Breast Cancer Awareness Month

The breast cancer awareness month starts today, 26 years after October was first named breast cancer awareness month, and the illness still affects many, many people each year. However new medical advances and treatments have transformed the disease from a near death sentence to a survivable condition.

In a report, researchers say 60 years ago, a woman who received a breast cancer diagnosis had just a 25-percent chance of living ten years. Today the survival rate is higher than 75%. That’s according to a study of women treated at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Men get breast cancer too, though much less frequently than women. For every 100 cases in women, one man gets breast cancer, according to the CDC. It's also important to know the warning signs of breast cancer.

These include:

* New lump in the breast or underarm (armpit).
* Thickening or swelling of part of the breast.
* Irritation or dimpling of breast skin.
* Redness or flaky skin in the nipple area or the breast.
* Pulling in of the nipple or pain in the nipple area.
* Nipple discharge other than breast milk, including blood.
* Any change in the size or the shape of the breast.
* Pain in any area of the breast.



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Bishop Eddie Long live

Bishop Eddie Long today responded to charges made against him this week that he coerced two men into an intimate relationship. He was speaking at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia and made reference to the lawsuit as part of his sermon.

It was supposed to be streamed online on the "streaming faith" religious stream but had to be abandoned. Sources say it was related to the overload of traffic the bishop has received but that hasn't been confirmed. Eddie Long said “There have been allegations and attacks made on me,” Long said during his sermon. “I have never in my life portrayed myself as a perfect man. But I am not that man that’s being portrayed on the television.” He then went on to declare his defiance to the allegations and that he will continue fighting them. However the bishop didn't take the opportunity to shed more light on the matter or use any information to help his case. There was a big hype regarding the event today but it turned out to be rather anti-climatic in it's promise.



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