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Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women, and one of the most common types of cancer in general. It is estimated that one in seven women that live to age 90 will develop breast cancer. It is especially prevalent in some families, making the statistics a bit skewed.

If you have a family history of breast cancer, your chances of developing the disease are much greater. It’s therefore a good idea to stay especially vigilant for breast cancer symptoms.

Breast cancer symptoms don’t often manifest themselves until the cancer is already in its later stages of growth, and may have already metastasized to other more vital areas of the body. That is why it is so important for women to regularly get checked. Mammograms may be unpleasant, but late stage breast cancer symptoms are worse.

The most clear and common breast cancer symptom is of course a lump in your breast. It is important to keep in mind that not all lumps are cancerous. Most women will develop numerous lumps in their breasts throughout their lives; they are especially common during periods of rapid hormonal changes such as puberty, and menstruation. Some women will have more lumps than others.

A more severe breast cancer symptom will be pain in your breasts. A cancer that has grown large enough to impinge on nerves will be a noticeable lump in a self check or mammogram, so hopefully you’ll catch anything before it gets to the point of causing pain. If one or both of your breasts are in pain, again its important to keep in mind that you don’t necessarily have breast cancer. During puberty and periods of hormone fluxes, tenderness of the breasts is common. Also pregnancy, and some medications can cause pain or tenderness in your breasts.

Even though most cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in women over 40, women in their teens and twenties are occasionally diagnosed as well. Most people don’t know that about one percent of the cases are in men. Starting from puberty, it is a good idea to start checking yourself for lumps.

Remember, during this period you’re likely to find a lot of lumps that are harmless. With some experience and some consultation with your doctor, you’ll soon get an idea of the kinds of lumps that are normal, and the kinds of lumps that may be breast cancer symptoms.

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We just read in article 1 about the very extensive biochemical makeup of the human organism, and how it relates to clinical laboratory science. Now let’s see how clinical laboratory science takes advantage of that biochemical makeup with many almost unbelievable breakthroughs and what those breakthroughs could mean to you. Some of the recent breakthroughs made in clinical laboratory science can be viewed by clicking on the link at the end of this article.

When we observe the direct relationships of enzymes to all our major organs and body functions, it gives us some idea of the enormous insight these clinical laboratory tests can provide into the function of the human organism. And, this involves not only the enzymes, but also the hormones, antibodies and the many other special proteins as well. This is an enormous amount of vital health data that needs to be fully exploited for the benefit of the public.

It was very surprising as to the amount of advanced analytical data found available during research. It was found to be very exciting because, under the right conditions, of the great potential that such developments could provide in terms of health care. When one looks closely at the availability of this very extensive and highly advanced analytical data on one hand, and the high levels of chronic disease and suffering on the other, it becomes obvious that what is needed is some means of harnessing these analytical elements and relating them directly to human health on a broad scale basis, for the purpose of reducing chronic disease and raising the level of wellness. So how can the public possibly hope to capitalize of such massive amount of such vital health related information? Obviously an electronic processing system of some sort would be required to process the data and relate it to human health and wellness.

Such a system would take clinical laboratory science to a new and different level of application. In addition to its limited use in testing a patient for a disease or lack thereof (which is primarily what clinical laboratory science is used for today) it would also be applied to individuals, on a broader scale, for the purpose of analyzing a state of wellness. Such an application would not in any way interfere with its present use on the disease level.

Basically, instead of using clinical laboratory science for one, or even several tests, to evaluate a disease condition, there would be a very broad application of highly selected blood tests, given to a person in a state of apparent wellness. This would include up to 100 separate blood tests called constituents which would be processed from one blood sample drawn from the individual (likely even more than 100 tests would eventually be used). For maximum effectiveness, the tests selected, and even the exact quantity, would be determined by the clinical laboratory scientists and other medical experts. They would carefully select the most ideal 100 blood tests for this type of application. This overall set of tests is called a profile. Once the profile is applied to an individual (or patient), that individual’s test results are referred to as a profile pattern.

If we were to use 100 tests for example, each of the 100 tests would reflect a reading at one of a number of possible output levels. For discussion purposes we will use 5 possible levels. The actual number of graduations would no doubt vary somewhat. Significantly, even though we have 100 individual bits of information, as significant as each of those special test results would be, the amount of available information is not limited to those 100 individual bits of data. This is a major consideration in the design of this type of system.

The 100 test profile pattern would be analyzed by the computers by reading the test result level of each individual test, and then relating each of those test results to one another and thus establishing a specific combination. At only 5 possible levels for each test, we end up with literally trillions of possible combinations, each of which could be significant in terms of vital health information.

