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Hello and welcome to
Health For A Lifetime.
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I'm your host Don
Mackintosh, and today
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we're gonna be
talking about breast health.
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And talking with us
today is Dr. Christine Salter,
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she is in family
medicine in St. Louis and
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you've practiced
there about five years,
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six years, about
five years, that's great.
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And you have a rich background,
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you've done your
doctor in chiropractic
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as well as you've
worked with you know
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natural medicine,
you bring a great blend
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of lifestyle approaches
along with traditional
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medicine,
absolutely, all together.
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And, not only that
you're a mom, I am,
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and everybody
knows that somehow a mom
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knows every
thing, we do. I mean, so,
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you know always when
I worked in the hospital
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you know the
nurses that were always
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the best they'd
raise the family they just,
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they didn't even
get flat by anything so,
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that's right you know.
We're glad you're with us.
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We're gonna talk
about a very important
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you know subject today
and that is breast health.
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And normally when we
talk about this we think
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about of course
females but of course males
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have breasts too, that's right,
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and they have problems sometimes
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they can develop. Talk
to us about breast health,
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breast cancer. Where
is that in terms of being
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the cause of
death in America and how
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important should we
take our breast health.
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Well you know if I
ask a 100 women what
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they think is gonna
be the number one killer,
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they would tell me
breast cancer most likely,
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but in fact it's heart
disease and heart disease
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kills a lot more
people than breast cancer, but
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breast cancer is
deadly, it is the third cancer
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for women behind
lung and colon cancer.
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So, a lot less women
die from breast cancer
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compared to heart disease but
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it is significant, and
so that's very concerning,
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that's very
concerning. And so what are the
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types of things
that we can do to again,
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I mean we've talked
about some other cancers,
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we've talked
about colon cancer and
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we said that
that's something that can
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developed over a
long amount of time maybe
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seven, ten years.
How long does it take to
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develop a palpable
or something you could
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feel you know breast cancer.
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You know, it depends in
the type of breast cancer
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you got the very
aggressive types and
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that could real
develop in just a few months
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and you know I've
had patients where
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you know within a
very short period of time
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that they felt a
lump in the breast,
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other types of cancers
can be there for years.
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And just very slow growing,
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so either way we
want early detection,
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we want women and
men to become familiar
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with what's
normal for them, because
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everyone's breast is different.
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One is that you
start being concerned
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about this, what
age should people really
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start worrying about this? Well,
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or being aware of this
maybe it's a better word.
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Well, women between
40 or 50 then a born
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killer is breast
cancer, but we don't need
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to wait until
you've turned 40 or 50 and
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so once you go
through puberty we want young
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ladies to become
familiar with their breasts.
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And, what we said
palpates their breast
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and feel the
breast to make sure that
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they know
what's normal for them.
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Some women have
lumpy breasts we call it
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fibrocystic
change, usually fibrocystic
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disease but we know
this is not a disease,
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but some women
have lumpy breast than
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others. So, even if
you have fibrocystic change
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you can still
examine your breast and say
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well this is
what's normal for me,
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and then if there's a
change you're not really
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going looking for a
cancer you're just looking,
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you're just feeling
this what's normal and then
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oh! I feel a change,
and then that would then
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stimulate you to go in
and get further diagnostic
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test done to see is
this change an abnormal
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change or is it
nothing to be worry about,
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nothing to worry about exactly.
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And so when you go in
for screening then say
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to your office or
where do you refer them
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what types of
screening do they have, okay.
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Well, an annual
clinical examine is what's
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recommended for
women and usually
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we say starting at the
age of 18 or you know 21
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and so that means a
physician will actually
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do that breast exam,
and we check to see to it,
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we feel anything
abnormal then there is actual
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screening, imaging
studies. Now what's recommend
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by the American
Cancer Society are
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mammograms and
that's what they take x-rays
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of the breast. That is
the different organizations
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some say start at
get a baseline at 35,
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some says start at
age 40 and do it annually
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others say age at
50, you know some say
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age 40 into every
two years and then at 15
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to annually. I
would like to mention that
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there is another
type of imaging that
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is less invasive that
may detect cancer even
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earlier than a mammogram and
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that's called a thermogram,
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and how's that done? And that's,
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that's done
through digital infrared,
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so the breasts are
not traumatized and
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they're not
exposed to radiation.
