On today’s episode, I am speaking with Dr. Jovita Oruwari, a breast surgeon in Missouri. The topics we discuss include:
- Benign breast disease and subsequent risk of breast cancer
- Management of breast pain
- The importance of a healthy lifestyle (exercise and nutrition) and the impact on breast cancer risk
- The newest American Cancer Society recommendations for breast cancer risk reduction
- The importance of breast health education and early detection
- Breast cancer in African American women
- The prevalent notion of “blame” that many women experience and feel during a breast cancer diagnosis
- Hair dyes & relaxers and breast cancer risk
- Breast cancer in young women
- The negatives and dangers of thermography
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