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Understanding Breast Cancer

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00:01 >> BILL: TODAY ON "IT IS WRITTEN" ANOTHER ONE OF
00:02 OUR LIVE HEALTHY PROGRAMS WITH OUR SPECIAL GUEST
00:04 DR. FERREIRA. TODAY'S TOPIC BREAST CANCER. I
00:08 HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US. WE WILL BACK
00:09 IN JUST A MINUTE.
00:16 (MUSIC)
00:23 >> NARRATOR: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME.
00:27 GOD'S BOOK THE BIBLE,
00:30 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD.
00:35 "IT IS WRITTEN" FOUNDED BY GEORGE VANDEMANN,
00:40 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD.
00:45 (MUSIC)
00:54 >> BILL: ON TODAY'S "IT IS WRITTEN" PROGRAM IT IS
00:55 ANOTHER ONE OF OUR LIVE HEALTHY PROGRAMS
00:57 WITH OUR SPECIAL GUEST DR.
00:58 FERREIRA. AH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BREAST CANCER AND
01:02 STATISTICS INDICATE THAT 1 OUT OF EVERY 9 WOMEN IN
01:08 NORTH AMERICA WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST
01:09 CANCER. AND SO I THINK IT'S A TOPIC THAT NEEDS
01:13 TO BE ADDRESSED. AND DR.
01:14 FERREIRA I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ONCE AGAIN
01:17 ACCEPTING OUR INVITATION TO JOIN US. >> DR.
01:20 VIRIATO FERREIRA: WELL THANK YOU. >> BILL:
01:21 YOU ARE DEFINITELY A FAVOURITE OF OUR, OF
01:22 OUR VIEWERS. AH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE THAT
01:24 MAYBE WATCHING FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME LET'S JUST
01:25 QUICKLY RECAP OR GIVE US A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHO
01:28 YOU ARE, YOUR TRAINING AND THEN WE'LL GET RIGHT
01:35 INTO TO, THE TOPIC. >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: WELL
01:36 I'M A MEDICAL DOCTOR. I, I TRAINED QUITE A FEW YEARS
01:41 AGO ALREADY IN SOUTH AFRICA IN CAPETOWN AND
01:42 THEN WORKED IN A FEW PLACES. WORKED IN THE
01:43 U.K., WORKED IN THE U.S.
01:45 AND WE WORK NOW PRESENTLY IN EUROPE, IN LISBON,
01:46 PORTUGUAL AND WE DO A LOT OF HEALTH EDUCATION. I
01:52 SEE PATIENTS AND I SPEAK ALL OVER THE PLACE ABOUT
01:57 PREVENTION, BASICALLY ABOUT PREVENTION AND
01:58 HOW TO USE LIFESTYLE TO PREVENT DISEASE. >> BILL:
02:03 WELL WE APPRECIATE VERY MUCH YOU ACCEPTING THIS
02:07 INVITATION. >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: THANK YOU.
02:08 >> BILL: WE KNOW YOU'RE A BUSY MAN. >> DR. VIRIATO
02:11 FERREIRA: YES. >> BILL: BUT I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A
02:12 SOFT SPOT FOR "IT IS WRITTEN" CANADA. >> DR.
02:13 VIRIATO FERREIRA: YEAH I DO, I DO. >> BILL: ALL
02:15 RIGHT AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. AH WAS I CORRECT IN
02:17 1 OUT OF 9 WOMEN IN NORTH AMERICA? >> DR. VIRIATO
02:18 FERREIRA: THAT'S TRUE, THAT'S TRUE BILL. UM IT
02:20 DOESN'T MEAN -- >> BILL: IT SOUNDS LIKE TOO MUCH.
02:22 >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S
02:23 1 OUT OF 9 WOMEN THAT WILL DIE FROM BREAST
02:24 CANCER. THEY WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST
02:26 CANCER. >> BILL: DIAGNOSED WITH IT, RIGHT. >>
02:27 DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: SO THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE
02:28 BECAUSE MANY OF THE, MANY OF THE WOMEN WE DIAGNOSE
02:30 WITH BREAST CANCER ACTUALLY SURVIVE. >>
02:31 BILL: HMM. >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: AND BUT IT IS
02:33 TRUE. IT'S, IT'S THE MOST COMMONLY DIAGNOSED CANCER
02:36 IN WOMEN PRESENTLY AND IT'S, IT'S JUST SECOND TO
02:37 LUNG CANCER IN THE CAUSE, IN THE CAUSE OF DEATH IN
02:42 WOMEN IN, IN THIS COUNTRY.
02:43 SO WE'RE DEALING WITH A TREMENDOUS UM, IT'S, IT'S
02:46 A VERY COMMON DISEASE.
02:47 IT CAUSES TREMENDOUS SUFFERING. THEIR FAMILIES
02:53 NOW GRIEVING BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF THEIR LOVED
02:58 ONES BECAUSE OF BREAST CANCER. I REMEMBER WHEN
02:59 I WAS ABOUT 16, 17 ONE OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS
03:03 MOTHER WENT THROUGH UM THIS TERRIBLE DISEASE OF
03:09 BREAST CANCER. >> BILL: YES. >> DR. VIRIATO
03:10 FERREIRA: AND THEN ACTUALLY EVENTUALLY DIED.
03:11 SO AH BUT FORTUNATELY TODAY THAT WAS QUITE A
03:14 FEW YEARS AGO, SO TODAY THERE ARE MANY SURVIVORS
03:15 THROUGH BREAST CANCER.
03:17 MANY SURVIVORS AND I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT.
03:18 THERE IS A DISEASE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH TODAY,
03:20 TODAY THAT THERE IS HOPE FOR IT AND NOT JUST IN
03:23 DIAGNOSING IT EARLY. BUT ALSO IN UM IN TREATMENT
03:24 OPTIONS, SO. >> BILL: NOW IS THIS A PROBLEM THAT
03:32 ONLY WOMEN SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT? >> DR.
03:34 VIRIATO FERREIRA: NO, NO UNFORTUNATELY NOT. I JUST
03:35 A FRIEND OF MINE ALSO IT'S NOT JUST COINCIDENCE.
03:38 BUT WELL A FRIEND OF MIN DEVELOPED BREAST CANCER
03:43 MAYBE ABOUT 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO. HE'S ABOUT 40 AND
03:44 1% OF ALL THE CASES IN BREAST CANCER ARE IN
03:49 MEN. >> BILL: HMM. >> DR.
03:50 VIRIATO FERREIRA: SO 99% I'M WOMEN BUT 1% IN MEN.