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And so I
personally prefer to do a
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thermogram, okay and
that's what I did myself,
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okay. And had a
whole body thermogram done
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that would look not
only at the breast but
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at the entire body.
Thermogram does that
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mean like a heat
sensing thing, it's a heat
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sensing because a
malignancy or a cancer
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is very vascular, a
lot of circulation and you
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know what's it like
when you sprain in ankle
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and you have a lot of
circulations it's very
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warm, okay, and you,
then there's a definite
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difference and so
the thermogram has been
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done for years in
this country. And in
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the European
countries and it will pick up
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subtle differences and
temperature that will alert
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you to
something that's going on.
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So if you were to
say thermogram versus
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mammogram which is
the most accurate or
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are they both the
same? I would have to say
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that thermograms will
pick up lesions much earlier.
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Is that right, because
it's just based on heat,
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it's based on
heat and it's not wait,
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it's not waiting until
you can see classifications
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and see, okay, a
natural lump anything like that.
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And anybody
that's watching say in a
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western country if they
talk to their physician,
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they'll know
what a thermogram is?
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They would know the thermogram,
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that there are places
around the country there
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is a place in St.
Louis they all doctor around
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the country where
they can get thermogram's
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done. It doesn't
mean you never have a
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mammogram, I do some
people for diagnostic
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mammograms, if the
thermogram comes up
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abnormal we'll send
them for an ultra sound
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and we may end up
doing a diagnostic
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mammogram. Okay,
so but that's the good
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front line thing and
it would be recommended
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if someone is
watching and they're 35 and
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above to get that
done. I would recommend that.
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Now the American
society, they're not making
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that their official
statement, their official
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statement is
get a mammogram done
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every year, but
because of what I read
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in the research on
thermograph I think
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it would be wise and
prudent to get that done,
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and to pick up
anything much sooner,
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right that even
the mammogram would do,
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right. Okay, yeah, so
let's talk about you know
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breast cancer in
terms of family history,
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is there a connection?
There is a connection
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and if you have
a mother, sister,
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aunt with breast
cancer you have a
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significantly higher
risk, but I do want to
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mention that most
case of breast cancer
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occur what we call
sporadically meaning that
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is there no family
history, there isn't anything
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obvious that would
say that you get breast
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cancer. Many women
come in and say well
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I don't have a family
history and no I've not
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had screening and no
I don't do self breast
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exam because I
don't have family history,
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that doesn't
matter, because most cases
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there is no
family history, okay,
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but if you have a
family history you are at
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high risk, okay. So if
you get, if you're into
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the high risk
category, you've got to be very
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alert to any changes
and especially to doing
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the screening test
of the thermography
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or the mammogram
and then dietary changes
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and lifestyle changes.
Well let's not leave the
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men out, say a little
bit about that. How many,
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have you ever seen
any cases of breast cancer
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in men and how were
it should or concerned
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should we say should
they be? I personally
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only seen one case,
okay, but some men do
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get breast cancer with
much smaller percentage
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compared to
women, but they do get
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breast cancer so if a
man finds a lump around
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the nipple or in the
breast area he should
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alert his
physician to that so that the
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appropriate test is
done, a diagnostic biopsy
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would need to be
done. I found that men
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tend to want to
avoid lumps symptoms,
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avoid to go in and
getting tests done and
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getting studies
done, right, and they tend
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to ignore things.
We don't want the men
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to ignore an
abnormal lump in the breast,
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abnormal lump in the
testicle that we're missing
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or testicular cancer
these things need to be
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checked out,
need to be biopsied.
