Topic: breast health

Pimp My Health: 8 Ways To Keep Your Breasts Healthy

Having healthy breasts starts with healthy habits–things that can keep them looking and feeling great, while also helping to prevent breast cancer. Given that it’s breast cancer awareness month, why not take the time to give your breasts a little extra attention? So this week on Pimp My Health, we are offering eight tips on how to keep your breasts at their healthiest. Take a look and spread the word! More »

‘Squoobs’: Body-Shaming Or Real Health Concern?

Awards season always brings a flurry of headlines about red carpet fashion, beauty, and—unfortunately—bodies. And this year, a new word has been added to the body-snark vernacular: squoobs. As in “squished boobs.” Articles about the trend (see: Huffington Post, The Daily Mail) feature actresses like Christina Hendricks and Sofia Vergara wearing corset-style dresses, with mostly critical commentary about how their constricted figures look ’more painful than playful’ and ‘more oww than ooh.’ So when I was offered a chance to speak with experts about the health risks of squoobs, I was curious: Is there really a legitimate health concern here, or is it just a new way to criticize women with large breasts? More »

Check Up On It: Women’s Health clues you into to the best ways to give yourself daily check-ups at home. (via Women’s Health)

Breast Health: Fish Oil for the Win

We’ve been delving into vitamins and supplements lately, and it turns out that John Dempster, our handsome Naturopathic Doctor, was onto something with his fish oil supplement recommendation. We know people have been taking the omega-3 fatty-acid-rich supplement for ages, … More »

Breast Density Linked to Cancer: Women with very dense breasts have a risk of breast cancer that’s four to six times greater than women with less dense breasts. (via Los Angeles Times)