Word: breast
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...year-old survivor of advanced breast cancer, I find it difficult to muster any sympathy for Joanne Motichka [MEDICINE, April 12]. First she chooses to have a mastectomy, then she gets rich from the pictures of her scarred chest, and finally she sues the physician who probably saved her life. What would she have done if he had given her a lumpectomy and then she had suffered a recurrence? Losing my breast was a sad experience, but I have learned that my breast was not the focus of my femininity and sexual appeal. I am now a precious woman...
BETTER THAN A BIOPSY The FDA has approved a handheld imaging device that can help doctors decide whether to perform a biopsy when the results of a mammogram are ambiguous. The device, called T-Scan 2000, sends a tiny jolt of electricity to suspicious breast tissue; potentially malignant cells conduct electricity differently than normal cells do. T-Scan is not meant to replace a mammogram, but it may prevent some 200,000 unnecessary biopsies a year...
PAMELA ANDERSON LEE is best known for three things: videotaping her honeymoon and having large breasts. But last week, Lee's spokeswoman confirmed that the remarkably cantilevered actress had her breast implants removed. "She wanted her body to go back to its natural state," said Marleah Leslie. She stressed that Lee is unconcerned that the move may negatively affect her career, founded on Playboy pictorials and a role on Baywatch. It seems that interest in Lee's breasts does remain high. Ripley's Believe It or Not has requested the orphaned implants for an exhibit on beauty...
...Previous studies showed that women who eat soy products such as tofu and soy milk are less likely to develop breast cancer. But it was never clear why. Now a small study of two dozen women may point to an answer: soy seems to keep circulating levels of estrogen low, which in turn inhibits breast cells from proliferating. Women in the study drank more than four glasses of soy milk a day for one month, and their peak blood levels of estrogen dropped...
...SPECIAL DELIVERY While having a baby is thought to protect a woman against developing breast cancer, a new study suggests that if the child is born prematurely and the mother is over 40, her risk of breast cancer actually goes up 17%. The finding applies to first-time mothers only. What's behind it? Researchers think that the abrupt change in hormones that follows a premature delivery may be partly to blame...