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Now, you know, you
know usually men they
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don't have as large
amount of breast tissue
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as a women
would have so is that,
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I'm just wondering I
don't know the answer
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would it be
perhaps even more dangerous
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because it could
easily get into other parts
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of the body sooner
with a man than a women or?
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Not
necessarily. Not necessarily.
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I mean the size of the
breast, not necessarily,
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if you've got an
aggressive cancer
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it's gonna to get
into the lymph nodes,
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into the blood stream
and go to other areas.
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So what are some
lifestyle factors that
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can impact then
breast health for there men
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or women? Exercise
is one of the biggest
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lifestyle factors
that are important
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for breast health.
Why would you say that?
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Why not, well explain it to me,
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well that the fact,
they've actually done
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studies and
they've looked at women who
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exercise at least
30 minutes a day for
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at least 3 to 4 times
a week and that they're
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found that they
have lower risk of
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breast cancer than
women who do less exercise.
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So what kind of
exercise, weight lifting.
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We are talking
about moderate intensity
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exercise what that's
what three to four miles
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per hour, the 15
minute mile, okay,
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so this is not
casual stroll, okay, okay,
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so you know the 15 minute mile,
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so that you're
huffing and puffing aerobic
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exercise. And
that has been shown,
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and it maybe an
immune function because
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we know that
exercise effects the immunity
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and when we talk
about cancer and realize
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about immune surveillance,
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it's the immune
cells that have to detect
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and say is this
my cell, is this not,
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is this an
abnormal cell. Do we need to
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attack this, do we
need to get rid of it,
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and if you don't
have a good functioning
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immune system we
have problems not only
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with cancer but
with other things.
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So is that true
than, I mean our bodies are
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going to encounter
or encounter cancer
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cells either produce
them or encounter them
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everybody will, everybody will,
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and so exercise is
just putting up the defense
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against it,
absolutely. Anyone is going to
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experience it,
exactly so it's a given.
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We're always faced
with cancer cells everyday
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every minute every
second, it's a given we
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live in a toxic
world, damage has always
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been done, mutations occur,
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what the body
does it corrects them.
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It go, it corrects
them so if we're exercising
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and it's got good circulation,
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got good immune cells,
the body takes care of it.
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Okay so that's
one lifestyle factor,
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we're gonna come
back to lifestyle factors
00:12:50.28\00:12:52.28
and what to do
in our second half,
00:12:52.31\00:12:54.36
but I have just one
question here before
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we go to our
break and that's, yes,
00:12:56.45\00:12:57.58
African American or
other different populations
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you serve, are there
any difference in the
00:13:00.68\00:13:02.34
prevalence of breast
cancer or breast health
00:13:02.37\00:13:05.40
concerns? What we find
in African American women
00:13:05.43\00:13:08.07
is that they tend to
get more aggressive cancers,
00:13:08.10\00:13:10.94
and that they tend to
die from their cancers
00:13:11.64\00:13:14.00
compared to
Caucasian women. Why is that
00:13:14.43\00:13:16.97
what's that, and
we're not sure if this is an
00:13:17.00\00:13:19.94
access to health
care whether they're not
00:13:19.97\00:13:23.44
being followed regularly
by primary care physician,
00:13:24.10\00:13:26.59
whether they are
having symptoms that are
00:13:27.30\00:13:29.74
ignoring them,
whether it's their diet and
00:13:29.77\00:13:32.90
lifestyle that's producing
more aggressive cancers,
00:13:32.93\00:13:35.64
a recent study that
came out and I think
00:13:36.52\00:13:39.07
it was in 2004
whether we're talking about
00:13:39.10\00:13:43.51
the African
Americans and what they were
00:13:43.54\00:13:46.49
feeling that it was
that continuity with the
00:13:46.52\00:13:48.66
primary care
physician that they,
00:13:48.69\00:13:51.19
that a lot of them
did not have that you know
00:13:51.22\00:13:53.10
felt to go to an
urgent care center or to an
00:13:53.13\00:13:55.38
emergency room, but
there isn't a physician
00:13:55.41\00:13:58.28
telling them you need
to be doing this, okay,
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all you do is self breast exams,
00:14:00.79\00:14:02.03
all you exercise, so
they don't get it soon,
00:14:03.20\00:14:04.97
they don't get worked up soon.