03:52 SO IT CAN EFFECT MEN AS WELL. >> BILL: NOW TO WHAT
03:55 DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THIS INCREASE OR THIS I MEAN
03:56 THESE ARE ALMOST EP, I MEAN I'M, I'M NOT GONNA
04:04 SAY EPIDEMIC NUMBERS BUT THIS IS A, THESE ARE
04:06 SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS. >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: IT
04:07 IS. IT IS COMING TO THAT.
04:08 YES IT IS. YOU KNOW WE DON'T REALLY KNOW UM
04:10 EVERYTHING. >> BILL: MMM-HMM. >> DR. VIRIATO
04:14 FERREIRA: OF COURSE.
04:15 AND THE MORE I, I STUDY MEDICINE THE MORE I
04:18 REALIZE I DON'T KNOW.
04:19 >> BILL: RIGHT. >> DR.
04:20 VIRIATO FERREIRA: YOU KNOW MOST, AND BREAST
04:21 CANCER IT SEEMS TO BE UM RELATED WITH LIFESTYLE
04:24 FACTORS. >> BILL: HMM.
04:25 >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: THERE'S SOME GENETIC
04:31 FACTORS. UM LIFESTYLE IS COMING TO, TO A VERY
04:38 PROMINENT POSITION IN BREAST CANCER. >> BILL:
04:39 OH IT IS. >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: YOU SEE YOU
04:42 LOOK AT FOR EXAMPLE SOME SOCIETIES THAT CONSUME OR
04:43 EAT A LOT OF PLANT BASED FOODS. >> BILL: HMM. >>
04:45 DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: OKAY BREAST CANCER IN THOSE
04:50 SOCIETIES USUALLY, USUALLY MUCH LESS COMMON THEN IN
04:54 OUR SOCIETY. AND WHEN THOSE PEOPLE FOR EXAMPLE
04:55 WHEN THEY COME AND LIVE IN THE WEST AND THEY
04:58 CHANGE THEIR LIFE. THEY CHANGE THEIR LIFESTYLE
05:03 BREAST CANCER GOES UP.
05:04 SO IT DEFINITELY HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH
05:07 LIFESTYLE AND WE'RE GONNA TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN
05:08 THE PROGRAM. UM BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT MANY OF
05:11 THE BREAST CANCERS YOU KNOW WE DON'T KNOW WHY
05:15 THEY COME UP. >> BILL: HMM. >> DR. VIRIATO
05:16 FERREIRA: AND UM AND ONE THING THAT WHEN I TALK
05:18 ABOUT CANCER I WOULD LIK YOU KNOW THE VIEWERS AT
05:21 HOME TO FEEL THAT UM, UM THAT WE POINTING FINGERS
05:22 OR ANYTHING. YOU KNOW WE TALK, IF WE TALK FOR
05:27 EXAMPLE ABOUT FAT IN THE DIET IT IS TRUE THAT THERE
05:30 IS A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAT AND BREAST CANCER.
05:31 BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEIR BREAST CANCER WAS
05:34 CAUSED BY THAT. >> BILL: RIGHT, RIGHT. >> DR.
05:36 VIRIATO FERREIRA: I MEAN THEY, THEY SHOULDN'T FEE
05:37 GUILTY FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY MIGHT BE DOING OR
05:39 HAVE DONE. >> BILL: RIGHT.
05:40 >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: AND, AND THEN SAY WELL I
05:42 GOT BREAST CANCER BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT MIGHT BE
05:44 TRUE. BUT IT MIGHT NOT.
05:45 SO UM AND I THINK WE, WE SHOULD LOOK POSISITIVELY
05:48 AT THIS DISEASE. >> BILL: SURE. >> DR. VIRIATO
05:49 FERREIRA: AND, AND TRY AND PREVENT AND TRY AND
05:51 TREAT THE BEST WE CAN. >> BILL: YES. I MEAN I GUESS
05:54 THAT'S THE FOCUS RIGHT?
05:55 >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: MMM- HMM. >> BILL: WHAT
05:56 ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE CAN DO TO MINIMIZE THOSE,
05:57 THOSE RISKS? >> DR.
05:59 VIRIATO FERREIRA: THAT'S RIGHT, OKAY YES. >>
06:00 BILL: THOSE RISKS. >> DR.
06:01 VIRIATO FERREIRA: WELL -- >> BILL: WHAT, WHAT
06:02 WOULD YOU SUGGEST? >> DR.
06:03 VIRIATO FERREIRA: WELL LET'S LOOK AT THE CAUSES
06:04 FIRST. >> BILL: SURE. >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA:
06:06 LET'S LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT WE FIND IS THAT BREAST
06:07 CANCER IS FOUND MOST COMMONLY IN WOMEN OF HIG
06:08 SOCIO-ECONIMIC STATUS OKAY. >> BILL: SEE THAT'S
06:10 AMAZING TO ME. >> DR.
06:11 VIRIATO FERREIRA: AND WE THINK THAT IT MIGHT HAVE
06:13 TO DO WITH THE DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF REPRODUCTION
06:18 OKAY. LIKE FOR EXAMPLE UM WE KNOW THAT BREAST
06:19 CANCER IS, IS, IS MORE COMMON IN WOMEN WITH
06:24 FEWER CHILDREN. >> BILL: HMM. >> DR. VIRIATO
06:26 FERREIRA: OKAY, IT'S MORE COMMON IN WOMEN THAT
06:27 BREASTFEED OR FOR A VERY SHORT TIME OR NO
06:32 BREASTFEEDING AT ALL.
06:33 UM IT'S VERY COMMON FOR EXAMPLE IN WOMEN WHO HAVE
06:36 AN EARLY MENOPAUSE AND SORRY EARLY -- WHICH IS
06:42 THE FIRST AGE OF THE FIRST MENSTRUAL PERIOD OR
06:43 LATE MENOPAUSE. >> BILL: HMM. >> DR. VIRIATO
06:49 FERREIRA: AND SO THERE ARE PATTERNS RELATED TO
06:51 THAT. BUT COMING BACK TO THE HIGH SOCIO-ECONOMIC
06:52 STATUS YOU KNOW IT'S, IT'S BECOMING MORE AND
06:55 MORE PREVALENT HAVE FEWER CHILDREN IN OUR
06:58 SOCIETIES. >> BILL: RIGHT.
07:00 >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: YOU KNOW ONE OR TWO AND
07:01 IN THE PAST IT WAS VERY COMMON TO HAVE WOMEN WITH
07:02 4, 5, 6 CHILDREN OR EVEN MORE IN SOME SOCIETIES,
07:05 YOU KNOW UP TO 10. SO TODAY WE'RE CHANGING. YOU
07:09 KNOW THE MORE PROFESSIONAL WOMAN, WOMAN WORKING. YOU
07:10 KNOW THE COUPLE DOESN'T REALLY HAVE TIME
07:15 AND SOMETIMES THE OTHER FACTORS PLAY A ROLE HERE.
