Getting Strong with Exercise After Breast Cancer

by: Naomi Aaronson MA OTR/L CHT Add html Getting Strong With Exercise After Breast Cancer By Naomi Aaronson MA, OTR/L, CHT We are bombarded daily with conflicting messages regarding exercise and diet. If you have had breast cancer, it is even more confusing. Should you exercise after surgery? When should exercise begin? What kind of exercises should you do? Should you use weights if you are at risk for developing lymphedema?...

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Cancer and Exercise

CT Fox, Certified Cancer Exercise Specialist EXERCISE AND CANCER by CT Fox, Certified Cancer Exercise Specialist“You have cancer.” These words rip through your entire being with the horrendous force of an atomic blast. Suddenly, everything is inside-out, upside-down. Your mind tries to wrap itself around this new and frightening reality. The somber-faced doctor looking at you from across his desk surely must have you mistaken...

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Passive Smokers Can Get Breast Cancer

by: Jasdeep Singh US scientists have claimed that secondhand smokers are at higher risk of Breast Cancer. Earlier, their research also led to them to the conclusion that young women smokers are more likely to get addicted to smoking than young men.Breast Cancer is the number one cancer among women and the count of its victim are rising very rapidly. This is for the first time that passive smoking has been directly linked with...

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Breast Cancer Causes and Treatment

by: Michal About Breast Cancer:Breast cancer is a type of uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells that can develop in one of several areas of the breast, including the ducts that carry milk to the nipple, the small sacs that produce milk (lobules) and the nonglandular tissue.Breast Cancer is estimated that 192,200 women and 1,500 men in the United States will be diagnosed with Breast cancer in 2001. Though rare in men, Breast...

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Vitamins and Cancer Prevention

by: Tim Whiston Much has been studied about the role of certain vitamins, minerals and herbsin cancer prevention. Some of the most promising cancer preventionproperties come from those vitamins that are known as antioxidants.Antioxidants are substances that protect the body's cells from damage causedby dangerous free radicals, which can potentially cause cancer. There aremany different sources of antioxidants, including...

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First Time Intercourse

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Kegel Exercises

by: Amy Otis, BSN, RN Kegel Exercises A kegel is the name of a pelvic floor exercise, named after Dr. Kegel who discovered the exercise in 1948. I call them “the invisible exercise”, since you can do them when no one else can tell. Kegels are a series of exercises which can help tighten up the pubococcygeal muscles (PC muscles). These originate from your pubic bone, go under your genitals and attach to your tailbone....

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