00:14:05.33\00:14:07.10
So especially those
African American women
00:14:07.13\00:14:09.27
that are watching you
know take this to heart,
00:14:09.30\00:14:11.58
because that's
the important message,
00:14:11.61\00:14:13.22
absolutely,
absolutely. We're talking with
00:14:13.25\00:14:14.85
Dr. Christine
Salter we're talking about
00:14:14.88\00:14:16.59
breast health.
We've learned it's a
00:14:16.62\00:14:18.88
significant problem
especially for those
00:14:18.91\00:14:21.00
between ages of 40
and 50, but every age
00:14:21.03\00:14:24.13
really we need to
be concerned about it,
00:14:24.16\00:14:25.78
when we come back
we're gonna talk about
00:14:25.81\00:14:27.04
lifestyle
factors as they relate to
00:14:27.07\00:14:29.50
breast health, join
us when we come back.
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Welcome back, we're talking with
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Dr. Christine
Salter. We're talking about
00:15:35.05\00:15:36.72
breast health, and
before the break we were
00:15:36.75\00:15:38.91
talking about breast
cancer it can affect both
00:15:38.94\00:15:41.55
men and women. You
said you saw one case
00:15:41.58\00:15:43.43
of within men I've
seen probably about
00:15:43.46\00:15:46.18
six actually,
okay over the years as
00:15:46.21\00:15:48.77
I visit you know,
working as a nurse then
00:15:48.80\00:15:51.70
as a pastor, okay,
but we talked about how
00:15:53.56\00:15:56.99
we can screen for
this, we talked about
00:15:57.02\00:15:58.65
manually screening for that,
00:15:59.68\00:16:00.81
we've talked about what is that,
00:16:00.84\00:16:03.87
the thermogram or thermography,
00:16:03.90\00:16:05.77
thermogram
thermography and mammography,
00:16:05.80\00:16:08.24
that's right,
that you recommend the
00:16:08.84\00:16:10.45
thermography and
that it's something that
00:16:10.48\00:16:13.54
you can ask you
physician about and get
00:16:13.57\00:16:15.29
that done. We
talked about really making
00:16:15.32\00:16:17.54
sure you're
doing especially after
00:16:17.57\00:16:19.64
age well 18, 19, and
20, do the self breast exam.
00:16:19.67\00:16:25.12
Self breast exam
and doing that and just
00:16:25.15\00:16:27.04
recognizing that
and then every once
00:16:27.07\00:16:29.52
in a while having
once a year after you're
00:16:29.55\00:16:32.00
age 35 was it?
Well 35 willing to get
00:16:32.03\00:16:34.03
a baseline imaging
study, baseline imagine study,
00:16:34.70\00:16:37.48
okay and then at
40 then every couple
00:16:37.51\00:16:39.44
of years to continue
with that and after age 50
00:16:39.47\00:16:41.82
to have annual
studies. And we talked about
00:16:42.66\00:16:45.57
the fact that
African American women many
00:16:45.60\00:16:47.13
times have more
aggressive cancers or
00:16:47.16\00:16:49.47
they're caught
later perhaps because
00:16:49.50\00:16:51.01
they don't have the
access or they're not
00:16:51.04\00:16:52.88
being cajoled or
what not and we're trying
00:16:52.91\00:16:56.19
to do that with this
program make sure and
00:16:56.22\00:16:57.83
get checked and
this taken care of to see
00:16:57.86\00:17:00.55
whether or not
there is a problem.