07:20 BUT SO FEWER CHILDREN IT'S AN, IT'S AN, IT'S AN
07:21 IMPORTANT FACTOR. AND THE OTHER THING IS FOR
07:24 EXAMPLE AGE. WE SEE THAT IT, IT INCREASES SHARPLY
07:27 UP TO THE AGE ABOUT 50 AND THEN IT SORT OF STARTS
07:29 SLOWING DOWN AND BY THE AGE OF ABOUT 80 IT GOES
07:34 DOWN. >> BILL: HMM. >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: SO
07:37 THERE IS A SHARP INCREASE AT AGE OF ABOUT 35 TO 50
07:38 OKAY. >> BILL: THAT'S VERY INTERESTING. >> DR.
07:41 VIRIATO FERREIRA: AND THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS.
07:43 FOR EXAMPLE GENETIC FACTORS. WE KNOW THAT
07:44 THERE ARE SOME MUTATIONS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH
07:47 BREAST CANCER. SO IF, IF MY GENES OR MY WIFE'S
07:53 GENES HAVE THOSE MUTATIONS WE ARE MORE
07:54 LIKELY TO GET BREAST CANCER. >> BILL: SO WOULD
07:59 THAT MEAN THAT IF A WOMAN HAD A MOTHER FOR EXAMPLE
08:03 THAT HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED.
08:04 >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: OH YES. >> BILL: THERE'S,
08:05 THERE'S A GREATER LIKELIHOOD THAT -- >> DR.
08:06 VIRIATO FERREIRA: YES, YES. >> BILL: THAT THEY
08:08 WOULD ALSO -- >> DR.
08:09 VIRIATO FERREIRA: LIKE A MOTHER OR A SISTER
08:10 YES THERE'S A MUCH HIGHER LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY, THEY
08:11 CAN HAVE BREAST CANCER, YES. UM THE OTHER, THE
08:12 OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT LIKE FOR
08:14 EXAMPLE IF YOU'VE HAD BREAST CANCER BEFORE. OF
08:18 COURSE YOU ARE AT RISK OF HAVING IT AGAIN. >>
08:19 BILL: HMM. >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: OKAY NOT
08:21 JUST THE SAME GROWING SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT
08:22 ANOTHER BREAST CANCER A NEW ONE OKAY. >> BILL:
08:23 WOW. >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: BUT THEN COMING
08:28 TO THE LIFESTYLE I THINK THAT IS YOU KNOW THIS,
08:30 THIS PROGRAM WE TRY AND HELP PEOPLE YOU KNOW TO
08:31 PREVENT DISEASE AND HOW TO USE LIFESTYLE TO
08:35 ACTUALLY TO GET BETTER.
08:36 >> BILL: YES. >> DR.
08:38 VIRIATO FERREIRA: UM, UM LIFESTYLE IT LOOKS AS IF
08:39 OBESITY IS PROBABLY THE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
08:42 FACTORS IN BREAST CANCER.
08:43 >> BILL: HMM. >> DR.
08:46 VIRIATO FERREIRA: WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHY.
08:47 BUT IT HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW IF
08:50 YOU'VE GOT EXCESS WEIGHT YOU KNOW THE ADDED POST
08:55 TISSUE OR THE FAT TISSUE CAN ACTUALLY PRODUCE MORE
08:56 ESTROGEN. WHICH IS ONE OF THE HORMONES UM THAT CAN
09:02 IN HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS IN THE BLOOD PREDISPOSE
09:08 TO BREAST CANCER OKAY. >> BILL: HMM. >> DR. VIRIATO
09:09 FERREIRA: SO OBESITY IS ONE OF THEM. THE OTHER,
09:12 THE OTHER ISSUES FOR EXAMPLE LIKE DIABETES.
09:18 PEOPLE WITH DIABETES, WE BELIEVE DIABETES MAY HAVE
09:19 A SLIGHTLY GREATER RISK OF, OF HAVING BREAST
09:24 CANCER. AND WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHY. ALCOHOL
09:30 CONSUMPTION. >> BILL: YEAH NATURALLY. >> DR. VIRIATO
09:31 FERREIRA: PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ALCOHOL BEING GOOD
09:33 FOR YOUR HEART. >> BILL: RIGHT. >> DR. VIRIATO
09:35 FERREIRA: YOU KNOW IT'S OH BY THE WAY SINCE LAST
09:36 YEAR IN, IN EUROPE THE EUROPEAN UNION ACTUALLY
09:39 BANNED OR FORBADE PEOPLE FROM USING THE IDEA THAT
09:45 ALCOHOL IS GOOD FOR YOU, FOR YOUR HEALTH IN
09:46 ADVERTISING. >> BILL: OH I SEE. >> DR. VIRIATO
09:51 FERREIRA: OKAY SO IT IS NOT TRUE OKAY. IT IS NOT
09:53 TRUE. SO BUT COMING BACK TO BREAST CANCER,
09:54 ALCOHOL, ALCOHOL IS A RISK FACTOR. WE KNOW FOR
09:57 EXAMPLE, YES SORRY. >> BILL: EVEN IN, I WAS JUST
10:02 GONNA SAY EVEN IN MODERATE AMOUNTS? >> DR.
10:03 VIRIATO FERREIRA: EVEN IN MODERATE AMOUNTS. >> BILL:
10:04 EVEN IN MODERATE AMOUNTS.
10:06 >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: YOU KNOW WE TALK ABOUT
10:07 YOU KNOW FOR UM IF A, IF A PERSON DRINKS I'VE GOT
10:09 SOME STATISTICS HERE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO -- >>
10:10 BILL: SURE. >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: JUST TO, JUST
10:13 TO SHOW YOU. 2 DRINKS A DAY, WHICH MEANS ABOUT 30
10:15 GRAMS OF, OF ALCOHOL PER DAY, 2 DRINKS A DAY IT MA
10:17 RAISE THE RISK BY ABOUT 40% OKAY. >> BILL: WOW.
10:20 >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: AND THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.
10:23 >> BILL: YEAH THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE BIG NUMBERS.
10:24 >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
10:27 EVEN ONE DRINK A DAY MAY RISK MAY INCREASE THE
10:28 RISK BY ABOUT 9 TO 10%.
10:29 >> BILL: WOW. >> DR.
