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To deal with your breast cancer sensibly, you must learn some basic information. What is cancer? What is the nature of the conventional cancer “system?” What do doctors think about “alternative” cancer treatment? What is a sound strategy for treating the cancer and what specific treatments work the best?

About 20 – 30% of women with breast cancer have a family history of the disease.

Breast cancer is a bunch of cells in the breast that become abnormal for some reason and cause mutation. The mutated cells attack other normal cells and cause them to become mutated. Some cells end up getting destroyed. When enough cells are changed in this manner, cancer develops. Sometimes a small amount of mutated cells end up becoming cancerous. This is why cancer often starts small, in a certain section of the breast and spreads from there.

In stage 1, the tumor becomes cancerous and grows to an inch in diameter, but does not spread beyond the breast.

In stage 2, the cancerous tumor spreads to the lymph.

In stage 3, the cancerous tumor has grown more and has reached and penetrated the lymph nodes of the underarms. In some cases this type of cancer has been known to spread to the lymph nodes near the breastbone, or other tissue near the breast.

In stage 4, this is metastatic cancer. The cancer spreads beyond the breast and lymph nodes to other parts of the body. Symptoms of advancing breast cancer may include bone pain, breast pain, skin ulcers, swelling of one arm (next to breast with cancer) and weight loss.

Recurrent cancer usually happens when the treatment (radiation, chemotherapy and surgery) provided earlier did not get rid of the disease. Some cancer remains hidden within cells and is not destroyed. Then it just spreads quickly and shows up.

Besides the conventional method, there are many treatment options available to help avoid or get rid of your cancer. The best method, according to medical specialists and nutritionists, is the food you eat. According to research studies, foods that have healing properties are the best to consume, in order to get rid of this disease. You need to have an adequate supply of antioxidants such as fruits, vegetables, and other foods. The three most powerful antioxidants are beta-carotene, vitamin C, and vitamin E. Beta-carotene is what gives many fruits their appearance. It also stimulates the release of natural killer cells, which hunt down and destroy cancer cells. You can find beta-carotene in cantaloupes, sweet potatoes, spinach, and bok choy.

There are substances that are found in plant food known as phytonutrients. They have the ability to stop cancer. A good example of this type of plant food is Broccoli. In lab tests, this chemical actually destroyed cancer tissue. You can find phytonutrients in many other types of foods such as soybeans, tofu, tempeh, and soy milk. Another food that has been known for centuries as a perfect healer for many illnesses is garlic.

And a daily serving of at least 4 ounces of seafood, for the average person, will prevent and get rid of many of these diseases, including many cancers.

While undergoing Nature Cure you follow a simple diet and supplement regimen for 6-8 weeks. That is all that patients have found necessary, to reverse their cancer.

There are certain situations that neither you, nor your doctor can control. These situations include your genes and family history. But if you can learn to eat right and make certain lifestyle changes, you may just find your chances of getting cancer reduced or eliminated and placing yourself in the position where you can lower, greatly, the chance of you getting breast cancer.

Most experts recommend women aged 20 and older, should undergo a routine check once a month during the week following their menstrual period. After 40, a thorough examination of the breasts must be conducted at least once every 2- 3 years since the key to eliminating this disease is by catching it early.

Women who had breast cancer and took the right steps found their cancer disappear, never to return?

By: RP Bhalla

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For people who have never owned a cat and are considering adopting one, there are some health issues that may not be known. While most cats are perfectly healthy and livelong lives, they do have some issues that may not be life threatening, but they may need to be considered. The following are some of the most common feline health issues:

· Hairballs – Hairballs are the most common of all of the feline health issues and with the exception of the hairless cats; most have an issue with them at one time or another. One reason many people want to have a cat is because they are very clean. They stay this way with constant grooming and because their tongues are rough, a great deal of hair is stuck to it and is swallowed by the cat. Too much hair and it does not pass through the same channels as food does. In rare cases, the hairball cannot be coughed up and instead gets caught in the intestines and must be operated on. If you brush your cat regularly then there is less hair for them to swallow and you can prevent the worst from happening.

