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Editor's note
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month is upon us, a reminder that there is still much to learn about the disease, even as detection methods and treatment options have expanded. A key question for many women is: how do I lower my risk? Being physically fit has long been known to do so but there’s more to that story, writes Henry J. Thompson, director of the cancer prevention laboratory of Colorado State University.
In a recent survey, just 56 percent of Americans said they saw climate change as a major threat, versus 64 percent of Europeans. What explains the gap? Gregory Carbone at the University of South Carolina reviews the convincing – and less convincing – explanations for our nation’s attitude.
Playboy’s founder, Hugh Hefner, who died last week at the age of 91, was widely criticized for objectifying women through his magazine. But historian Carrie Pitzulo from Colorado State argues that Hefner’s sexual politics need to be viewed in the context of its times. “In those early years of Playboy,” she writes, “the centerfolds offered readers an expanded vision of female sexuality.”
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Lynne Anderson
Senior Editor, Health & Medicine
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Physical activity has long been considered a way to lower risk for breast cancer.
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Henry J. Thompson, Colorado State University
Physical activity is considered an important way to lower risk for breast cancer. But what if your ability to be fit is influenced by genes you inherit? Would that raise your risk? In rats, it did.
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