my dreams and while pregnant with our first child, rocked me to my core. I ..read more
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