Fibrocystic breast disease is common and very specific benign breast condition described as tender, painful and lumpy breasts. Sometimes this condition can be called also as “Mammary dysplasia” or “Diffuse cystic mastopathy”. According to health experts, almost 45%...
Nobody is perfect. Most women have one breast slightly larger than the other. Asymmetric breasts are common phenomena. According to health experts, breast asymmetry affects more than half of all women. Female breasts are rarely absolutely the same size or volume and...
In general, cysts are fluid-filled sacs that can occur in human body. In breasts usually cysts form within the milk ducts or from enlarged milk glands. Breast cyst is fluid-filled sac that grows within breast tissue. Commonly breast cysts occur in women of...
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. Nowadays scientists are working on several modern breast cancer diagnostic tests but mammography is still recognized as the most effective breast cancer screening test. Some experts consider mammography as the only...
In 2016 breast cancer news were introduced during European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-10) which took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Conference brought together scientists, clinicians, patient representatives and health professionals of diverse profiles to tackle...
Breast tissue varies in consistency (firm or soft). Breasts are hormone sensitive and this is why breasts can become more tender or lumpy during different days of menstrual cycle. Female hormones affect breast tissue. Sometimes hormonal fluctuations can cause lumps to...
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among women. Health statistics clearly demonstrate increasing frequency of breast cancer. For example, in 1940 the lifetime risk of breast cancer among women was 5% – in means only one woman among every 20 women...
During early pregnancy breasts transformation starts under the influence of growing female hormones (mainly estrogen) – pregnancy breasts develop and enlarge. Some pregnant women also experience tingling sensations in breasts. Many women experience breast changes very...
Early breast cancer detection is crucial because at early stages it can be treated and millions of women can survive. Women with the earliest detection have more treatment options and the best treatment results. Scientists from most developed countries are working...
It is a story about Julian Rios Cantu, 18-year-old student from Mexico whose mother was battling with breast cancer. She had double mastectomy and family members (especially teenage son) were trying to find the way out from this dangerous disease. Julian Rios Cantu...
Any nipple that is more indented than it is distending (protruding) can be considered as inverted nipple. Inverted nipples can be a problem for women – reducing their self-confidence and sexual attractiveness. Inverted nipple can cause physiological distress...
Normal healthy nipple usually projects (“pop out”) to different degrees depending on stimulation. If traction on the nipple skin is too strong, nipple inversion occurs. Anything that changes the traction of the breast structures can cause inverted nipples. According...
Breast cancer symptoms are well known and described by many health experts but unfortunately most women don’t pay enough attention to detectable and visible signs of breast cancer. Breast cancer starts when normal cells transform into cancerous cells and these breast...
Nowadays breast enlargement became very common. Often women just feel their breasts are too small or not sexy. Some women need bigger breasts for self-confidence. Bigger, firmer, sexier breasts are something that practically every woman desires for variety of reasons....
All breasts (small and big) are sexually attractive but breast shapes are incredibly varied between women. All breast shapes are perfectly normal and beautifully imperfect. There are several factors responsible for breasts’ shape and size: Body weight (BMI), Genetics...