00:17:00.58\00:17:01.92
Now what about premenopausal or
00:17:02.49\00:17:04.30
postmenopausal women
is there any difference
00:17:04.33\00:17:06.79
as it relates to
breast health? There is
00:17:06.82\00:17:08.56
a difference and
premenopausal breast
00:17:08.59\00:17:12.07
cancer tends to
be more aggressive.
00:17:12.10\00:17:13.99
So it's more
aggressive tends to spread and
00:17:14.97\00:17:18.53
kill compared to postmenopausal
00:17:18.56\00:17:21.17
breast cancer,
but we don't mention
00:17:21.95\00:17:23.43
that after age 50 the
incidents rises fairly
00:17:23.46\00:17:29.55
rapidly in women.
So, between age 40 and 50
00:17:29.58\00:17:33.88
we said it's the
number one killer,
00:17:33.91\00:17:35.10
but after age 50
it is more prevalent,
00:17:36.12\00:17:39.16
it's more prevalent
but not quite as deadly,
00:17:40.03\00:17:41.23
not quite as deadly absolutely.
00:17:42.22\00:17:43.58
But, interestingly
enough women who are obese
00:17:44.32\00:17:48.20
in the postmenopausal
they have high risk
00:17:48.95\00:17:52.09
of breast cancer.
And do you know why?
00:17:52.12\00:17:56.08
Well I would
guess that because when
00:17:56.98\00:17:58.79
you're obese you
have all across the body
00:17:58.82\00:18:02.33
just a generalized inflammation.
00:18:02.36\00:18:05.47
That's right you
got inflammation,
00:18:05.50\00:18:08.39
you have insulin resistance, you
00:18:09.69\00:18:11.03
have more instant that
drives that process but
00:18:11.06\00:18:12.58
also you've got all
that fat that's converting
00:18:12.61\00:18:14.93
hormones to
estrogen, okay. And so,
00:18:16.94\00:18:20.51
it feeds cancer
growth, it feeds but it's not
00:18:20.54\00:18:22.97
just the estrogen is that in the
00:18:23.00\00:18:24.41
postmenopausal
time you don't have the
00:18:24.44\00:18:26.64
progesterone that
bounces that estrogens, okay.
00:18:26.67\00:18:29.58
So now you've got
what we call estrogen
00:18:29.61\00:18:31.26
dominance state
without bouncing from the
00:18:31.29\00:18:34.63
progesterone that
very often can drive that
00:18:34.66\00:18:39.12
process. So, women
who's postmenopausal
00:18:39.15\00:18:43.05
and obese is at high
risk and so it's gonna be
00:18:44.19\00:18:46.00
really important that
she gets that weight off
00:18:46.03\00:18:48.21
and through diet exercise.
Okay so lets talk about
00:18:49.18\00:18:53.81
some of these lifestyle
things leading or alluding
00:18:53.84\00:18:55.60
to that you know
before the break you said
00:18:55.63\00:18:57.46
that lifestyle factors
that can prevent breast
00:18:59.25\00:19:01.87
problems or enhance
breast health would be
00:19:01.90\00:19:05.37
exercised and you've
mentioned that again now,
00:19:05.40\00:19:08.72
okay, and now what
are some other things
00:19:09.30\00:19:11.22
that we can do?
Okay, now, the American
00:19:11.25\00:19:13.58
Cancer Society
does mentioned that any
00:19:13.61\00:19:16.46
amount of alcohol
increases the risk for
00:19:16.49\00:19:19.93
breast cancer, any
amount, any amount of
00:19:19.96\00:19:22.53
alcohol increase the
risk of breast cancer.
00:19:22.56\00:19:24.47
So basically what
they say is that if you're
00:19:25.06\00:19:27.01
at high risk, they
say abstain, okay, okay.
00:19:27.04\00:19:31.56
What would put you
at high risk, well,
00:19:32.17\00:19:34.15
I mean go ahead, tell
me, well if you're obese,
00:19:35.17\00:19:37.09
right, if you've
got a family history.
