Monday, October 11, 2010
Lifestyle plays role in beast cancer rates
by Andrea Markowitz
A Special Section From Chicago Tribune to Newspapers
The U.S. (76 women per 100,000) breast cancer rates are almost double than Brazil (only 44 women per 100,00) and triple than China, according to statistics reported by the American Institute for Cancer Research. Experts suggest that much of the blame for the higher incidence of breast cancer in the U.S. can be pinpointed to lifestyle choices. Some risk factors are overweight, drinking alcohol, taking birth control pills, using hormone replacement therapy or having your first child after age 35 can all increase your risk of developing breast cancer, according to Medline Plus. Other factors could be your age, sex, race and ethnicity, gene mutations, a family history of breast cancer, having dense breast tissues, developing certain benign breast conditions and having and an early onset of menstruation or a late onset of menopause, according to The American cancer Society. To prevent those risks we simply do maintaining a healthy weight, drinking less alcohol, being more physically active and discuss with your doctor the possibility of not using or limiting the use of birth control pills or hormone replacement therapy.
In my opinion, as everybody knows this week is the "Breast Cancer". A lot of institutions, sports, government, associations, communities, etc. are doing activities to collect money and donate to prevent the breast cancer in United States. This is a huge issue for american people to save a lot of women to the breast cancer. It's so good knows that everybody can help in different ways.
Miriam Morales Reyes
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