Dr Pete's Health Secrets

             In women , breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed type of cancer. In fact, medical experts say that 1 in every 8 women will be diagnosed with this disease in her lifetime.  Definitely, breast cancer should not be taken lightly. Some of the risk factors (things that increase your likelihood of developing a disease) cannot be avoided. It cannot be denied that there is nothing that you can do about your age , gender, family history and race or ethnicity.  However, this does not mean that you will surely be battling breast cancer one day in the future if you are white (white women are slightly more susceptible to having the disease) or a female relative is suffering from it.  That’s because there are also certain risk factors that can be avoided, thus considerably reducing your chances of developing breast cancer. The following are some habits known to considerably increase a woman’s likelihood of suf...