Every year, the Playboy Mansion sponsors Hot Summer Nights, an event that helps raise support for breast cancer research. Every year, thousands of women are being afflicted with the cancer and new forms of cancer are being found every year. It affects women of all ages; no woman is exempt.

In 1994, women that had breast cancer was at an all-time high. Women between the ages of 14-60 were hit the hardest, with 41 percent of that age bracket contracted that cancer. Many survived while others succumbed to the toll the cancer took. That number has significantly lowered in recent years thanks to the diligence of the research of the United Breast Cancer Foundation.

With backers like Playboy, banks and corporations, the fight for breast cancer has taken new heights. Part of the cost of the Playboy Mansion Hot Summer Nights tickets go to research and they come in different prices.

Depending on the cost of the tickets, patrons can have access to certain parts of the mansion. A Playboy Mansion Ticket is only sufficient for the mansion itself.

Breast cancer continues to spread, but advances have been made to slow the spread of this disease that plagues 1 out of every 4 women. Taking new steps in the fight, the sky is the limit for breast cancer research. Without the help of donors, sponsors and backers like Playboy, the research and data would not be as developed as it is today.



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Perhaps no aspect of breast cancer is more widely publicized than screening mammography. Ads on television, in magazines, and in the daily paper urge women to deal with fear about breast cancer by having a yearly mammogram. We're even told that doing this is a way to "really care for yourself."

But screening mammograms don't prevent breast cancer. A mammogram is an x-ray and x-rays cause cancer. The ads promoting regular screening mammography are paid for by those who stand to profit from their widespread acceptance and use - the manufacturers of the equipment and x-ray film. Whose health does this technology really benefit? Women's health? Or corporate health?

Should women have screening mammograms? At what age? How frequently? Science hasn't agreed on answers to these questions. I believe that my anti-cancer lifestyle will decrease the risk of dying from breast cancer in a way that regular mammograms won't. I care for my breasts with infused herbal oils, regular loving touch, organic foods, and healthy exercise - and forgo regular screening mammograms. If you decide to have a mammogram, here's my advice on how to protect yourself and get the most out of it.

If You Decide to Have a Mammogram

* Get the best, even if it means a long journey.
* Go where they specialize, preferably where they do at least 20 mammograms a day.
* Be sure the facility is accredited by the American College of Radiology.
* Insist on personnel who specialize in mammograms. (Taking and reading mammograms are skills that require intensive training and a lot of practice.)
* Ask how old the equipment is. Newer equipment exposes the breasts to less radiation. A dedicated unit (one specifically for mammograms) is best.
* Ask how they ensure quality control. When was their unit calibrated?
* Load your blood with carotenes by eating a cup of cooked sweet potato, winter squash, or carrots every day for a week before the mammogram to prevent radiation damage to your DNA.
* Expect to be cold and uncomfortable during the mammogram, but do say something if you're being hurt.
* The more compressed the breast tissue, the clearer the mammogram. (But pressure may spread cancer cells if they are present.)
* If your breasts are tender, reschedule. During your fertile years, schedule mammograms for 7-10 days after your menstrual flow begins.
* Don't wear antiperspirant containing aluminum; it can interfere with the imaging process. (Those clear stones do contain aluminum, as do most commercial antiperspirants.)
* If you want another opinion, you'll need the original mammographic films, not copies. (X ray facilities only keep films for 7 years.)
* Get your doctor to agree, in writing, before the procedure, to give you a copy of your mammogram. The U.S. Public Health Service advises women to ask for written results from a mammogram.
* Given the high percentage of "false normal" mammograms, if you think you have cancer, trust your intuition.
* Remove radioactive isotopes from your body with burdock root, seaweed or miso.

Remember: Mammograms don't promote breast health. Breast self-massage, breast self-exam, and lifestyle changes do.

Breast Meditation

Sit comfortably in front of a large mirror in a warm, private space. Bare your breasts. Look in the mirror. Tell your breasts something like: "I love you. You are just the way you are supposed to be. I see your perfection. I know your beauty. I honor your power." Use your own words. Repeat as many times as you like. When you are done, close your eyes. Slowly bring your hands up and cup them under your breasts. Say: "My breasts are healthy. My breasts are powerful." Open your eyes and look at yourself in the mirror, saying, "My breasts are my strength. My strength nourishes me and others." Close your eyes and let your hands return to your lap. Sit quietly and breathe as you visualize glowing pink clouds within your breasts spiraling in toward your nipples for a minute. Continuing to breathe; let this sparkling pink energy spiral out for a minute. As you breathe, imagine the energy doing figure eights from breast to breast for a minute. Finally, imagine that you are plunging your hands into vibrant pink energy. Feel it flowing up your arms, through your armpits and out of your nipples. Open your eyes, smile at yourself in the mirror, and come out of the meditation.

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Did you know that from the light of cancer research information available regarding potential anticancer properties, it is possible to cook what could be called "the best diet against cancer", a meal plan based on the daily diet of foods known as being exceptional sources for cancer treatment?

In fact, several of the molecules that possess the strongest cancer prevention activities are present only in a exclusive number of foods call functional food.

These rich phytochemical foods are important to be added into your daily diet in order to maximize breast cancer prevention. Most of this kind of food possess antioxidants, but there is a lot more then than to them.

Don't wait that cancer symptoms show itself, take action now.

This is an important issue since the presence of different classes of phytochemical allows for the targeting of several processes involved in the development to metastatic cancer. No single food, by itself, contains all the phytochemicals, like delphinidin and flavonoid, needed to act on all the processes involved in breast cancer tumor development, highlighting the importance to integrate a large variety of foods in the diet. The variety of functional foods associated with your meal plan is important since the cancer cells possess multiples pathway to grow and cancer prevention is insufficient to control their growth using anticancer molecules that interfere with only one process.

A combination of several fruits, vegetables and spices, possessing distinct phytochemical, allows for an increase of their effectiveness by acting synergically. Thanks to this synergy, the anticancer action of a molecule may be considerably increased by the presence of another molecule, an extremely important against cancer property for these molecules that are generally present in blood in tiny quantities after foods consumption. One of the best example of this kind of synergy is the ability of a molecule from black pepper, piperine, to increase bymore than 2,000 fold the absorption of curcumin from the spice turmeric, resulting in plasma concentrations of curcumin sufficient to interfere with the aggressive behavior of the breast metastatic cancer.

The modification of a healthy diet in order to integrate foods that are exceptional sources of anticancer molecules therefore represents one of the better weapons currently at our disposal in our battle against cancer. If you want to know more about these foods and how to fight back with the small berries to make cancer sleepy.



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