10:30 VIRIATO FERREIRA: JUST 1 DRINK A DAY. AND REALLY
10:31 IT'S SO COMMON. YOU KNOW PEOPLE GO OUT AND THEY
10:32 HAVE A DRINK. >> BILL: ABSOLUTELY. >> DR. VIRIATO
10:33 FERREIRA: THEY DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THE RISKS
10:35 ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. AND YOU KNOW I'M NOT SAYING
10:38 THAT IT'S ONLY ALCOHOL OR IT'S ONLY OBESITY OR IT'S
10:39 ONLY DIABETES. NO, YOU KNOW CANCER HAS UM IS A
10:44 MULTI-FACTORAL DISEASE.
10:45 YOU KNOW THERE ARE MANY ASPECTS TO IT. AND BUT
10:49 DEFINITELY THESE ONES THAT I'VE, THAT I'VE
10:51 PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY YOU KNOW THEY, THEY ARE
10:52 THE ONES THAT SEEM TO BE THE STRONGEST. THERE'S
10:55 ANOTHER ONE I, I, I JUST THINK OF PHYSICAL
10:58 ACTIVITY OR INACTIVITY.
11:00 >> BILL: INACTIVITY BEING TH CAUSE, BEING ONE OF THE
11:04 TRIGGERS. >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: EXACTLY.
11:05 >> BILL: RIGHT. >> DR.
11:06 VIRIATO FERREIRA: INACTIVITY. NOT JUST
11:07 BECAUSE IT MAY PRE- DISPOSE TO EXCESS WEIGHT,
11:09 WHICH IS OBVIOUS. BUT FOR REASONS THAT WE DON'T
11:14 UNDERSTAND EXACTLY.
11:15 INACTIVITY MAY HAVE TO DO AN INCREASE RISK OF
11:20 BREAST CANCER AS WELL. >> BILL: HMM. >> DR. VIRIATO
11:21 FERREIRA: SO YOU KNOW THESE IT'S JUST
11:24 A SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT
11:27 REASONS. BUT YOU SEE YOU KNOW LIFESTYLE IS A VERY
11:28 IMPORTANT COMPONENT. THEN WE TALK ABOUT GENETICS
11:33 AND, AND YOUR FAMILY HISTORY AND SO WE'VE GOT
11:38 A DISEASE HERE THAT I THINK IT'S CHANGING ITS
11:39 PATTERN BECAUSE WE'RE CHANGING OUR LIFESTYLE.
11:42 >> BILL: INTERESTING.
11:43 I MEAN THE GENETIC PREDISPOSITION IS
11:45 SOMETHING WE PROBABLY CAN'T, WE CAN'T DO
11:49 ANYTHING ABOUT. >> DR.
11:50 VIRIATO FERREIRA: WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT
11:51 THAT YES. >> BILL: BUT THE LIFESTYLE ISSUES
11:52 WE DEFINITELY HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER AND PROBABLY
11:54 WANT TO MINIMIZE SOME OF THOSE, SOME OF THOSE
11:58 RISKS. >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: THAT'S RIGHT
11:59 YES, YES. >> BILL: YEAH.
12:00 UM LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE, SOME OF THOSE,
12:02 SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
12:03 SOME OF THOSE WELL LET'S, LET'S I MEAN LET'S
12:05 BACKUP. LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
12:08 DIAGNOSIS. >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: WELL THAT'S
12:11 IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE CAN PREVENT DISEASE AND, AND
12:12 THAT'S I THINK IT'S THE, THE CORNERSTONE OF
12:16 WHATEVER WE'RE DOING HERE OKAY. IT'S TO PREVENT, TO
12:20 HELP PEOPLE NOT TO HAVE THE PROBLEMS. >> BILL:
12:21 YES. >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: BUT ONE OF
12:23 THE THINGS THAT ARE IS VERY IMPORTANT IN, IN
12:25 COMBATTING DISEASE IS ACTUALLY EARLY DIAGNOSIS.
12:26 BECAUSE IN CANCER THE EARLIER YOU DIAGNOSE THE
12:28 GREATER THE CHANCES ARE OF, ARE OF CURE. >> BILL:
12:33 RIGHT. >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: OKAY. NOW MOST
12:34 PEOPLE FIND OUT THAT THEY'VE GOT BREAST CANCER
12:37 AAND, AND WHY? BECAUSES THEY FOUND A LUMP. A
12:42 LUMP IN THEIR BREAST AND I REMEMBER AS A MEDICAL
12:48 STUDENT YOU KNOW THEY USED TO TELL US YOU
12:49 TEACH WOMEN TO DO SELF- EXAMINATION OF THE BREAST.
12:52 >> BILL: YES. >> DR.
12:53 VIRIATO FERREIRA: AND YOU KNOW MOST OF MY PATIENTS
12:54 ACTUALLY DO THAT AND UM IT TAKES MAYBE 2 MINUTES OF
13:00 YOUR TIME ONCE A MONTH IN FRONT OF A MIRROR JUST
13:01 DOING SELF- EXAMINATION.
13:04 IT'S JUST A PRACTICAL POINT HERE. YOU KNOW FOR
13:05 WOMEN WHO ARE WATCHING THIS PROGRAM DON'T USE
13:08 THE TIPS OF YOUR FINGERS BECAUSE YOU'LL FEEL EVERY
13:11 LITTLE LUMP, WHICH IS IN YOUR BREAST. IT IS NOT
13:12 THE BEST. USE THE, THE, THE FLAT PART OF YOUR
13:15 FINGERS. >> BILL: OH I SEE, OKAY. >> DR. VIRIATO
13:18 FERREIRA: AND THEN JUST EXAMINE WITH, WITH YOUR
13:19 ARM DOWN, WITH YOUR ARM UP. YOU KNOW DON'T FORGET
13:22 THAT THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF BREAST THAT GOES
13:25 UP TO THE AXILLA OKAY.
13:26 SO IT'S THE BREAST IS NOT ONLY HERE BUT IT ACTUALLY
13:28 GOES UP. SO UM AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. SO MOST
13:29 WOMEN DIAGNOSE, THEY, THEY FIND IF THEY'VE GOT A
13:34 BREAST LUMP. THEN ANOTHER GROUP IS WOMEN WHO HAVE
13:40 MAMMOGRAPHIES, WHICH IS AN, AN X-RAY, A SPECIAL
13:41 X- RAY TEST A QUITE UNCOMFORTABLE ONE
13:44 SO WOMEN TELL ME. AND SO THEY DO THAT AND SOMETIMES
13:49 THEY FIND LITTLE THINGS, LITTLE NODULES. >> BILL:
13:50 MMM-HMM. >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: AND THEN THESE
13:53 ARE THEN FOLLOWED UP AND THEY TURN OUT TO BE MOST
13:55 OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY BENIGN. BUT SOME OF THEM
13:56 ARE ACTUALLY MALIGNANT.
