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Advance Praise for The Breast Cancer Prevention Program „The Breast Cancer Prevention Program is a marvelous book?intelligent, courageous, and practical. This authoritative and persuasive work will raise the collective consciousness. It asks, and tells, what you can do for yourself and for your country in a sensible, practical way that melds personal prevention and activism. It provides the tools to reduce one’s risk of breast cancer both individually and by political action, making lifesaving information immediately available and simultaneously attempting to influence and alter the way our society deals with breast cancer.” ?Barbara Seaman, co-founder, National Women’s Health Network; contributing editor, Ms. magazine; author of The Doctors’ Case Against the Pill, Free and Female, and Women and the Crisis in Sex Hormones „All mothers should give this book to their daughters and granddaughters.” ?Eula Bingham, Ph.D., professor of environmental health, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, and former Assistant Secretary of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) „A unique and important book, and a must for all concerned women.” ?Devra Lee Davis, Ph.D., M.P.H., World Watch Resources Institute „This book is more than a remarkable study. It is a prescription that may save your life.” ?Studs Terkel Visit us online at http://www.mcp.com/mgr
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Advance Praise for The Breast Cancer Prevention Program „The Breast Cancer Prevention Program is a marvelous book?intelligent, courageous, and practical. This authoritative and persuasive work will raise the collective consciousness. It asks, and tells, what you can do for yourself and for your country in a sensible, practical way that melds personal prevention and activism. It provides the tools to reduce one’s risk of breast cancer both individually and by political action, making lifesaving information immediately available and simultaneously attempting to influence and alter the way our society deals with breast cancer.” ?Barbara Seaman, co-founder, National Women’s Health Network; contributing editor, Ms. magazine; author of The Doctors’ Case Against the Pill, Free and Female, and Women and the Crisis in Sex Hormones „All mothers should give this book to their daughters and granddaughters.” ?Eula Bingham, Ph.D., professor of environmental health, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, and former Assistant Secretary of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) „A unique and important book, and a must for all concerned women.” ?Devra Lee Davis, Ph.D., M.P.H., World Watch Resources Institute „This book is more than a remarkable study. It is a prescription that may save your life.” ?Studs Terkel Visit us online at http://www.mcp.com/mgr
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Tartalomjegyzék:
Introduction: The Politics of Risk.
PART I: Understanding Breast Cancer Risks.
1: Determining Your Risk.
2: Estrogen: The Common Link.
PART II: Modern Medicine and Breast Cancer Risks.
3: The Pill: Assessing Your Risks.
4: Estrogen Replacement Therapy: Pros and Cons.
5: The Case Against Mammography.
6: Breast Implants: The Whole Story.
7: The Case Against Chemoprevention.
8: Common Medications and Your Risks.
PART III: Dietary and Environmental Breast Cancer Risks.
9: Eating for Health and Longevity.
10: Lifestyle Risk Factors and Coping Strategies.
11: Where You Live.
12: Hazards in the Workplace.
PART IV: Finding Out the Truth About Breast Cancer.
13: The Politics of Breast Cancer: Setting a New Agenda.
Appendix A: Resources.
Appendix B: Activist Breast Cancer Groups.
Notes.
Glossary.
Index.