· Worms – Cats, like dogs, can get worms such as roundworm, tapeworm and hookworms. There are some signs of this malady that can make getting them help much easier. If your cat is eating normally and yet not gaining any weight, they may have worms. Another sign is white spots in their feces and a bad flea problem. While worms can be dangerous, knowing the warning signs and regular vet check ups can keep your cat from being infested.

· Urinary Tract Infection – Finally, a common health issue for cats is the urinary tract infection. The males of the species that have not been neutered are the cats that suffer the most from this but it can be found in all cats. This is only one reason why it is important to have your male cats fixed when they are old enough. When you notice that your cat’s urine has a much stronger smell than before, this can be a sign and you should take your cat to be looked at.

Many of the health issues that cats are known for are easy to diagnose and take care of if you know the warning signs. Pay attention to your cat’s diet and to their stool and urine to find out if there are any serious problems with them. Visit your veterinarian on a regular basis too to keep your cat healthy and happy.

By: Lisa A Mason

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The guidelines that are set by the USDA “MyPyramid” provide a detailed nutrition program for preschool aged children. This nutrition program emphasize the importance of healthy eating by combining all food groups in a daily menu plan. Teaching children the value of a healthy eating plan early in their life will insure that they acquire good eating habits that will last a lifetime.

Establishing healthy eating habits for preschoolers includes modeling their eating habits at home so that when they enter the school environment, they can make healthy choices.

The guidelines for a nutritious healthy eating plan for toddlers include the 5 major food groups as part of a daily diet. Each food group contributes specific nutrients to the diet. These nutrients are necessary for children’s growth and development.

1) Bread and Grains: 6 servings a day

These foods provide energy for activity and growth. Children should consume some whole grain products. At least half of the grains consumed should be in the form of whole-grain cereals and sandwiches made with whole wheat bread. Check the ingredients on the product label to insure that the product is in fact made with “whole wheat.”

2) Milk & Milk Products: 3-4 servings a day

These products provide needed calcium for strong teeth and bones. Children from 2 to 8 years of age should consume 2 cups per day of fat-free or low-fat milk or an equivalent in milk products.

3) Fruits – 2 servings per day

The number of fruits children should eat is determined by their calorie needs. But the base requirement as outlined in the food pyramid for this age group is at least 2 fruit servings per day.

4) Vegetables – 3 servings a day

Vegetables provide the important vitamins and minerals to protect eyesight and the body’s immune system.

5) Meats, Beans & Nuts: 2 servings per day

Meats, beans & nuts provide protein and iron to form muscles.

Parents should limit the intake of high saturated fats or salt (sodium) in the toddler’s diet to reduce the risk of high blood cholesterol and high blood pressure.

Total fat intake should be limited to 30 and 35 percent of calories for children ages 2 to 3 years, and between 25 and 35 percent of calories for children and adolescents from the age of 4 to 18.

Most fats should come from sources of polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fatty acids, such as fish, nuts, and vegetable oils.

Help the toddler make smart choices: replace sugary snacks with healthy snacks like fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.

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Husbands: 10 Ways to be there when your wife has breast cancer

Breast cancer is a life and relationship threatening trauma. Peter J. Flierl, M.S.W., offers insights and common sense for husbands of patients with breast cancer

When we marry the man or woman of our dreams, our soul mate and best friend, we expect to be together for a lifetime despite the odds against it with 6 of 10 marriages today ending in divorce. We truly believe that we will be together “for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, ’til death us do part.” And then life intrudes: becoming a couple, learning to balance needs, the joy and awesome responsibility of becoming and being parents, managing careers and handling money.

If a marriage is sound, it can weather any storm, survive virtually any trauma. If the relationship is not on solid ground, a trauma, almost any trauma or stress, can lead to its demise. That may account for the fact that nearly seven in ten marriages touched by breast cancer do not survive.

There is no magic bullet, no panacea or formula, for surviving and indeed thriving despite of or in part due to facing breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, and subsequent life together.