13:58 SO THESE ARE THE TWO MOST COMMON FINDING SIGNS
13:59 OKAY. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING LIKE UM REDNESS
14:03 IN THE SKIN OVER THE LUMP OR UM THE SKIN CAN BECOME
14:10 AND I, I, I DON'T SPEAK FRENCH. WHICH THERE ARE
14:11 MANY PEOPLE HERE MAYBE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS
14:14 OF PEOPLE, MILLIONS PERHAPS THAT SPEAK FRENCH
14:17 -- [SPEAKING FRENCH] >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA:
14:18 WHICH IS LIKE ORANGE PEEL. YOU KNOW YOU LOOK
14:21 AT AN ORANGE PEEL -- >> BILL: OH OKAY. >> DR.
14:22 VIRIATO FERREIRA: WITH THE LITTLE DOTS OKAY. >>
14:23 BILL: YES, OH OKAY. >> DR.
14:24 VIRIATO FERREIRA: AND SO SOMETIMES THE BREAST GET
14:26 THAT APPEARANCE AND THAT IS A SIGN THAT THERE
14:27 COULD BE PROBLEMS. AND THEN THERE COULD BE A
14:30 DISCHARGE FROM THE NIPPLE, UM A SERIOUS OR BLOODY
14:32 DISCHARGE. THERE COULD BE REDNESS SO ANY CHANGE.
14:38 WHAT I'M SAYING THAT ANY CHANGE IN YOUR BREAST
14:41 ESPECIALLY IF THERE IS THIS LUMP GO -- >> BILL:
14:42 GET IT, GET IT CHECKED, RIGHT. >> DR. VIRIATO
14:46 FERREIRA: GET IT CHECKED AND HOW WHAT WILL THE
14:48 DOCTOR DO? WELL IT DEPENDS. YOU KNOW HE
14:49 MIGHT DO A MAMMOGRAPHY IF YOU'VE GOT A LUMP. OR
14:52 AN ULTRASOUND WHICH IS ANOTHER, A SPECIAL TEST.
14:56 YOU KNOW IT'S THAT ONE IS NOT AS -- >> BILL: HMM.
14:57 >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: JUST PUT A LITTLE MACHINE
14:59 OVER AND, AND SEE THE SEE IT ON THE, THE TV SCREEN.
15:02 AND THEN HE MIGHT DECIDE TO DO A FINE NEEDLE
15:03 EXPLORATION BIOPSY.
15:06 THAT'S, THAT'S A VERY THIN NEEDLE AND GO TO THE,
15:07 GO TO THE LUMP AND TAKE A FEW CELLS AND
15:10 THAT USUALLY GIVES THE DIAGNOSIS. BUT SOMETIMES
15:13 IT'S ALSO DIFFICULT TO GET THE DIAGNOSIS
15:14 FROM FINE, FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION AND YOU MIGHT
15:17 HAVE TO MAKE A LITTLE CUT AND TAKE THE LUMP OUT YOU
15:20 KNOW FOR DIAGNOSIS. UM WHAT TO DO AFTER THAT?
15:22 WELL THAT DEPENDS. >> BILL: ON, ON WHAT
15:25 THEY FIND. >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: IT DEPENDS WHAT
15:30 ON WHAT THEY FIND. ON WHAT TYPE OF TUMOUR IT IS.
15:31 IT DEPENDS THEN BUT YOU USUALLY HAVE TO GO AND
15:32 EXCISE THAT AND THEN SEE CANCER WHY IS IT SO
15:41 DANGEROUS? BECAUSE IT DOESN'T ONLY GROW
15:42 LOCALLY. >> BILL: HMM. >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA:
15:45 MOST OF THEM DON'T. THEY CAN SPREAD AND SO WHAT WE
15:46 LOOK IN BREAST CANCER IS FOR SPREAD PRIMARILY TO
15:47 THE LYMPH GLANDS OF THE AXILLA. >> BILL: I SEE. >>
15:53 DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: SO UM ASSOCIATED WITH TAKING
15:57 THE, THE, THE TUMOUR YOU NEED TO SEE IF YOUR LYMPH
15:59 GLANDS ARE EFFECTED OR NOT. >> BILL: OKAY. >> DR.
16:04 VIRIATO FERREIRA: OKAY SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO TAKE
16:06 THE LYMPH GLAND SOMETIMES.
16:08 AND THE TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER IS ACTUALLY
16:11 VERY, VERY REAL, CLOSELY RELATED WITH OUR
16:12 EXPECTATIONS AS A SOCIETY.
16:15 AND THE WOMAN'S EXPECTATIONS AND THE
16:16 MAN'S EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE YOU KNOW
16:18 ONE OF THE MOST COMMON TREATMENTS IS ACTUALLY TO
16:21 TAKE THE BREAST OUT. >> BILL: YEAH. >> DR. VIRIATO
16:22 FERREIRA: A MASTECTOMY.
16:25 >> BILL: HMM. >> DR.
16:26 VIRIATO FERREIRA: BUT IT'S A VERY MUTILATING
16:28 DISEASE. IT'S, IT YOU KNOW THE WHOLE BREAST GOES. >>
16:29 BILL: YES. >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: AND GOES RIGHT
16:33 UP TO THE TOP WITH ALL THE, THE LYMPH NODES. IT'S
16:36 QUITE A MUTILATING DISEASE AND MANY WOMEN
16:37 I WOULD SAY ALL WOMEN UM AND THE SAME FOR MEN.
16:41 WE WOULDN'T LIKE THAT. >> BILL: SURE. >> DR. VIRIATO
16:45 FERREIRA: AND SO, SO THOSE EXPECTATIONS
16:46 ACTUALLY DETERMINE OF WHAT MODALITY. YOU KNOW
16:49 SOMETIMES YOU CAN PLAY AROUND A LITTLE BIT YOU
16:53 KNOW. SOME WOMEN WILL SAY YOU KNOW I REALLY WOULD
16:54 LIKE TO KEEP MY BREAST AND MY TUMOUR IS PROBABLY
16:56 VERY LOCALIZED OR THE TUMOUR INSIDE YOU OKAY.
17:01 AND SO THERE MIGHT BE A CHANCE OF PRESERVING
17:02 THAT. THEY JUST TAKING THE, THE TUMOUR OUT DO
17:06 A, A LYMPH NODE BIOPSY OR EVEN TAKE A CLEARANCE OF
17:10 LYMPH NODES.
