Isbn: 9780753505502 - your life in your hands: under: understanding, preventing and overcoming breast cancer (9 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Jane Plant, CBE, Ebury Publishing. Paperback.

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. 262 pages. Cover worn. Text foxed.One out of nine women in the United States will develop breast cancer in her lif etime. In fact, it is the second leading cause of cancer death for women (after lung cancer) and the leading overall cause of death in women between the ages of forty and fifty-five. For too long women have erroneously believed that there i s little or nothing they can do to prevent this dread illness. Our major medical efforts are directed toward detecting and treating, rather than preventing, bre ast cancer. Professor Jane Plant, one of Britain's most eminent scientists, contracted breast cancer in 1987. She had five recurrences, and, by 1993, the ca ncer had spread to her lymph system. When orthodox medicine gave up and she was told that she only had three months to live, she determined to use her extensive scientific training and her knowledge of other cultures to find a way to surviv e. In her research, she was startled to find that in China breast cancer affects far fewer women than in Western countries. Plant considered that there could be a dietary trigger for the illness. As she continued her scientific investigatio ns, she became convinced that there was a causal link between consumption of dai ry products and breast cancer. Jane Plant finally defeated her breast cancer , in part because she used her training and knowledge as a natural scientist to understand it-- and then overcome it. Combining the diet her research had led to with traditional medical treatment, Professor Plant was not only able to triump h over her own disease but also to pass on what she had discovered to help more than sixty other women successfully fight their breast cancer. In this book, women will be presented for thefirst time with a compelling body of evidence st.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 282 pages. Spine fadedix, 262 pages : 24 cm This book details simple changes that all women can ma ke to help revent or treat breast cancer In 1987, Jane Plant developed breast c ancer. It recurred four times over the next six years. Finally, she took control of the disease and her life. She has also helped 65 other women to do likewise. This is her story - a story which offers hope and advice on prevention and trea tment to many others Includes bibliographical references (page 257) and index.…