00:19:37.81\00:19:39.16
Now there is some
other information about
00:19:40.57\00:19:43.75
breast cancer that
might put you at risk and
00:19:43.78\00:19:46.30
it's abortion in
the teenage years,
00:19:48.47\00:19:50.20
really so if you've
had an abortion you're at
00:19:50.78\00:19:52.22
much high risk, as a
teenager, as a teenager.
00:19:52.25\00:19:55.60
And do they know why?
The feeling is that when
00:19:56.36\00:20:00.11
the breast, the
teenagers having developing
00:20:00.14\00:20:02.94
breast and so
they're in that process of
00:20:02.97\00:20:05.15
developing and so
then if you've got a baby
00:20:05.18\00:20:09.14
that growing, there
are lots of hormones
00:20:09.17\00:20:11.26
and if it's taken and
if that process is stopped
00:20:11.29\00:20:13.77
abruptly you still
got this developing cells
00:20:13.80\00:20:16.82
and this, I see, and
this hormone that's just
00:20:16.85\00:20:20.95
floating around okay.
And that, there's actually
00:20:20.98\00:20:25.92
an organization that
does research on this,
00:20:25.95\00:20:28.99
that talks about the abortion,
00:20:30.53\00:20:32.69
breast cancer association.
So, just simply put there
00:20:33.32\00:20:37.04
are so many things
going on with those cells
00:20:37.07\00:20:38.89
because they're
developing then they
00:20:38.92\00:20:40.14
have the hormones to
get ready for the baby
00:20:40.17\00:20:41.56
that it's just like
a traffic jam and some
00:20:41.59\00:20:43.95
of them go haywire
and they get cancer,
00:20:43.98\00:20:45.64
exactly, of course
because they're growing,
00:20:45.67\00:20:46.90
cells that are
growing rapidly are at risk,
00:20:47.63\00:20:50.79
very
vulnerable, very vulnerable.
00:20:50.82\00:20:53.15
So teenage abortion,
teenage abortion, alcohol,
00:20:53.18\00:20:56.28
anything else? Obesity, obesity,
00:20:57.26\00:20:59.01
okay then diet
interestingly enough.
00:20:59.04\00:21:01.46
Diet, the
legumes, the black beans,
00:21:03.41\00:21:07.69
the chick peas they
have a specialized fiber
00:21:07.72\00:21:10.78
that is protect to
the breast, they compete
00:21:11.66\00:21:13.21
with the excess
estrogen that maybe there,
00:21:14.51\00:21:16.69
and so they're very
protective to the breast,
00:21:17.38\00:21:19.83
black beans and garbanzos,
00:21:19.86\00:21:21.24
all the legumes
flat and also flax seed
00:21:22.11\00:21:24.08
is the specialized
fiber lignin fiber that
00:21:26.53\00:21:29.24
is very protective to
the breast. And broccoli,
00:21:29.27\00:21:33.53
the cruciferous
family they have something
00:21:34.33\00:21:36.07
called
indole-3-carbinol that actually
00:21:36.10\00:21:39.50
prevents
malignant transformation you
00:21:39.53\00:21:42.58
know in the
breast. And so, we want
00:21:42.61\00:21:45.65
women having the
foundation of the diets
00:21:45.68\00:21:49.13
based on legumes,
based on vegetables and
00:21:49.16\00:21:51.90
we've talked about
this in the context of
00:21:51.93\00:21:53.32
other cancers, but the broccoli,
00:21:53.35\00:21:56.13
the cauliflower, the
Brussels sprouts those
00:21:56.16\00:21:57.89
in the cruciferous
vegetable families are
00:21:57.92\00:22:00.29
very important for the breast.
