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Christine MH-UK · 05-23-2006, 03:36 PM

I went to the website and it said that breast cancer was BECOMING a disease of younger women, but in the US this is simply not true. Ironically, the latest figures show a decrease in premenopausal women in the US, supposedly linked to rising obesity among the young (although strangely the breast cancer rate among young women is rising in Britain, so go figure, although could be rising alcohol consumption). It is true that more women with dependent children are getting breast cancer as women have babies later in life. I just don't like it when people get their facts wrong.

I wasn't sure about limiting help to the middle class, either. Surely there must also be poor people who need assistance.

05-23-2006, 03:36 PM	#2
Christine MH-UK Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 414	Not so sure about this one I went to the website and it said that breast cancer was BECOMING a disease of younger women, but in the US this is simply not true. Ironically, the latest figures show a decrease in premenopausal women in the US, supposedly linked to rising obesity among the young (although strangely the breast cancer rate among young women is rising in Britain, so go figure, although could be rising alcohol consumption). It is true that more women with dependent children are getting breast cancer as women have babies later in life. I just don't like it when people get their facts wrong. I wasn't sure about limiting help to the middle class, either. Surely there must also be poor people who need assistance.