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The Breast Views Blog: Harry Helps Sue

2009-06-01T10:24:00.001-05:00

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The Breast Views Blog: Plug Pulled On Fundraiser

2007-09-05T11:19:00.000-05:00

August 17, 2007 THANA DHARMARAJAH MERCURY STAFF GUELPH In the place where there was once a Breast of Canada calendar hanging in thousands of women’s homes, this January there will be an empty wall. Six years and countless late nights

The Breast Views Blog: Breast of Canada 2008

2007-03-20T10:33:00.000-05:00

Photo Credit: Melanie Gillis.Cover of the 7th Annual Breast of Canada Calendar ~ 2008.Sue RichardsTags: The Breast Views Blog, breast views blog, breastfeeding, breast of canada calendar, breast cancer awareness, womens health, breast blog, breast cancer risks,Guelph.

The Breast Views Blog: Breast Implants For Completion?

2007-03-20T08:33:00.000-05:00

Here we have a women with naturally large breasts claiming that some days she feels like a "walking pair of tits" versus another women about to have breast implant surgery claiming I "feel unfeminine and incomplete".No thanks for the mammariesTags: The Breast Views Blog, breast views blog, breastfeeding, breast of canada calendar, breast cancer awareness, womens health, breast blog, breast cancer

The Breast Views Blog: The Century Project

2007-03-06T11:26:00.000-06:00

According to the website: More than a hundred girls and women of many ages, shapes, sizes, and backgrounds bare all in Frank Cordelle’s The Century Project. The project combines unconventionally stunning nude portraits with highly personal written statements describing instances of rape, debilitating illness, disfiguring surgeries, distorted social expectations, as well as reflections of humor

The Breast Views Blog: Breast cancer in men

2007-03-01T13:33:00.000-06:00

Men can also get breast cancer because men have breast tissue just like women.Read all about it at this link: Breast cancer in menSue RichardsTags: The Breast Views Blog, breast views blog, breastfeeding, breast of canada calendar, breast cancer awareness, womens health, breast blog, breast cancer risks,Guelph.

The Breast Views Blog: Canadian Breast Exam Ad

2007-02-28T11:48:00.000-06:00

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The Breast Views Blog: Study finds lifelong exercise may halve risk of breast cancer - The Boston Globe

2007-02-27T12:02:00.000-06:00

According to this news story that is appearing today around the globe, "exercising for five or more hours a week throughout life can cut a woman's risk of breast cancer by more than half".Click the link to read the story: Study finds lifelong exercise may halve risk of breast cancerSue RichardsTags: The Breast Views Blog, breast views blog, breastfeeding, breast of canada calendar, breast cancer

The Breast Views Blog: Run, Walk, & Roll For Cancer Prevention

2007-02-26T14:33:00.000-06:00

Feeling a bit sluggish? Want to do something to improve your health AND contribute to the goal of raising funds for cancer prevention?Good idea. Here's your next step - click the link my friend.Run, Walk, & Roll For Cancer PreventionSue RichardsTags: The Breast Views Blog, breast views blog, breastfeeding, breast of canada calendar, breast cancer awareness, breast pump,Canadian Blogger, womens

The Brreast Views Blog: Breast Milk Marketing

2007-02-22T14:50:00.000-06:00

It appears - maybe - perhaps - that breast feeding is gaining popularity and heck - becoming cool!Take Will Ferrell's breast pump accessory at the Golden Globes - carried so his wife could slip away and pump milk for the couples newborn. Or the amount of ink gossip mags are lending to celebrity breast feeders.Read all about it by clicking on this link: Breast Milk MarketingSue RichardsTags: The

The Breast Views Blog: Cancer Vixen

2007-02-21T12:28:00.000-06:00

For the 101 page graphic novel about "what happens when a shoe-crazed, wine-swilling, big-city girl finds a lump in her breast", you'll want to take some time to read Cancer Vixen.Click on the link: Cancer VixenSue RichardsTags: The Breast Views Blog, breast views blog, 2007 calendar, breast of canada calendar, breast cancer awareness, Cancer Vixen,Canadian Blogger, womens breast health, breast

The Breast Views Blog: Cool Women

2007-02-20T15:05:00.000-06:00

I shall slightly stray from my breast focus for just a moment to introduce you to this site:Cool Women:about the history of women and girls in Canada. Once on the site, click on the Cool Stories link and read about Sheila Watt-Cloutier. Known for "revealing the human face of climate change in the Arctic - From toxins in breast milk to the relationship between climate and human rights, Sheila

The Breast Views Blog: BrCa1 and BrCa 2 Genetic Testing

2007-02-19T14:02:00.000-06:00

It is estimated that about 6 - 10% of all breast cancer is genetic in origin - hence your increased risk if someone else in your family has the disease.But did you know that scientists have isolated mutations on several breast and ovarian cancer-causing genes and that it is possible to be tested for the mutations?Question is, would you want to know?The following link leads to a four part story by

The Breast Views Blog: Breast Cancer and Pesticides

2007-02-15T14:32:00.000-06:00

Despite our city being blanketed in snow and our temperatures dipping into the double digit minus department, the cosmetic pesticide people are gearing up for spring. I've had three calls from 'Weed People' in the last week.For me it's obvious. If you put poison on your property then you've got poisoned property. As a result, I'm off the phone in the time it takes to say NO thanks!Its no wonder

The Breast Views Blog: Moobs

2007-02-14T15:23:00.000-06:00

Moobs = Man Boobs.Men get them removed. Women get them augmented.Read all about it: How I got rid of my 'moobs'Sue RichardsTags: The Breast Views Blog, breast views blog, 2007 calendar, breast of canada calendar, breast cancer awareness, moobs,Canadian Blogger, womens breast health, breast cancer prevention, breast blog, breast cancer risks,Guelph, City of Guelph.