00:22:00.32\00:22:02.80
Man, I tell you
it's making me hungry and
00:22:03.96\00:22:06.04
even though you
might say I wouldn't need
00:22:06.07\00:22:08.44
to worry about that
too much. Now you know
00:22:08.47\00:22:09.97
we were talking
before and you know
00:22:10.00\00:22:13.30
in the break about
how there sometimes
00:22:13.33\00:22:15.22
is a connection
between colon cancer and
00:22:15.25\00:22:18.39
breast cancer, you
said there maybe some
00:22:18.42\00:22:19.56
kind of connection
what is that connection?
00:22:19.59\00:22:21.29
Well, there is
syndrome it's a familial
00:22:21.32\00:22:23.55
syndrome where
a patient's in the
00:22:23.58\00:22:27.48
family history that
someone has colon cancer
00:22:27.51\00:22:29.50
it's a genetic
syndrome with breast cancer,
00:22:30.98\00:22:33.19
so that's why it's
really important when
00:22:33.80\00:22:34.77
you go to your
physician that your physician
00:22:34.78\00:22:37.05
will take an
extensive family history
00:22:37.08\00:22:39.33
they'll want to
know about your mother,
00:22:39.36\00:22:40.62
father, brother,
sister, aunt, grand parents
00:22:40.65\00:22:43.12
and find out is there
that genetic possibility
00:22:43.15\00:22:48.70
tense of possibility absolutely,
00:22:48.73\00:22:49.97
you know colon
cancer, ovarian cancer,
00:22:50.36\00:22:52.28
breast cancer.
There's a connection between
00:22:52.94\00:22:56.61
all those in a
familiar way. Okay we've talked
00:22:56.64\00:23:00.34
to them about diet,
we've talked about exercise,
00:23:00.37\00:23:02.43
we've talked about
taking the weight off,
00:23:02.46\00:23:04.47
absolutely, anything
else in terms of lifestyle?
00:23:05.27\00:23:08.15
Something women can
do, men can't do this,
00:23:08.77\00:23:10.91
but women can
breastfeed their babies,
00:23:11.72\00:23:13.28
if they would, ever
women would breastfeed
00:23:13.90\00:23:15.90
her baby, she would
decrease their risk of
00:23:15.93\00:23:17.36
breast cancer and
also decrease the risk
00:23:17.39\00:23:21.22
of their child getting asthma,
00:23:21.25\00:23:23.00
sudden infant death
syndrome, allergies in
00:23:23.85\00:23:26.72
general, they might
be smarter too I hope,
00:23:26.75\00:23:28.96
and higher IQs okay. So,
breast feeding I mean so,
00:23:28.99\00:23:34.59
it's a wonderful
thing, protects the breast,
00:23:34.62\00:23:37.41
protects the new
born for life and actually
00:23:38.23\00:23:40.61
decreases diabetes
risk, is that right, yes.
00:23:40.64\00:23:43.32
So, no alcohol,
breast kidding, avoid obesity
00:23:43.92\00:23:46.87
or trying to lose the
weight if you have that
00:23:46.90\00:23:48.54
and then we've
talked about exercise and
00:23:49.23\00:23:51.69
then watch for
that family history?
00:23:52.49\00:23:53.62
And then there's
another thing that recently
00:23:54.31\00:23:56.13
came out and
that antibiotic use,
00:23:56.16\00:23:57.74
using too many
antibiotics and that's a concern
00:23:58.52\00:24:01.14
when patients
goes to the doctor they
00:24:01.17\00:24:02.41
have a viral
infection, they think they need
00:24:02.44\00:24:03.72
an antibiotic.
The antibiotics also
00:24:03.75\00:24:07.67
the bacterial flora
and we said that those
00:24:08.42\00:24:10.82
bacteria is really
important to metabolize
00:24:10.85\00:24:14.77
and get rid of the
access estrogens, yes,
00:24:14.80\00:24:19.15
that's what they do.