17:11 AND SO THAT IS A MODERN A POSSIBILITY. BUT THEN YOU
17:15 KNOW YOU HAVE RADIOTHERAPY AND
17:16 CHEMOTHERAPY. >> BILL: RIGHT. >> DR. VIRIATO
17:17 FERREIRA: SO IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE STAGE OF
17:19 THE CANCER. >> BILL: RIGHT. >> DR. VIRIATO
17:20 FERREIRA: YOU NEED TO TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR
17:22 AND UM BUT VERY IMPORTANT DON'T HIDE IT. DON'T STAY
17:26 AT HOME DOING NOTHING BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE
17:27 BREAST CANCER. >> BILL: YES. >> DR. VIRIATO
17:29 FERREIRA: YEAH. >> BILL: IS THERE ANY WAY TO KNOW
17:31 IF, IF THIS CANCER IS MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO BEING
17:32 DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE BODY? IS THERE
17:36 ANYTHING, ANY PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTICS THAT IT
17:38 WOULD EXHIBIT THAT WOULD SAY WELL THIS ONE'S MORE
17:39 LIKELY TO SPREAD VERSUS THAT ONE? >> DR. VIRIATO
17:42 FERREIRA: THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CANCER
17:44 OKAY. THERE ARE DIFFERENT OF, OF, OF CELLS THAT CAN
17:45 PRODUCE CANCER. SO YES BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S QUITE
17:50 UNPREDICTABLE. >> BILL: IT IS. >> DR. VIRIATO
17:54 FERREIRA: YOU KNOW ITS QUITE UNPREDICTABLE. IF
17:55 IT'S A, IF IT'S A TUMOUR INSIDE YOU THAT
17:56 MEANS A TUMOUR THAT'S VERY LOCALIZED. IT'S STILL IN A
17:58 DUCT OKAY. THAT'S VERY UNLIKELY TO HAVE SPREAD.
17:59 AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SPREAD WE NEED TO CLAR,
18:03 CLARIFY WHAT WE MEAN ABOUT SPREAD. SPREAD CAN
18:06 BE FOR EXAMPLE IF I'VE GOT A TUMOUR THAT I FIND
18:07 I'VE GOT A LITTLE LUMP IT COULD HAVE SPREAD TO THE
18:12 FIRST LYMPH NODE. YOU TAKE THE TUMOUR AND YOU
18:15 TAKE THE LYMPH NODE AND YOU COULD BE CLEARED. >>
18:16 BILL: HMM. >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: OKAY, NOW THAT
18:18 IS LOCAL SPREAD. OKAY UM WELL IT COULD ACTUALLY
18:24 SPREAD TO THE TISSUES AROUND. BUT YOU KNOW
18:25 IF YOU GO TO THE LITTLE LYMPH NODE IT COULD BE,
18:27 IT COULD BE UM ITS, ITS QUITE LOCALIZED STILL.
18:30 BUT THEN YOU COULD HAVE METASTATIC SPREAD, WHICH
18:31 IS YOU KNOW TO OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY. >>
18:36 BILL: HMM. >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: AND, AND THEN
18:38 OF COURSE YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T GO CHASING ALL
18:39 THES BITS. YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. AND YOU
18:41 MAY TAKE 1 OR 2 OR 3 OUT AND YOU COULD HAVE
18:44 HUNDREDS OF OTHERS YOU KNOW COMING UP. >> BILL:
18:45 YEAH. >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: SO AH SO THERE
18:49 ARE TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF SPREAD. AND SPREAD
18:50 DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT IS BAD. IF IT'S
18:51 LYMPH NODE SPREAD IT COULD BE CLEARED. >> BILL:
18:55 REALLY? >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: OKAY SO UM, UM
18:57 BUT COMING BACK TO YOUR QUESTION. IT'S QUITE
18:58 DIFFICULT TO PREDICT IF IT'S, IF IT HAS SPREAD OR
19:02 NOT JUST BY LOOKING AT A, AT THE, AT THE LUMP. SIZE
19:05 OF THE LUMP YES OF COURSE. IF IT'S A BIG LUMP
19:06 IT IS MORE LIKELY TO HAVE SPREAD. YOU KNOW WE'RE
19:09 TALKING ABOUT IF IT'S A PEA SIZE. WE'RE TALKING A
19:14 FEW MILLION CELLS ALREADY SO IT'S UM SO AND BECAUSE
19:15 SOMETIMES YOU KNOW THE BREAST TISSUE IS VERY SOFT
19:20 IT CAN GO UNNOTICED FOR A LONG TIME. >> BILL: FOR A
19:24 LONG TIME. >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: YES. >> BILL:
19:25 WOW. UM LET'S LOOK AT SOME PREVENTIVE THAT WE
19:28 COULD, OPTIONS OR SOME SUGGESTIONS THAT IN YOUR
19:35 EXPERIENCE HAVE SHOWN TO POTENTIALLY LOWER THE
19:36 INCIDENCE OF, OF BREAST CANCER. >> DR. VIRIATO
19:38 FERREIRA: WELL VERY IMPORTANT FIRST POINT,
19:43 MAINTAIN A HEALTHY BODY WEIGHT. EASIER SAID THEN
19:44 DONE, EASIER SAID THEN DONE. IF UM IF THERE WAS
19:49 A SOLUTION TO MAINTAINING BODY WEIGHT YOU KNOW WE
19:53 WOULD ALL BE SLIM AND -- >> BILL: HMM. >> DR.
19:54 VIRIATO FERREIRA: EASILY, OKAY. BUT MAINTAINING A
19:58 HEALTHY BODY WEIGHT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
20:01 PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS.
20:02 >> BILL: ISN'T THAT INTERESTING. >> DR.
20:04 VIRIATO FERREIRA: OKAY. >> BILL: WOW. >> DR. VIRIATO
20:05 FERREIRA: AND IT HAS TO DO WITH HORMONES MOST
20:06 LIKELY OKAY. SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. SECOND,
20:08 EXERCISE, EXERCISE AND THIS HELPS TO MAINTAIN THE
20:14 BODY WEIGHT. BUT IT ALSO THROUGH MECHANISMS THAT
20:15 WE DON'T KNOW YET ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE IT MAY
20:18 PREVENT THE FATAL CASES OKAY, HAVING THE FATAL
20:24 CASES OF BREAST CANCER.
20:25 SO THERE ARE THINGS IN EXERCISE THAT GO BEYOND
20:27 JUST THE BODY WEIGHT. >> BILL: HMM. >> DR. VIRIATO
20:28 FERREIRA: SO UM, UM THERE'S A LOT MORE
20:32 RESEARCH NEEDED IN THAT AREA. BUT YOU KNOW ITS
20:34 ACTIVITY. YOU TALK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO LIVED 50 YEARS
20:35 AGO AND THEY DID NOT HAVE THE LIFESTYLE THAT WE
20:37 HAVE. WE'LL HAVE ONE PROGRAM ON EXERCISE. I
20:42 CALL IT EXERCISE HALF-AN- HOUR A DAY KEEPS THE
20:43 DOCTOR AWAY. YOU KNOW BUT I WE TALK ABOUT THAT
20:47 IN ANOTHER PROGRAM. BUT EXERCISE IS VERY IMPORTANT
20:51 AND THERE ARE NEW THINGS COMING OUT ON EXERCISE
20:52 THAT THEY TELL US THAT IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE
20:54 VIGOROUS, ACT- ACTIVITY YOU KNOW LIKE GOING TO
20:59 THE GYM. IT'S NOT SO MUCH BUT IT'S THE ACTIVITY,
21:00 THE, THE SORT OF SMALL DETAILS OF YOU
21:02 KNOW GETTING UP TO CHANGE YOUR TV CHANNEL. >> BILL:
21:08 TAKING THE STAIRS RATHER THAN THE ELEVATOR. >> DR.