The Breast Views Blog: Get Your Foundations Straight

2007-02-14T13:51:00.000-06:00

I know this to be a common mistake. The average person thinks that there is only one charity dealing in cancer/breast cancer fundraising called something like the Breast Cancer Society Foundation. In reality there are hundreds of different charities and charity chapters that are distinct and independent of each other.The Canadian Cancer Society is not the same as the Breast Cancer Society of

The Breast Views Blog: Don't Reject Money From 'Exotic Dancers For Cancer' - Commentary

2007-02-13T12:24:00.000-06:00

Well then. Given that the universal qualifier for getting breast cancer is breast ownership, and given the on going plea from breast cancer foundations to give, give, give for the cause, cause, cause, this story is interesting and shamefully familiar.Don't Reject Money From 'Exotic Dancers For Cancer' - CommentarySue RichardsTags: The Breast Views Blog, breast views blog, 2007 calendar, breast of

The Breast Views Blog: Cosmetics, Chemicals, and Your Health

2007-02-12T09:52:00.000-06:00

The Environmental Working Group have been busy little Valentines.I know this will seem hard to believe but look what they've discovered......"A major loophole in federal law allows fragrance manufacturers to hide potentially hazardous chemicals in product scents, including substances linked to allergies, birth defects, and even cancer. Because they won't tell you what's in the scents they sell

The Breast Views Blog: Dead Bra Day

2007-02-11T10:53:00.000-06:00

A couple of weeks ago, Cheryl Rossi, staff writer for the Vancouver Courier called me to inquire about the origin of Dead Bra Day. When I told her that I made up the date and then published it in the Breast of Canada Calendar, I expected that the interview would be over - this based on previous experience.Instead, Cheryl's interest was aroused and a lengthy, very fun and exhaustive interview

The Breast Views Blog: Breast Reduction Surgery

2007-02-09T12:53:00.000-06:00

Here's a rare story about a young woman's desire to redefine herself with breast reduction surgery.Read Editing Myself by clicking on the link.Sue RichardsTags: The Breast Views Blog, breast views blog, 2007 calendar, breast of canada calendar, breast cancer awareness, breast reduction surgery,Canadian Blogger, womens breast health, breast cancer prevention, breast blog, breast cancer risks,

The Breast Views Blog: The Geography of Breast Cancer

2007-02-08T11:30:00.000-06:00

This story from Ms. Magazine questions why there are breast cancer "hot spots" in the United States? Click here to read The Geography of Breast Cancer.Sue RichardsTags: The Breast Views Blog, breast views blog, 2007 calendar, breast of canada calendar, breast cancer awareness, Ms Magazine,Canadian Blogger, womens breast health, breast cancer prevention, breast blog, breast cancer risks,Guelph,

The Breast Views Blog: The Lactivist

2007-02-07T10:18:00.000-06:00

This morning I read a story in my subscription to Salon.com with the cheeky headline - If Breasts Could Talk. In this particular case, The Lactivist is the one doing the talking.The Lactivist is an on-line bootstrapper/blogger/breast feeding activist who is funny and I suspect somewhat fierce in her breast feeding advocacy.And she's got cool swag - like tee's for tots that claim "My Kid Sucks".

The Breast Views Blog: Breast Implants still not safe

2007-02-06T14:15:00.000-06:00

The following report was written by Dr. Edward Melmed, a plastic surgeon based in Dallas, Texas and Judy Norsgian the executive director of Our Bodies Ourselves.Silicone Breast Implants still not safe.Sue RichardsTags: The Breast Views Blog, breast views blog, 2007 calendar, breast of canada calendar, breast cancer awareness, silicone,Canadian Blogger, womens breast health, breast cancer

TheBreast Views Blog: Silicone Breast Implants

2007-02-05T13:11:00.000-06:00

When I read something like this:"Percentages of complications arising from breast implants are high, but women don't seem to mind, placing their beauty over health. Allergan records reveal that within fours years after the cosmetic surgery, 41 percent of first-time patients experienced complications. In addition, 23 percent experienced rupture, pain, swelling, hardening, scarring, and other

The Breast Views Blog: Wife poisoned man for breast implants

2007-02-01T11:11:00.000-06:00

Truth is indeed stranger than fiction. Wife poisoned husband for breast implants Sue RichardsTags: The Breast Views Blog, breast views blog, 2007 calendar, breast of canada calendar, breast cancer awareness, breast implants,Canadian Blogger, womens breast health, breast cancer prevention, breast blog, breast cancer risks,Guelph, City of Guelph.