26 h. ago Free the nipple: Why are people still so afraid of women’s breasts?

As new research reveals most women disapprove of sheer outfits that expose their breasts, Olivia Petter asks what everyone is so afraid of

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48 h. ago Researchers discover key factor that makes women 80% more likely to die from breast cancer

Women with a syndrome related to lifestyle factors are 80 per cent more likely to die from breast cancer, a shocking new study has revealed.

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8 d. ago Breast cancer treatment breakthrough for patients as NHS approves new 'landmark' drug

Thousands with advanced breast cancer could live long lives thanks to a new drug approved on the NHS. Capivasertib, retailed as Truqap, targets the most common type of breast cancer and stops it spreading. Up to 3,000 women could benefit from the treatment each year, with experts last night hailing it “a great success story for British science.”

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9 d. ago Women should avoid all alcohol to reduce risk of breast cancer, charity says

World Cancer Research Fund goes further than UK and WHO advice on alcohol after review of evidenceWomen should avoid alcohol altogether to reduce their risk of breast cancer, a charity has warned.The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) has published a review of evidence on how diet and lifestyle factors can play a role in the development of the disease. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘We’d been through so much’: Jean Hannah Edelstein on breasts – and life without them

All her life Jean Hannah Edelstein had tried to feel comfortable with her breasts, battling unwelcome attention and breastfeeding woes. But then came cancer and a double mastectomy – and she realised she was losing something she lovedLet me tell you about my breasts, of blessed memory. That’s not something I would have said while I still had them. I was quite prim, you see, and maybe I still am, but a double mastectomy gives you license to say “‘breast” over and over again, without the usual consequences. My breasts were real, and they were spectacular.That’s a Seinfeld reference, if you’re not familiar. Seinfeld was one of the shows that I watched often in my adolescent years when my breasts first asserted themselves. It was among our key texts. We were in late-20th-century America, my breasts and I. It was a time and place that taught me that women’s bodies – breasts, specifically – were objects of desire, and jokes, and danger. Friends, Baywatch, Melrose Place. Clueless, Scream. ...

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4 w. ago I'm a top women's doctor and I would NEVER take up an invitation for a breast screening. Women are being lied to by the NHS and this is the REAL truth about mammograms you must know: SUSAN BEWLEY

I would go so far as to say that women are being lied to about the benefits of breast screening, and not being told at all about real risks.

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