And so, if you're using
00:24:19.18\00:24:21.93
a lot of antibiotics
over the years it's gonna
00:24:21.96\00:24:25.43
change that flora, and
possibly affect the way
00:24:25.46\00:24:30.72
that they metabolize
those estrogens there
00:24:30.75\00:24:32.63
by increasing the
risk of breast cancer,
00:24:32.66\00:24:34.59
that's something
that just came out just
00:24:34.62\00:24:35.59
a couple of years
ago. Well we hear a lot
00:24:35.60\00:24:37.53
of about estrogen
therapy people start taking
00:24:37.56\00:24:40.18
that, is that related
to breast cancer? Well,
00:24:40.21\00:24:43.19
there was big
study just recently,
00:24:43.22\00:24:45.41
people know about
that and that they found
00:24:45.44\00:24:49.22
a certain combination
of hormone replacement
00:24:49.25\00:24:51.58
therapy did increase
the risk for invasive
00:24:51.61\00:24:54.41
breast cancer, but
we need to look at it in
00:24:55.22\00:24:57.32
context of the
entire family history,
00:24:57.35\00:25:00.53
the type of hormone
therapy that has been
00:25:01.83\00:25:04.14
used and how it's been
used. So, you're saying
00:25:04.17\00:25:08.41
then to me that
there are some people that
00:25:08.44\00:25:10.51
you put on that
estrogen therapy there,
00:25:10.54\00:25:12.58
but you only do it
once you look at those
00:25:12.61\00:25:14.06
factors. Once, we
do saliva testing to
00:25:14.09\00:25:16.60
determine what
they're deficient in and
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we like to make
sure we're using what
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we say
bioidentical hormones that
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there are hormones
that the body recognizes
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as their own, and so
we do appropriate either
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blood testing also
live, testing to know exactly
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what the hormonal
status is. Lets talk about
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the women that has
developed breast cancer,
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probably one of the
most traumatic things
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in your office is to
tell someone it looks like
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you have this malignancy, what
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kind of help and
hope can we get to those
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people watching
that may just have gotten
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that diagnosis. It's
important that we know
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that type of
breast cancer there is
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appropriately staged
we need to know is it
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just confined to
the breast has it gone
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to the lymph nodes.
The type of treatment
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will depend on
that staging, whether
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it's chemotherapy,
what's the combination of
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chemotherapy and
radiation therapy,
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but again it's really
important that a women
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has that diagnosis
that she builds her immune
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system, because
very often while the
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chemotherapy and
the radiation therapy
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is trying to kill
these cancer cells it also
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damages our own
cells, and so it's important
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that she builds her
immunity and do that
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through diet,
through lifestyle, through
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various herbs and
nutritional supplements,
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there are ways to build that,
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integrative
treatment. So that we can offset
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some of the damage
that the chemotherapy
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does to the
body's good cells, right,
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while it's trying
to kill the bad cells.
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You've had some
successful with that
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yourself you've seen
this miraculous things
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that you were
telling me some of those
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experiences and
that's just very energizing.
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But when you give the
body what it is needs,
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phytonutrienats,
glyconutrients and if you
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and if the cancer has
not over whelmed the body,
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then whatever disease
it is, if the body has
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what it needs, if
the body is remarkable,
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we're truly fair
wonderfully made,
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the body, the Lord
has designed the body
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to repair and
heal and regenerate
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if given the right tools.
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Thank you Dr.
Salter for being with us
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and thank you for what
you do in your practice.
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We just have enjoyed
talking with you today,
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well I've enjoyed being here,
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thank you very
much, and thank you for
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being with us on
Health For A Lifetime.
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There are a lot of
take home messages from
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today's program, if
you are a woman or man,
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but especially
women today you need to be
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first of all examining
your own breast following
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these procedures
and there is just a lot
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of lifestyle things
that were mentioned.
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We hope that as a
result of today's program,
00:27:48.44\00:27:49.97
you will never have to
develop a breast cancer,
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but if you do you will
pick it up be able to get
00:27:54.13\00:27:56.29
the appropriate
treatment and that
00:27:56.32\00:27:58.89
you'll have Health
that lasts For A Lifetime.
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