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Boob Tips Come In Pairs: 6 Things Every Woman Should Know About Breast Health

Posted: 10/17/12 02:37 PM ET | Updated: 10/17/12 04:24 PM ET

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and breasts are getting their fair share of attention. In honor of the occasion, here's a modest guide to the care and handling of the "girls," from self-exams to bras, to breast-conscious fashion selections. Check them out and share your own experiences with me in the comments!

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Self Exam Tip #1: Feel Them Out.
If doing proper self-exams just isn’t happening, at least get in the habit of poking and pressing around so you know when something’s abnormal.
Self-Exam Tip #2: Let Your Partner Do The Honors.
Have your sexual partner routinely give you a breast “exam.” Can’t imagine there will be much resistance.
Bra Tip #1: Get Over It.
Horrified at the idea of having the nice woman at the department or lingerie store fit you for a bra? She’s seen it all and doesn’t care. Think doctor’s appointment.
Bra Tip #2: Outfit Your Daughters.
Owning cute, stylish bras can help young girls better accept their developing bodies. Let them experience the importance and joy of nice undergarments early.
Clothing Picks Tip #1: Wear What Works.
If you’re self-conscious about your breasts, forgo trends and stick with looks proven to complement your shape.
Clothing Picks Tip #2: Tank The T-Necks.
Turtlenecks on busty women outline every curve and, on ladies 40-plus, drop breasts mid-torso. Scoop necks lift the visual line for a more flattering look that, ironically, is less “Hey, check out my assets!”

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gloria mudi

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07:40 AM on 11/18/2012

Anybody remember the "Farrell's Ice Cream" places? Remember the Saturday that a small child's party was being held and a plane dropped out of the sky and killed numerous people, leaving others maimed, scarred and traumatized? There are a combinations of scientific and simply random factors that converge to cause any sort of cancer. My husband had testicular cancer, which was treated quickly and effectively. But we kept asking the oncologists questions, to which each answer was, "We are not sure." Questions such as: what caused this, any preventative environental or dietary measures to take, genetic or environmental...we are both attorneys and have a tremendous education between the both of us.
sometimes it is like the Farrell's: the plane falls from the sky. Otherwise, take any and all available precautions, live a healthy life, do self exams (men, too) and do mammograms as directed, no matter what the AMA says.

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Tunghoy

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09:49 AM on 11/04/2012

Oh, it's THOSE kinds of tips. I thought this article was going to show us....... oh, never mind.

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Frings

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08:39 AM on 10/18/2012

It's not just your breasts sweetheart; none of us is immune!

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WASanford

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03:15 PM on 10/17/2012

In the 1940's a woman's chance of developing breast cancer was 1 in 23, now it's 1 in 8! What could have happened in that short 3/4 century that would have caused a threefold increase in the cancer rate? Answering that question might lead the way to the eliminating cancer in all of it's forms. Some research needs to be done that addresses changes in our environment that might be a causative agent. It's not just your breasts sweetheart; none of us is immune!

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nightfly44

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12:29 AM on 11/07/2012

Women live alot longer than they did in 1940. You live longer, you have a higher expectancy of developing cancerous tumors, instead of dying of, say, an infectious disease or having a heart attack kill you when you are in middle age. Instead you die in old age. Is that some sort of surprise? I shouldn't think so.

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Nasty Gash

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10:53 AM on 11/08/2012

If you are looking for environmental causes of cancer, the question to be asked is "For a given age, has the RATE of cancer increased?" "RATE" being population (of the given age) divided by cancer incidences. For example, "Has the RATE of cancer increased in women aged 40?" The answer to this has nothing to do with increase in life span. The same is true for women aged 90 or 72 or 24 or any age for that matter. If the rate for a given age has not increased then that would suggest that there is no environmental cause.

If in the total population (i.e. all ages) the rate has increased but the rate for each age has not increased, that also would suggest no environmental cause, rather that the NUMBER (not rate) of cancers has increased because older women make up a larger percentage of the population.

I don't know where the figures quoted by @WASanford come from or if they are corrected for longevity. Considering the frequent sloppy, careless (mis)use of statistics by "journalists" in popular media and the lack of understanding of basic statistics in the general population, I am dubious of those figures and the implication that environmental agents are responsible for all of the increased rate.

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