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(Originally posted October 19, 2011) For more than 20 years, the observance of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month each October has provided a time to reflect on loved ones who have won and lost the battle against breast cancer.
It’s also an opportunity to raise awareness toward finding a cure, including encouraging women to get a regular mammography screening.
The good news is,
Lesbian Breast Cancer Risk
(originally posted: October 20, 2011)
Are Lesbians More at Risk? by Kathy Belge
Are lesbians more at risk for Breast Cancer than our straight sisters? That depends. According to Dr. Tori Hudson, Naturopathic Physician, it is uncertain whether or not lesbians get more breast cancer. But what is certain, is that lesbians as a group, have a higher incidence of certain risk factors known to be linked to breast cancer.
Those risk factors
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