The Breast Views Blog: Images of the Obsessed with Breasts Ad Campaign - The Breast Cancer Fund

And people thought Breast of Canada was controversial!

Images of the Obsessed with Breasts Ad Campaign - The Breast Cancer Fund

Sue Richards

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The Breast Views Blog: Climb Against The Odds

Looking for something challenging to focus on?

The Breast Cancer Fund has this to suugest.

Climb Against the Odds~Mt. Shasta
2007 Applications Now Available!

Join some of the most inspiring women and men you have yet to meet. A team of 40 will challenge Mt. Shasta in July 2007 to raise money and awareness for breast cancer prevention. We want you there. Click here for complete details.

Sue Richards

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The Breast Views Blog: Toxic Perfume

Before you give your honey pie your Christmas wish list this year, you might want to check to see if the brand of perfume you've been coveting gives more BANG for your buck than you want.

EWG.org have rated 125 brands of popular perfume on a scale that ranges between low, medium and high concern. The criteria used for the rating looks at ingredients that are known or probable carcinogens, if ingredients have had any testing on anything prior to you - you know - stuff that you didn't realize you needed to be careful about.

This link takes you directly to the perfume department. The general site also covers pretty much all categories of beauty care products in the same way.
Skin Deep Perfume Search Results.

Sue Richards

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The Breast Views Blog: U.S. Ends Ban on Silicone Breast Implants - New York Times

The big boob story of the week sees silicone breast implants back on the shelf and implant makers stocks climbing fast. Ah yes, we are so very good at looking out for each other's best interests.

The following story comes by way of the New York Times. I particularly like this quote.

“For us, it’s a triumph of science,” said Dr. Richard A. D’Amico, president-elect of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. “We’ve always felt that the science would bear out the use of the implants.”

I guess if science wasn't so 'experimental', I find relief in this notion.

Click here for the full story. U.S. Ends Ban on Silicone Breast Implants - New York Times

Sue Richards

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The Breast Views Blog: U.S. ban on silicone breast implants lifted

If you're interested in reading a Canadian news perspective on the recent silicone breast implant story, the Globe and Mail offers this take.

globeandmail.com: U.S. ban on silicone breast implants lifted.

Of course our government did the same a couple of months ago. Bigger Boobs - sure we've got them too!

Sue Richards

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The Breast Views Blog: Silicone Breast Implants

According to a story in Ms. Magazine, "the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ended a 14-year ban of silicone gel-filled breast implants, even as it acknowledged side effects including "the hardening of the area around the implant, breast pain, change in nipple sensation, implant rupture, and the need for additional surgery".

Sounds fun. Where do I sign up?

For a feminist veiwpoint on this controversial story, please cleck on the link.
FDA Approves Silicone Breast Implants After 14-Year Ban

Sue Richards


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The Breast View Blog: Bikini Breast Bandits

The power of the breast continues to be explored.

Sue Richards

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The Breast Views Blog: Sister Study Could Hold Secrets To Breast Cancer Prevention

The Sister Study is aiming to find the causes of breast cancer and you may be able to help. They are currently looking for women who have a sister, living or deceased, who's had breast cancer.

For more details and contact information, read the full story at this link. Sister Study Could Hold Secrets To Breast Cancer Prevention

Sue Richards


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The Breast Views Blog: Red meat link to breast cancers

Do you eat over a serving of red meat per day?

Then you may be interested in reading this BBC NEWS story.Red meat link to breast cancers.

As usual, the experts suggest that more studies are required. But the report does end with this quote.

"The benefits of eating a healthy and varied diet are well established and the biggest risk factors for breast cancer remain gender and increasing age."

Sue Richards


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The Breast Views Blog: A Breast Health Guide for Teens

Here's a very good site for your daughter or any teenager you know.

Topics covered include:

• Breast Development
• What's Normal
• Lumps & Bumps
• Self Breast Exam
• Breast Cancer Risks
• Buying a Bra
• Measuring for a Bra
• Glossary

Click on this link. Breast Health: A Guide for Teens

Sue Richards

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The Breast Views Blog: Peace

Poppy Shine
Originally uploaded by Sue Richards. Sue Richards

Poppies grow well in my garden. See more photos here, here and here.

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The Breast Views Blog: Breast Haiku

Each year, I host a Breast Haiku Contest and publish several submissions in the upcoming Breast of Canada calendar.

Here's an example of one that appears in the 2007 edition.

Tree roots drink the rain
As a mother tenderly
Nurses her infant

J. Andrew Lockhart

Sue Richards


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The Breast Views Blog: Vote for Breast Cancer Prevention

This message from: Breast Cancer Action.

Today is Election Day in the U.S. As you go to the polls, consider this: Which candidates will make breast cancer prevention a priority?

Every month, we ask you to take action on legislation in the interest of eliminating the environmental causes of breast cancer. The representatives you elect today will hold the power to author and champion legislation for vital prevention programs in the years ahead.

Today we ask you to cast a vote for your health, your children's health and the quarter of a million American women who will receive a diagnosis of breast cancer in 2007.

Sue Richards

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