God it is said gives us challenges to build character, so you as a husband and the two of you as a couple have a great opportunity to build character, to create a lifetime love story. My bride of 28 years, Shirley, is a 22-year survivor of breast cancer. However, that does not define her. She is also a mother, a businesswoman, an educator, a lover, a community volunteer, and my lifetime partner. She was treated at age 37 for an aggressive, Stage 3 tumor that had extensive lymph node involvement. She is alive and well, still sexy with just one breast, and is an inspiration to other women facing this disease, particularly young women.

Following are suggestions to other husbands on how to be there for your wife, how to help her become and remain a survivor.

1. Tell her you love her.

In a marriage or any intimate relationship, silence is not golden. The strong silent type need not apply for the position of husband, lover, best friend, confidante and supporter of a woman with breast cancer. Your bride, your wife, needs and wants to hear from you. Actions may speak louder than words, and you may take all the right actions, but speaking words brings comfort, reassurance and knowledge of your inner feelings. She cannot read your mind. Being there for her is more than physical or economic security. Words have meaning. And the three most important words in the English language at this time, at this moment, when together you are facing her mortality, are: “I love you.”

The late Louise Crisafi, a saint here on Earth who always gave of herself for others in need, taught me this lesson on the Friday my wife, Shirley Ann, had her biopsy and was diagnosed. Shirley had opted for a two-step process for diagnosis one day and treatment, i.e., surgical removal of her right breast, a mastectomy, on a second day. This meant we knew on Friday she would have a mastectomy on Monday, a weekend together, scared, anxious, frightened. Shirley was confronting her death and the imminent loss of a part of her womanhood. I was clueless, at a loss, overwhelmed and scared. I didn’t know what to do, how to act or what to say.

Louise was an American Cancer Society Reach to Recovery volunteer devoted to helping other women face breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. She was a good friend. When I asked her what to do feeling as helpless and overwhelmed as I was, she said simply: “Tell her you love her.” I was off to the races. I spent that weekend saying those three magic, powerful words over and over, as frequently as possible, perhaps more than I had done in weeks, months or years previously.

A year or so later on a television talk show featuring three women who had had breast cancer, Shirley reminisced about how verbal I had become that fateful weekend. Those words brought comfort and made a difference. Remember to say: “I love you.” It works. And I hope I am as verbal and loving today as I was in the midst of crisis.

2. Say “Yes”

We all know the joke about Moses and the tribes of Israel wandering for 40 years in the desert after their miraculous escape from bondage in Egypt. It took 40 long years to reach the land of milk and honey, the Promised Land. And why, why did it take so long? Moses was a man. He refused to ask for directions. Ten Commandments, maybe; asking for help, never.
If you’re married or have dated a man for any length of time, you’ve spent time in a car lost. You suggest, perhaps timidly and quietly, that it might be a good idea to stop and ask for directions. He is offended. He, after all, is a man. He has a good, no, a great sense of direction. That will become apparent to you, a mere woman with no sense of direction, momentarily. The moments tick by. He is becoming exasperated and hitting the gas. Finally, in disgust, he pulls into a gas station and asks for help. It pains him to do so.

Louise added another lesson when I was asking what to do knowing that Shirley and I were facing her cancer together, a cancer that we seemed to have faint hope of beat-ing. Her advice was powerful and insightful. When someone, anyone, asks if they can do anything to help, just say “Yes.” Friends, family, neighbors, colleagues and others want to be there for you and for themselves.

I know, I know. You’re a man and never ask for help, not even simple directions. Understand that the people asking to help need your “Yes” as much as you. It gives them some sense of being able to do something positive about this insidious disease that seems beyond their control.

Shirley and I were blessed. We did not have to cook a meal for 3-4 months following her surgery thanks to the chicken dishes, casseroles, lasagnas and other assorted goodies constantly flowing through our front door. Needing a brief childcare stint for our daughter, Alison, it was there. Thank you, Greenwich. Thank you in particular First Congregational Church in Old Greenwich. Thank you special friends, particularly Betsy, who taught me I could get through anything, even this. You are a compassionate community. You are a healing church. You are true friends. Your love, prayers and support made a difference for all three of us in our recovery.

Ask for help. Say “yes” when it’s offered. You’ll be better for it.

