Breast Health
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Costochondritis and Breast Pain
Discussion of how costochondritis, inflammation of the rib cage, can cause breast pain
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Breast Lift (Mastopexy)
An explanation of the surgical procedure mastopexy (breast lift)
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Reconstructive Breast Surgery
A summary of reconstructive breast surgery
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Breast Reduction Surgery
A discussion of breast reduction mammaplasty
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Breast Augmentation (Enlargement) Surgery
An overview of breast augmentation surgery
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Growing Your Own New Breast Tissue
Discussion of the field of tissue engineering and efforts to grow new breast tissue
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A New Method for Natural Breast Enlargement
Description of a new nonsurgical method of breast augmentation
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Regular Mammograms Save Lives
Results of a long-term study show that regular mammograms reduce the death rate from breast cancer by 63%.
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Exploring Early Puberty
Results of a new study about early breast development
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The Scientific Method at Work
Summary of two recent articles about controversy in medical research
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Looking at Scientific Studies
Understanding the scientific method can help us interpret scientific studies.
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The Scientific Method
A short overview of the scientific method
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B-D Sensability Breast Self-Examination Aid
Description of B-D Sensability, a breast self-examination aid
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month
A history of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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Still More on Cosmetic Surgery
An examination of recent trends in cosmetic surgery, especially breast surgery.
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Follow-Up: Adolescents and Cosmetic Surgery
Information about teens and cosmetic surgery from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
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Mammograms and Breast Exams
A report on two recent studies involving the diagnosis of breast cancer.
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Breast Pain
Discussion of breast pain (mastalgia)
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Breasts and Self-Image: Women
Women's breasts continue to shape their self-image through adulthood.
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Breasts and Self-Image: Adolescence (cont.)
Examines two articles about the importance of body image for young girls and adolescents.
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Breasts and Self-Image: Adolescence
How American society's cultural obsession with breasts shapes the adolescent girl's self-image
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Breasts and Self-Image: Introduction
How cultural expectations of the "ideal" breast affect adolescent girls and women.
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Book Review: Breasts: Women Speak about Their Breasts
review of a book about breasts published in 1979
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Fine-Needle Aspiration of Cysts
Explains the process of draining breast cysts
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Annotated Bibliography
Resources about breast health and about cultural and artistic representations of the human breast throughout history
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Breast Development and Anatomy
summary of the development and anatomy of the human breast
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Fibrocystic Breast: An Overview
An overview of fibrocystic breast, a condition that affects between 50% and 90% of all women at some time in their lives
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