Crab Bra Fashion
This crab bra fashion doesn’t seem to be healthy for the breasts …
Breastfeeding Burns 500 Calories Daily
Breastfeeding is good for mothers for yet another reason – weight loss. Breastfeeding can burn up to 500 calories a day.
This can translate into other health benefits, including a reduced risk of Type 2 diabetes.
The information comes from a New York Department of Health public health education campaign aimed at educating new mothers on the health benefits of breast-feeding.
Bras With Thin Straps Cause Headaches
Bras with thin straps can cause headaches and lead to serious nerve damage.
Physicians at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas say wearing thin bra straps too tightly is dangerous for women. If a strap is so tight that it digs into the shoulder, it puts downward pressure on the cervical nerve. The cervical nerve runs from the neck to the shoulder and is an important component of the nerve system. Damaging it can cause frequent headaches, neck pain or numbness. Over time, it can cause pain that radiates from the shoulder all the way down the arms and into the hands.
Tight bra straps are especially hazardous for full-busted women, but all women are susceptible. Swimsuits with spaghetti straps and shoulder-strap purses worn for several hours at a time are also a problem.
The solution is to find a good-fitting bra, say UT Southwestern physicians.
Shop for support bras with wide straps. This distributes the weight more evenly.
Here’s a bandana bra which is soft and causes no nerve damage …
Broccoli Component Kills Breast Cancer Cells
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists say they’ve found a substance that could help prevent and potentially treat breast cancer. It’s not a drug or a new radiation treatment but a natural component of broccoli and broccoli sprouts.
The researchers tested the broccoli compound, known as sulforaphane, in animal studies as well as in breast cancer cell cultures in the lab. Their findings, recently published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research, showed that sulforaphane not only targeted and killed cancer stem cells, but it also prevented any new malignancies from growing.
“Sulforaphane has been studied previously for its effects on cancer, but this study shows that its benefit is in inhibiting the breast cancer stem cells. This new insight suggests the potential of sulforaphane or broccoli extract to prevent or treat cancer by targeting the critical cancer stem cells,” said study author Duxin Sun, Ph.D., associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences.
The scientists tested sulforaphane on human breast cancer cell cultures in the lab. Once again, they found the numbers of cancer stem cells plummeted after exposure to the broccoli compound.
This research suggests a potential new treatment that could be combined with other compounds to target breast cancer stem cells.
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