The short answer is no. There is nothing you can eat that will cure or prevent breast cancer. However, maintaining a healthy diet and healthy body weight boosts your immune system, keeping your health at optimal levels, and in this sense lowering your risk of developing the disease. Research on diet and breast cancer is...
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Five Things You Probably Don’t Know About Breast Cancer
No family history of breast cancer? You could still be at risk. For 75 percent of women diagnosed with the disease, there was no family history of it. We still don’t know what exactly causes breast cancer, and while genetics may play a role, they don’t tell the whole story. Secondhand smoke may increase your...
Tomosynthesis May Be the Key to Early Breast Cancer Detection
New research suggests that digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), or 3D mammography may be the key to advancement in the early detection of breast cancer. A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), or 3D mammography resulted in a 41 percent increase in the detection of potentially lethal cancers and a 15...
Five Ways to Lower Your Risk for Breast Cancer
Five Ways to Lower Your Risk for Breast Cancer Have you ever wondered what you could do to lower your risk of developing breast cancer? While genetics play an important role, there are also a number of lifestyle choices you can make to reduce your risk of developing the disease. Risk Factor: Being overweight What...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Make your Appointment Today
Did you know that breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women in the United States, second only to skin cancer? The good news is that mammography technology has reduced breast cancer mortality in the United States by 33 percent over the last 20 years. Only 5 out of 1000—or 0.5 percent—of women...
Office-based Services vs Outpatient Hospital or Facility Service… Be An Informed Patient
Where are you receiving your health care? Office-based services versus outpatient hospital or facility services Where you receive your health care services may impact your out-of-pocket costs. Generally, you will pay less out of pocket for services performed in your doctor’s office. However, your doctor’s or other health care professional’s address may look like an...
BMJ Article on Breast Cancer Screening Effectiveness Incredibly Flawed and Misleading
According to the American College of Radiology and Society of Breast Imaging, the recent breast cancer screening article (Miller et al) published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) (1) is an incredibly misleading analysis based on the deeply flawed and widely discredited Canadian National Breast Screening Study (CNBSS). The results of this BMJ study, and...
American College of Radiology: Breast Density Screening Recommendations
Click below to read the full article: Breast Density Breast Cancer Screening
The Oradell Imaging Center of Oradell, New Jersey Has Closed
Bergen County has recently lost one of its most relied-upon medical imaging resources. Last month, The Imaging Center of Oradell closed its doors. For thousands of patients and their doctors, The Imaging Center of Oradell NJ offered full-service diagnostic imaging using the most current GE radiology equipment available, focusing on general radiology services. Patients in...
Today’s Health Breast Care 101: How To Stay Healthy
Today Health: Breast Care 101: How to stay healthy Click this link to View the Video