martes, 23 de marzo de 2010

Bras Cause Breast Cancer (and Other Myths)



Bras Cause Breast Cancer (and Other Myths)


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From Joy Victory, your About Health Editor
Cancer is a scary disease, often with unknown origins. So it's natural that myths pop up about what causes it. In the Internet age, these myths die hard. Let's take a look at a few of them, and why they're false.

Is It True? Bras Cause Breast Cancer
I'm not going to argue that bras can sometimes feel like torture devices. But the myth that they lead to breast cancer is a fallacy. Women of all cultures and time periods have been prone to breast cancer -- not just modern women who wear bras.

Top 8 Breast Cancer Risk Myths
Bras aside, there are plenty of other misconceptions swirling around the topic of breast cancer. Here are some of the biggies.

Common Misconceptions About Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is one of the most common and deadly forms of the disease, which perhaps explains why there are so many mis-truths out there.

Top 7 Craziest Cancer Myths
These wacky ideas just make me scratch my head. Who knows how these myths got started, but let's hope they go away soon.

 

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