3. Humor Heals

Norman Cousins taught the country this lesson many years ago and we are often reminded of this truth by Loretta Laroche and others. We know that the act of laughing is itself healing. It makes us feel better and helps us get better. It is very easy to take ourselves and our careers much too seriously.

Close friends have experienced our occasional over-the-top, out of control laughing, true guffaws. Can anything feel better? You cannot laugh while feeling sorry for yourself. Seeing the humor in any situation brings relief and release. Did you hear about the drunk who got a “speeding” ticket after passing out at the wheel of his car? Tragedy, yes. Being able to laugh at the incident in hindsight brings understanding and relief.

Our favorite apocryphal joke is about hitting a pig, reporting the accident anonymously and getting a ticket in the mail for $500. And how did they find us, you ask, “the pig squealed.”

Shirley set the stage for our approach to her treatment for breast cancer, which included humor and lots of it. Shirley had met Linda McWhorter, her surgeon’s wife, about two weeks before her diagnosis and surgery. On the way in to the operating room for her mastectomy, lying on a gurney in a local community hospital, she looked up and said: “Hey, Phil, you ought to charge me half price. I’m pretty small.” Courage, strength, fortitude.

A year later, Shirley told the hospital’s President & CEO that she was being over charged for her mammogram, that she should get a 50% discount. After all, with one remaining breast, they only had to take a single x-ray image, not two. What’s fair is fair. She left him speechless. It just made sense to me.

And there was her relationship with her oncologist, Dick Hollister, and his incredible staff. Do you realize that over 95% of cancer treatment takes place in physicians’ private office, not in hospitals. If you choose to practice in oncology, you know from the get go that at least 50% of your patients will die. Yet Dick and his staff always provided hope, comfort, and, best of all, laughter and humor.

Dick had made the choice to become a doctor and treat patients with cancer at age 13 according to his mother, at age 11 according to him. He was the perfect match for Shirley, who turned him bright red (fairly easy given his red-head’s freckled complexion), when she whipped out her temporary breast prosthesis during his first visit to her hospital room. He was speechless. He knew he had a live one, despite the poor prognosis. Shirley was an interesting and challenging case for a new oncologist in his first few years of practice. Jokes were a staple in his office during the course of our year of treatment.

Humor is healing to body, mind, and spirit.

4. I love you, not your breasts

Despite our nation’s growing obesity, we are a breast and body image fixated society, from Betty Grable pinups in World War II, Marilyn Monroe and Jane Mansfield in the 1950′s and 1960′s to Salma Hayek, Paris Hilton and Pamela Anderson today. Men talk about being “leg men” or “breast men” with bravado and sophomoric stupidity, as if large breasts or great legs have anything to do with being a woman, a lifetime companion, and a long-term, intimate lover.

Now, don’t get me wrong. I love to look at and admire beautiful women from the gorgeous 76-year-old former model taking my smoking cessation class in 1982 to the stars on screen and women around me today. However, it is my bride, my lover, and my lifetime partner who is my sexual and sensual interest today. Your bride, your lover, your wife needs to know that you love who she is, not what type of body she has or the size of her breasts.

Shirley is as beautiful and sexy today as she was on our first date, if not more so. Our love making then and today was not and is not hampered by her having one breast instead of two. Rather, it enriches our intimacy. When we make love, she completes me, makes me whole and alive. God created a matching set that fits together nicely. Your bride needs reassurance in the face of an assault on her femininity and sense of womanhood. She needs to know by what you say and what you do that this set of circumstances is not the end of your sex life, but rather a new, sometimes frightening, and exciting sex life with heightened sensitivity and caring.

5. Go to her appointments

Go to the multitude of appointments with your wife, your partner, as much as you can, holding her hand literally and figuratively. I had the luxury and blessing of relative independence in my job as the CEO of a community health and wellness center. I built my professional and community calendar around Shirley’s treatment schedule. I went with Shirley to virtually every physician visit, every chemotherapy appointment. I felt a bit guilty about sitting in the waiting room, not going into the exam room with her for the actual treatments. Perhaps a bit of a wimp or squeamish, but I was with her in mind, body and spirit every step of the way. If it were possible, I would have taken it for her, and traded places with her.

