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Future of Breast Cancer: There are many treatments, technologies, and therapies that are currently in testing to minimize side effects, diagnose the disease earlier, and improve the quality of life for people with breast cancer. Treatments and Drugs: Vepdegestrant is a drug that specifically targets breast cancer cells which minimizes side effects and prevents returning cancer. It gets rid of the estrogen receptors, which will inhibit the tumor growth since estrogen receptor-

Present Treatments: The female gender is the strongest breast cancer risk factor. Approximately 99% of breast cancers occur in women while 0.5–1% of breast cancers occur in men. There are certain factors that increase the risk of breast cancer, including increasing age, obesity, harmful use of alcohol, family history of breast cancer, history of radiation exposure, reproductive history (such as age that menstrual periods began and age at first pregnancy), tobacco use and post

Menstrual cramps have been an ongoing inconvenience for women, only acknowledged as a medical problem in the late 1970s. Painful periods without an underlying cause are referred to as “Primary Dysmenorrhea.” Due to recent attention, there has been a significant lack of information on dysmenorrhea, with many not knowing the true effects that dysmenorrhea has on millions of women’s lives. These effects interconnect, but can still be separated into five categories: physical, lif

“What makes you think men have it easier than women?” Although there are many answers to this question, birth control is one of them....

The past of breast cancer and its ancient history