But, before even the design of such a computer system is discussed, another issue needs to be discussed, the careful consideration of confidential patient information especially as it relates to the use of large computer systems. The confidentiality of medical records is of course very important to everyoneespecially so in this information agethe public would not allow it to be compromised.

Great care must be exercised in avoiding any such exposures in the design of a large computer system, or even the implied threat of any such exposures. However, on the other side of the coin, it would be very sad indeed if, for whatever reason we were blocked from taking full advantage of our most powerful technology, the computer, in assisting us with our most precious asset, our health.

Fortunately, such a system can be designed to completely avoid the confidentiality issue. No confidential patient medical data would need to be either, transmitted to, or stored in, any of the large computer systems. All confidential patient data would be completely contained in the physician’s office, same as the current policy. This is a system that would provide for the full use of the supercomputer power that we do so desperately need. Computers are used for many types of applications today, as most of us are aware, this application would be taking advantage of the assimilative and correlative powers of the machine.

In addition to the above special computer processing design features to prevent the possible exposure of confidential patient data, an added feature could also be easily designed into the overall system that would greatly improve the confidentiality of medical records even stored in the doctor’s office.

The underlying the (core) strength, of the new revolutionary medical system–the best of two worlds. A new application of Clinical Laboratory Science.

-Link to pages 43-47 http://vibranthealthplus.com/pages43-47

W D Wood author of book and article. An electronic engineer with a background in large computer system design and research–Link to author http://vibranthealthplus.com/aboutauthor

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Health, according to the World Health Organization, is defined as:

The integral well-being of a person that includes spiritual well-being (Soul and Spirit).

Mental well-being: Which is what a person thinks and what his brain carries out,

Physical well-being is what our body lives, suffers, enjoys and desires,

Environmental well-being is a person’s agreement with his surroundings.

And all these joined to socio-cultural well-being, and socio-economic well-being. Health is NOT THE APARENT ABSENCE of ILLNESS. Unfortunately, most people think that Health is simply not being confined to a bed, not running a fever, or not being ill. Being healthy includes all the concepts of integral well-being described by the World Health Organization and not just the absence of illness.

What does Health have to do with Food and Nutrition?

Since you are reading this on your computer, you are probably aware that you can

- feed the hard drive of your computer by inputting new information.

- feed the container where you deposit trash, and fill it with something, anything at all.

- feed your body with anything, and you may be filling it with something that may not necessarily be good for your health, with no nutrients or good substances for you.

On the other hand NURTURE is a function of ingesting those NUTRIENTS that ARE essential for good performance of each of our cells, and of course our whole body.

So what those nutrients?

There are several types of essential NUTRIENTS. Classified in a broad and simple way these are

- Macronutrients,

- Micronutrients,

- Enzymes and

- co-Enzymes.

Besides these we have the new concept of Phyto-Nutrients known also as the nutrients coming from the vegetable kingdom.

It is important to mention oxygen and water. Without oxygen and water we could not live. Even though oxygen and water do not contain calories they are essential to our health and life.

“Mr. Energetic” or “Mr. Carbohydrate” also known as sugar and please don’t think that is just the sugar you use to sweeten your drink. This sugar comprises of a list of nutrients that include monosaccharides or simple sugars. Here we find the basic building blocks to create very important molecules. One kind of these molecules is called glyconutrients.

Additionally we find other sugars also known as complex carbohydrates made up of several molecules. Some are called disaccharides, and the prefix “Di” stands for two molecules monosaccharides and other called polysaccharides or starch - shaped by several monosaccharide molecules.

Next, we have the group called dietary fiber which are divided into two groups: Soluble and insoluble in water. They do not produce calories, but possess great features aiding the body in digestion.

What is the purpose of these molecules?

In summary, these molecules supply energy and assist us in the multiple and complex processes of our cells through out our life, from the first second of our life until the last. In another report we will concentrate on these processes. We will be covering Fatty Acids, Proteins, Trace Elements, Phyto Chemicals and others.

In conclusion, when we eat we are nourishing our cells. This is a concept that goes way beyond simple eating. You feed your body with what you want to eat, but you are not nourishing it.

Before we begin to nourish ourselves it is important to know that the foundation for good health is prevention. Prevention begins through radical changes in our lifestyle, by eliminating all harmful practices and learning to think correctly. Learn to relax your body with meditation, and have a better quality of life. All this is key to good health.

Elleyne VanBryce is a member of the AIANE (American International Association of Nutritional Education) and is currently being certified in Nutritional Education and Health. Visit her health blog today. She invites you to leave your comments.

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