As an organization that serves young women affected by breast cancer, we make sure to keep up with the latest news so we know what our women face when it comes to treatment and beyond. In this blog series, we will share the the month’s news that we feel is most interesting and relevant.
Here are the headlines from February 2022 (Updated on March 4, 2022)
February 8: "New Immunotherapy Shows Promise in Fighting Metastatic Breast Cancer" Watch the video from HealthDay TV HERE. (Click here to watch the video in Spanish)
February 8: "The Problem with the Mediterranean Diet We’re Not Talking About Enough" Read the full article from Healthline HERE.
February 9: "Eating prunes may help protect against bone loss in older women" Read the full article from Science Daily HERE.
February 14 (Updated): "The Effect of Sedentism on Mental Wellbeing" Read the full article from News-Medical.Net HERE.
February 15: "Pandemic upends breast cancer diagnoses" Read the full article from Science Daily HERE.
February 18: "Supplements for menopausal symptoms—solutions or snake oil?" Read the full article from Medical Xpress HERE.
February 18: "Study finds daily aspirin does not prevent recurrence of breast cancer" Read the full article from Medical Xpress HERE.
February 23: "Vegetarians have 14% lower cancer risk than meat-eaters, study finds" Read the full article from The Guardian HERE.
February 25: "Body image affects risk of complications after breast reconstruction: Read the full article from Medical Xpress HERE.
February 25: "Voices in Your Head: Wearing Headphones Changes Listening" Read the full article from HealthDay HERE.
February 28: "Racism in Youth Leaves Black Women With Lasting Risk of Depression" Read the full article from HealthDay HERE.