21:09 VIRIATO FERREIRA: EXACTLY THINGS LIKE THAT. OKAY SO
21:12 THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
21:13 THEN ANOTHER ONE IS REDUCED MEAT INTAKE. NOW
21:15 THAT'S A BIG ONE. YOU KNOW MOST OF US, MOST OF US
21:20 TODAY IN OUR SOCIETY ARE NOT VEGETARIANS. BUT
21:21 VEGETARIANS HAVE MUCH UM SMALLER RISK OF HAVING
21:25 BREAST CANCER. BUT OKAY SO REDUCING MEAT INTAKE
21:32 AND IT'S NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE FAT THAT, THAT
21:33 MEAT HAS. BUT THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS SOME OF
21:36 THEM STILL UNKNOWN. BUT WE KNOW WE ARE THERE. YOU
21:39 KNOW WE SEE THE DIFFERENCE. >> BILL: HMM.
21:40 >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: BUT AH SO REDUCING
21:42 MEAT INTAKE AND I WOULD RECOMMEND VEGETARIAN
21:43 DIET. I WITHOUT ANY HESITATION. TODAY I
21:45 THINK IT'S THE BEST, IT PROVIDES BALANCE AND IT
21:50 TASTES GOOD. OTHER YOU KNOW WE DON'T FEEL LIKE
21:54 EATING IT. >> BILL: SURE.
21:55 >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: BUT AH AND THEN THERE ARE
21:56 SMALLER THINGS LIKE FOLIC ACID. WE ARE NOT SURE LIKE
21:57 FOLIC ACID'S ONE OF THE VITAMINS OKAY. SO UM
22:01 AH PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOOD LEVELS OF FOLIC ACID SEEM
22:07 TO HAVE MORE OF A PROTECTIVE EFFECT AGAINST
22:09 BREAST CANCER. >> BILL: HMM. >> DR. VIRIATO
22:13 FERREIRA: AND BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU
22:15 SHOULD BE TAKING NOW SUPPLEMENTS OF FOLIC ACID
22:16 BECAUSE IT MAY ACTUALLY TURN AGAINST YOU
22:18 AND INCREASE YOUR RISK. SO YOU KNOW EATING WELL THERE
22:21 ARE SOME GOOD FRUITS HERE.
22:22 YOU KNOW EATING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES WHICH ARE RICH
22:28 IN FOLIC ACID. NOT NECESSARILY GOING FOR,
22:29 FOR, FOR SUPPLEMENTS. AND THEN OF COURSE THE BIG,
22:32 THE BIG ONE IS ALCOHOL.
22:33 ALCOHOL IS SO WIDESPREAD IN OUR SOCIETY THAT AH
22:38 YOU KNOW MOST PEOPLE ARE MODERATE DRINKERS, WHAT
22:45 THEY WOULD CONSIDER MODERATE DRINKING. AND
22:46 UM MODERATE DRINKING IT'S STILL A PROBLEM ESPECIALLY
22:50 FOR BREAST CANCER.
22:51 SO I WOULD SUGGEST CUTTING BACK. >> BILL: ABSTINENCE.
22:55 >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: ABSTINENCE, COMPLETE
22:56 ABSTINENCE FROM ALCOHOL.
22:57 SUBSTITUTE WITH YOU KNOW SOME FRUIT JUICES,
23:01 DILUTED FRUIT JUICES, JUICES ALSO. YOU KNOW BE
23:02 CAREFUL WITH THE CALORIE, WITH THE CALORIES. AND SO
23:05 UM I THINK THESE WOULD BE THE MAIN, THE MAIN POINTS.
23:09 YOU KNOW JUST RECAPPING YOU KNOW MAINTAINING
23:10 YOUR BODY, A HEALTHY BODY WEIGHT. >> BILL: EXERCISE.
23:13 >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: EXERCISE. TURN VEGETARIAN
23:15 OKAY OR IF YOU'RE NOT TURNING VEGETARIAN THEN
23:16 REDUCE CONSIDERABLY YOUR MEAT INTAKE. THAT'S VERY
23:20 IMPORTANT AND THEN A LOW FAT DIET. I FORGOT TO TALK
23:25 TO YOU ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW A LOW FAT DIET,
23:26 ESPECIALLY VERY LOW IN SATURATED FAT. >> BILL:
23:30 HMM. >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: THAT IS
23:32 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT OKAY.
23:33 SO GO RATHER FOR NATURAL FATS, NATURAL OILS LIKE
23:37 FROM ALMONDS, WALNUTS.
23:38 >> BILL: RIGHT. >> DR.
23:39 VIRIATO FERREIRA: OLIVE OIL. >> BILL: RIGHT. >>
23:41 DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: AND AND OTHER OILS THAT ARE
23:42 MUCH MORE UM ACCEPTABLE TO THE BODY. SO UM AND
23:43 THEN ALCOHOL AND THEN THINGS LIKE FOLIC ACID,
23:49 VITAMIN C, VITAMN A AS WELL. THOSE ARE THINGS YOU
23:53 CAN DEFINITELY IMPROVE, YEAH. >> BILL: SO
23:54 ALTHOUGH YOU CAN'T ALWAYS ARTICULATE THE, THE
23:57 CAUSAL LINK BETWEEN THE TWO. BUT OBSERVATIONS
24:01 INDICATE THAT -- >> DR.
24:02 VIRIATO FERREIRA: YES. >> BILL: THOSE THINGS HAVE A
24:03 POSITIVE EFFECT. >> DR.
24:04 VIRIATO FERREIRA: YES AND IT'S NOT ONLY FOR
24:05 PREVENTION. BUT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING, UNDERGOING
24:07 TREATMENT NOW. >> BILL: HMM. >> DR. VIRIATO
24:09 FERREIRA: TO, TO MAXIMIZE THE CHANCES FOR CURE. >>
24:13 BILL: I SEE. >> DR.
24:14 VIRIATO FERREIRA: I THINK THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT
24:15 OKAY. SO IT'S NOT JUST, JUST FOR PREVENTION.
