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Lack of Sleep Could Undermine Exercise’s Cancer Prevention Benefits

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Exercise can lower your overall risk of cancer -
but only if you get a good night’s sleep
After my last week’s rant about focusing efforts to PREVENT cancer as well as CURING cancer, I was please to review a research study that did just that! The study examined the link between exercise and cancer risk, paying [...]

Why Not Prevent Breast Cancer?

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Is finding a “Cure” the best and highest use of our intention?
A friend sent me this image yesterday, with the message, “From her cute lips to God’s ear.”

I smiled and sent the e-mail on to my writing partner, Leslie. But last night, as I fell asleep, I thought about the e-mail’s real message.
I asked myself, [...]

Are You A Sister?

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Please take the time to visit the Sister Study web site.
The Sister Study is the only long-term study of women aged 35-74 whose sister had breast cancer.  It is a national study to learn [...]

Gardasil® — When Merketing Pre-empts Medicine

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

It is not hard to hear about Gardasil…
“In television advertisements, a cast of hip people in their 20s — artists, writers and professionals — describe why they got the shots, in the language of liberation, such as, “I chose to get vaccinated because my dreams don’t include cervical cancer.” The advertisements direct viewers to gardasil.com, [...]

More About PAP SMEAR Option

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

From: Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans Health, United States, 2005
Pap Smear
A Pap smear is a microscopic examination of cells scraped from the cervix that is used to detect cancerous or precancerous conditions of the cervix and other medical conditions. If detected, precancerous conditions can be treated before they become malignant. Between 1975 [...]

Safe, Cost Effective PAP Test or Gardasil®

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Researchers and public health officials are FINALLY waking up, and stepping up, to ask tough questions about the cost effectiveness of administering a very expensive, and not thoroughly vetted vaccine to every girl and young woman in the free world. Is the use of Gardasil® as a preventive measure against cervical cancer, the correct utilization [...]

Researchers Question Wide Use of HPV Vaccines

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

FINALLY!
In June of 2006, my writing partner, Leslie Botha, and I, started writing articles cautioning women against the use of Gardasil® for girls and young women. We cited the limited nature of the clinical trials (the number, and ages of women tested) and the length of time from the clinical trials and the FDA [...]

There is A New Book in the Iconic Woman Bookshelf…

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

The Secret History of the War on Cancer
By Devra Davis, PhD, MPH
Review by Leslie Botha, Holy Hormones Honey!
In a recent interview on CSPAN Davis stated, “For much of its history, the cancer war has been fighting the wrong battles, with the wrong weapons, against the wrong enemies.”

The Secret History of the War on Cancer by [...]

European Approach to HPV Testing and Treatment

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Testing for HPV
Testing for human papillomavirus (HPV) may be a useful first step for cervical cancer screening in women younger than 35 years, preliminary findings indicate.
Testing for HPV is better than standard cell testing at picking up pre-cancerous changes, but it is also more likely to yield false results. This is particularly true among young [...]