Breasts: The Owner's Manual (eBook)

Every Woman's Guide to Reducing Cancer Risk, Making Treatment Choices, and Optimizing Outcomes

Kristi Funk (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
416 Seiten
Thomas Nelson (Verlag)
978-0-7852-1882-1 (ISBN)

Infos

A national bestseller! Breast cancer surgeon Dr. Kristi Funk offers a comprehensive and encouraging approach to breast care and breast cancer. Empower yourself with facts and strategies to understand your breasts, reduce your cancer risk, and open your eyes to interventions and treatments.Most women don't want to hear about breast cancer unless they have it and need to make some decisions, but these days news about breast cancerthe number one killer of women ages twenty to fifty-nineis everywhere. Chances are you know someone who has had it. But did you know that choices you make every day bring you closer to breast canceror move you farther away? That there are ways to reduce your risk factors? And that many of the things you've heard regarding the causes of breast cancer are flat-out false?Based on Dr. Kristi Funk's experience as a board-certified breast cancer surgeon, she knows for a fact that women have the power to reduce breast cancer risk in dramatic ways. Many women believe that family history and genetics determine who gets breast cancer, but that's not true for most people. In fact, 87 percent of women diagnosed with breast cancer do not have a single first-degree relative with breast cancer.This book will help you:Learn the breast-health basics that every woman should knowReduce your cancer risk and recurrence risk based on food choices and healthy lifestyle changes backed by rigorous scientific researchUnderstand the controllable and uncontrollable risk factors for breast cancerOutline your medical choices if you're at elevated risk for or are already navigating life with breast cancerThere have been few solid guidelines on how to improve your breast health, lower your risk of getting cancer, and make informed medical choices after treatmentuntil now. With her book available in 10 languages and in more than 30 countries, Dr. Funk is passionate about her mission of educating as many women as possible about what they can do to stop breast cancer before it starts.Praise for Breasts: The Owner's Manual:';Dr. Funk writes Breasts: The Owner's Manual just like she talks: with conviction, passion, and a laser focus on you.'Dr. Mehmet Oz, Host of The Dr. Oz Show';Breasts: The Owner's Manual will become an indispensable and valued guide for women looking to optimize health and minimize breast illness.'Debu Tripathy, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Breast Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center';Breasts: The Owner's Manual not only provides a clear path to breast health, but a road that leads straight to your healthiest self. As someone who has faced breast cancer, I suggest you follow it.'Robin Roberts, Co-anchor, Good Morning America

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.5.2018
• Vorwort: Sheryl Crow
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Alternative Heilverfahren
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Naturheilkunde ► Homöopathie
• ISBN-10: 0-7852-1882-3 / 0785218823
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7852-1882-1 / 9780785218821