Reduce Your Breast Cancer Risks

About the Book

Are you confused by all the messages calculated to increase breast cancer awareness, and improve a woman’s lifestyle? Well you’re not alone. This communication blitz overwhelms many women leaving them uncertain about which course of action applies in their particular case, and how to begin making the requisite changes—so they simply end up doing nothing.

Reduce Your Breast Cancer Risks: Basic Facts Plus Four Simple Changes That Work clarifies the latest medical data, defines unavoidable and controllable risk factors, and explains how to begin making beneficial health changes. Learn how you can reduce your risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer by undertaking a complete breast health program, making nutritional modifications, exercising on a regular basis, and incorporating stress management into your daily life.

This book, in one complete package, will help you recognize the impact your present lifestyle is having on your health and provide encouraging advice, helpful tips, and valuable resources for continuing the process.

About the Author

Joyce C. Smolkin, M.A., M.S. is Director of Breast Health at the American Cancer Society on Long Island working in the area of breast cancer prevention and early detection. She brings her experience as a breast cancer survivor to her job, the position of co-president of her local breast cancer coalition, and her involvement with various organizations that educate women and assist women diagnosed with breast cancer. She and her husband, Stanley, have two grown sons.