C'mon, ladies, it's for your health!
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article2195614.ece
August 4, 2007
Sunshine helps in the fight against breast cancer
Nigel Hawkes, Health Editor
Women who stay out of the sun are increasing their risk of developing breast cancer, a new study suggests.
The safe-tanning messages that are drummed into women each year may help to reduce their risk of skin cancer – but at the cost of increasing their risk of breast cancer.
The majority of vitamin D comes from exposure of the skin to sunlight but many women – exposed less in winter and reluctant to bare themselves in summer because of the dangers – are deficient.
There has been anecdotal evidence to suggest that breast cancer is less common among women who live closer to the Equator, where the sunshine is stronger.
(more at URL above)
It doesn't actually say you need sun on your bare chest to make Vitamin D.
Kat's ruining it for the rest of us. :'(
Tata Protection League.
You know, when a wild species needs protection, they try to put some examples on display so people will appreciate them. And if tatas need protection....
http://www.savethetatas.com/
Bodacious. ;D
Quote from: Kat Kanning on August 04, 2007, 03:10 PM NHFT
http://www.savethetatas.com/
They've been involved in the recent election, I see:
(http://www.savethetatas.com/graphics/pirateart.jpg)
That was the holy pirate mother.
Ummmmm, dumb question. I can guess, but my mind can be kinda dirty sometimes. what are tatas?
Quote from: David on August 05, 2007, 01:09 AM NHFT
Ummmmm, dumb question. I can guess, but my mind can be kinda dirty sometimes. what are tatas?
Chichis. Love pillows. Lovely lady humps. Bazoombas.
Some know, and love, them as breasts
I thought this might be a refrence to Dressed to Kill (http://www.amazon.com/Dressed-Kill-between-Breast-Cancer/dp/1930858051/ref=sr_1_3/104-7029371-6851138?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1186319246&sr=1-3).
QuoteEditorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Singer and Grismaijer have collected striking (but preliminary) evidence that bra-wearing may be a major risk factor associated with breast cancer: women who wear tight-fitting bras 24 hours a day are 125 times more likely to have breast cancer than women who do not wear bras at all. Their interpretation is that tight clothing inhibits the proper functioning of the lymphatic system (an internal network of vessels and nodes that flushes wastes from the body) and leads to a buildup of carcinogenic compounds in the constricted areas.
Although it must be emphasized that their studies are preliminary, still controversial, and definitely need to be followed up with detailed analyses of correlative factors (do these women have higher rates of smoking? do they have less-healthy diets?), this book should be read by anyone concerned about breast cancer. Possibly a very important book that could save many lives. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.