TEXT 2

Breast-Feeding May Cut Breast Cancer

Recurrence Risk

By NICHOLAS BAKALAR

A new report suggests that breast-feeding, which has been associated with a reduced breast cancer risk, may have another benefit. In mothers who later develop breast cancer, breast-feeding may reduce the risk of cancer recurrence.

The study, in the July issue of The Journal of the National Cancer Institute, followed 1,636 breast cancer survivors. Researchers examined medical records and gathered data on whether mothers had ever breast-fed their children. They found 383 recurrences and 290 breast cancer deaths during an average nine years of follow-up after completion of treatment.

After controlling for age, smoking, education, race, type of therapy and other factors, they found that compared with women who had never breast-fed, any breast-feeding was associated with a 30 percent reduced risk of recurrence, and breast-feeding for more than six months was associated with a 37 percent reduced risk. There were similar risk reductions for breast cancer deaths.

“Breast-feeding is a good thing for the baby, and there are additional benefits for the mom that this study suggests,” said the lead author, Marilyn L. Kwan, a research scientist at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, Calif. “This contributes to information already available in making a personal decision about whether or not to breast-feed.”

The risk reductions were particularly apparent in estrogen-receptor positive cancers, the most common type, but were not significant for women with HER2 positive tumors. Breast-feeding leads to certain molecular changes in breast cells, which may help explain the effect.

Source: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/13/breast-

feeding- may-cut-breast-cancer-recurrence-

risk/? ref=health&_r=0 Access on May 15th, 2015

TEXT 2

Breast-Feeding May Cut Breast Cancer

Recurrence Risk

By NICHOLAS BAKALAR

A new report suggests that breast-feeding, which has been associated with a reduced breast cancer risk, may have another benefit. In mothers who later develop breast cancer, breast-feeding may reduce the risk of cancer recurrence.

The study, in the July issue of The Journal of the National Cancer Institute, followed 1,636 breast cancer survivors. Researchers examined medical records and gathered data on whether mothers had ever breast-fed their children. They found 383 recurrences and 290 breast cancer deaths during an average nine years of follow-up after completion of treatment.

After controlling for age, smoking, education, race, type of therapy and other factors, they found that compared with women who had never breast-fed, any breast-feeding was associated with a 30 percent reduced risk of recurrence, and breast-feeding for more than six months was associated with a 37 percent reduced risk. There were similar risk reductions for breast cancer deaths.

“Breast-feeding is a good thing for the baby, and there are additional benefits for the mom that this study suggests,” said the lead author, Marilyn L. Kwan, a research scientist at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, Calif. “This contributes to information already available in making a personal decision about whether or not to breast-feed.”

The risk reductions were particularly apparent in estrogen-receptor positive cancers, the most common type, but were not significant for women with HER2 positive tumors. Breast-feeding leads to certain molecular changes in breast cells, which may help explain the effect.

Source: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/13/breast-

feeding- may-cut-breast-cancer-recurrence-

risk/? ref=health&_r=0 Access on May 15th, 2015

TEXT 1

The Truth About Life As A Digital Nomad

Over the years – thanks to the advent of online communication – a new type of working professional has emerged: the "digital nomad." Digital nomads are individuals whose daily routine is to keep moving, travelling and trying out new things.

They require only a laptop and an internet connection to be able to work from practically anywhere in the world: on the sands of a quiet beach in an exotic island, from a well-reviewed restaurant or even a hotel room halfway across the world. For many, the unshackled lifestyle of the digital nomad compensates for the lack of stable employment and benefits that a regular employee would be entitled to.

The freedom to travel keeps perspectives fresh, the creative juices and imagination flowing, the soul uninhibited – the kind of thing paper-pushing office employees can only dream of.

Source: http://www.nomadicnotes.com/travel-

thoughts/ 10-years-as-a-digital-nomad/

Access on: May 14th, 2015

TEXT 1

The Truth About Life As A Digital Nomad

Over the years – thanks to the advent of online communication – a new type of working professional has emerged: the "digital nomad." Digital nomads are individuals whose daily routine is to keep moving, travelling and trying out new things.

They require only a laptop and an internet connection to be able to work from practically anywhere in the world: on the sands of a quiet beach in an exotic island, from a well-reviewed restaurant or even a hotel room halfway across the world. For many, the unshackled lifestyle of the digital nomad compensates for the lack of stable employment and benefits that a regular employee would be entitled to.

The freedom to travel keeps perspectives fresh, the creative juices and imagination flowing, the soul uninhibited – the kind of thing paper-pushing office employees can only dream of.

Source: http://www.nomadicnotes.com/travel-

thoughts/ 10-years-as-a-digital-nomad/

Access on: May 14th, 2015