24:17 IT'S ALSO FOR LIKE A CO- AGEVENT OR A, A HELP
24:20 IN THE TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER. >> BILL: WOW, VERY
24:25 INTERESTING. WE HAVE ABOUT 2 MINUTES LEFT. >> DR.
24:27 VIRIATO FERREIRA: YES. >> BILL: AH ANY CLOSING
24:29 COMMENTS, ANY PEARLS OF WISDOM FOR OUR VIEWERS?
24:32 >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: WELL THE PEARLS OF
24:33 WISDOM. YOU KNOW I LEARN, I LEARN A LOT WITH
24:36 MY PATIENTS AND UM AND I'M ALWAYS LEARNING. SOMETIMES
24:40 I THINK THAT I GO TO MY CONSULTING ROOM TO LEARN.
24:41 YOU KNOW I GIVE A LOT BUT I ALSO AH -- >> BILL:
24:45 SURE. >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: LEARN A LOT. UM
24:48 MANY OF OUR PROBLEMS TODAY ARE RELATED TO OUR
24:49 LIFESTYLE, OUR CHOICES.
24:54 NOT JUST WHAT WE EAT OR THE EXERCISE WE DO OR DO
24:55 NOT DO BUT TO THE WAY WE PERCEIVE LIFE. >> BILL:
25:00 HMM. >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: OKAY SO IT'S
25:04 VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO PAY ATTENTION TO THESE
25:05 PREVENTABLE DISEASES. YOU KNOW WE MIGHT BE YOUNG AND
25:08 OUR RISK MIGHT BE LOWER BUT TIME CATCHES UP. >>
25:14 BILL: YES. >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: OKAY AND
25:15 WE NEED TO INVEST IN OUR HEALTH TODAY. AND THE
25:18 BENEFITS MAY BE SEEN IN 10 OR 20 YEARS TIME AND UM
25:24 BUT IT'S WORTH IT. YOU KNOW IT'S, IT'S SO SAD
25:25 TO SEE PEOPLE COMING YOU KNOW TO 60 OR 70 AND
25:29 SAYING WELL I WISH I HAD DONE THIS. >> BILL: HMM.
25:33 >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE
25:34 TO SEE MY GRANDCHILDREN GROWING UP. >> BILL: YES.
25:36 >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT
25:37 AND THAT BUT I AM DYING BECAUSE OF WHATEVER COULD
25:38 BE PREVENTED. SO INVEST IN YOUR HEALTH IT'S WORTH
25:40 IT. >> BILL: I HAD SOMEONE SAY HOW YOU LIVE YOUR
25:42 LIFE IN YOUR 20S WILL DETERMINE HOW YOU LIVE
25:43 YOUR LIFE IN YOUR, IN YOUR 40S AND IN YOUR 50S.
25:47 >> DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: DEFINITELY, YES IT'S TRUE.
25:50 SO IT'S WORTH IT AND YOU KNOW IT'S A GOOD LESSON
25:51 FOR US CAUSE WE NOT, WE NOT IN THE 50S. WE NOT
25:56 IN THE 60S. >> BILL: I'M ALMOST THERE. [LAUGHS] >>
25:58 DR. VIRIATO FERREIRA: WELL WE'RE ALMOST THERE. BUT
25:59 YOU KNOW BUT AH BUT IT'S, IT'S GOOD. IT'S GOOD TO
26:02 INVEST. I'VE GOT YOUNG KIDS AND I WOULD LIKE TO
26:04 BE FOR THEM. >> BILL: ABSOLUTELY. >> DR. VIRIATO
26:05 FERREIRA: AND UM INVEST IN YOUR HEALTH. AND YOUR
26:08 HEALTH IS WORTH IT. >> BILL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH
26:10 DR. FERREIRA. >> DR.
26:11 VIRIATO FERREIRA: YOU'RE WELCOME. >> BILL: WE'RE
26:12 GONNA CLOSE OUR PROGRAM WITH A WORD OF PRAYER.
26:13 FATHER IN HEAVEN WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
26:15 EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE AND WE ESPECIALLY THINK
26:17 OF THOSE RIGHT NOW HEAVENLY FATHER THAT
26:18 MAYBE SUFFERING WITH AN ILLNESS. WE PRAY THAT
26:21 YOUR HEALING HAND MAY COME UPON THEM. FATHER WE THINK
26:25 OF THOSE THAT HAVE LISTENED TO THE WISE
26:26 COUNCIL THAT WAS PROVIDED TODAY AND WE PRAY THAT
26:28 YOU WILL GIVE THEM THE STRENGTH AND THE COURAGE
26:31 TO PUT THESE THINGS INTO PRACTICE IN THEIR LIVES.
26:32 WE KNOW THAT YOUR DESIRE IS THAT WE LIVE LIFE
26:36 AND WE LIVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY. MAKE THAT A
26:39 REALITY FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE LISTENING TO M
26:41 VOICE TODAY. WE PRAY IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
27:23 YOU KNOW WE HAVE A VERY INTERESTING OFFER FOR YOU
27:24 TODAY, A VERY EXCITING ONE. ONE OF THE
27:26 RECOMMENDATIONS WE HEARD FROM DR. FERREIRA WAS
27:31 THAT A VEGETARIAN LIFESTYLE GOES A LONG
27:32 WAY TO HELPING PREVENT DISEASE. WE HAVE THIS
27:33 MAGAZINE. ITS CALLED VEGETARIAN STARTER KIT.
27:36 WE'D LIKE TO OFFER IT TO YOU AS A GIFT FROM "IT
27:37 I WRITTEN". IT'S FREE OF CHARGE. AND HERE'S
27:39 THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO GET YOUR COPY.
27:46 >> NARRATOR: AS A CONVENIENCE YOU MAY
27:47 REQUEST TODAY'S FREE GIFT OFFER BY CALLING OUR
27:49 TOLL FREE NUMBER AT --
28:07 >> BILL: WELL DR. FERREIRA WE'VE COME TO THE END
28:08 OF ANOTHER PROGRAM. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
28:10 PARTICIPATION. >> DR.
28:11 VIRIATO FERREIRA: IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO BE
28:13 HERE. >> BILL: WE HOPE TO HAVE YOU BACK REAL SOON.
28:14 I WANT TO THANK YOU ALSO FOR JOINING US AND WE
28:15 WILL BE BACK HERE NEXT WEEK, THE SAME TIME, THE
28:20 SAME STATION. REMEMBER THE WEBSITE IIW.CA. UNTIL NEXT
28:27 WEEK "IT IS WRITTEN" MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD
28:28 ALONE BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS FROM
28:34 THE MOUTH OF GOD.
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