It is not what you do when you accompany her to treatment, but rather the act itself that speaks volumes to her. It also gives you some sense of empowerment. You are more than a helpless spectator cursing the damned disease. You have joined the battle. You are helping wrest control from the cancer along with your wife, your family and friends, your treatment team and all of the support system around you.

There is also a practical side. Hearing a diagnosis of cancer overwhelms the senses. Doctors try to help you understand, but their daily jargon, the language of medicine, might as well be classical Greek or Latin. With two of you there, there are two sets of ears to hear what is said. There are two mouths to ask questions. This helps avoid the tendency to hear what you want to hear. Being with her each time will reassure her, help her overcome, and make you feel good about yourself. She’ll love you for it.

6. She is not an invalid

Your wife or partner is not fragile. She won’t break. Treatment can be grueling and tiring, but you both need to live your life as fully as possible. Continue to enjoy what you enjoy individually and as a couple, particularly the latter. One of our best friends and an inspiration for many jogged to her chemotherapy appointments when battling a recurrence of breast cancer. It is called zest for living, being in the now.
Let your bride do anything she is up to trying. In Shirley’s case over the course of her year of treatment, that included walks at Greenwich Point, skiing, putting up with some golf with me, puttering with flowers, and even on occasion agreeing to go sailing with me. You need to take your cues from her. She knows what she can do, or how tired she may be feeling, whether it’s a good day or not. When she’s ready, encourage and support her without pushing her. Get out when she’s ready.

As I reflect, it was important for Shirley and I to live life fully as a couple and as a family with Alison. We knew our time together here might be very short and we wanted to live our life together fully. We did not anticipate the length of life we’ve been blessed with together. Shirley is a miracle and so is your wife or partner, no matter what the ultimate outcome.

7. Sex After Breast Cancer

This is another place where a man needs to let his partner lead. She will let you know what works now and what doesn’t, what she’s ready for, and what she’s not. I suppose I mourned the loss of her breast as she did, as well as the change in some aspects of love-making that result.
The important thing to learn is that life goes on and sex goes on. In the first weeks, months and even years, your sex life may take on an added dimension that is simultaneously painful and exquisite. Imagine how it feels to make love to someone you feel you might lose. You don’t want to hurt her. Remember, she is not fragile. You can giver her bear hugs both during and outside your lovemaking.

Shirley found a new gynecologist as she went through treatment, Ed Jacobson, a warm man, the kind of physician whose presence and demeanor is comforting and reassuring by nature. He enriched our lives, specifically our sex lives, by suggesting we try jellies and creams to make intercourse easier and more comfortable. When your part-ner experiences menopause, whether naturally as she ages, or, as in Shirley’s case, early menopause brought on at age 37 by chemotherapy and hormone therapy, there are issues to be addressed. This includes hot flashes, vaginal dryness, pain during intercourse, lack of lubrication, lowered libido. In explaining the use of jellies and creams to Shirley during an office visit, Ed described it as “the stuff used by the prostitutes in Stamford.” Sounded like good advice to her and to me. And, by the way, it does work.

There is sex after mastectomy, wonderful, beautiful, glorious sex. And, in the beginning, it can be simultaneously exquisite and painful. There is nothing that can quite prepare a man for making love, and having intercourse, with the love of his life who he fears losing. The threat hung over our heads and was part of our thoughts for days, months and years. Shirley would be embarrassed were I to say any more about our sex life. It is intimate and remains a joy.

I have spoken on this subject to women’s groups and social workers. Most rewarding was being part of a panel in Stamford, Connecticut with a professional sex therapist speaking ahead of me. I listened attentively and was pleased to find that Shirley and I had figured out on our own what she described in theory. She was a theoretician explaining the principles underlying sexuality and the impact of breast surgery and cancer treatment. Shirley and I had lived it and muddled through on our own just fine, thank you.

8. She is your trophy wife

You need to understand that your bride, your wife, the woman you promised to cherish, the love of your life and your best friend is also the answer to your caricature male mid-life crisis. The answer is not a young intern wearing a thong who’s young enough to be your daughter. It is not a young bimbo or young colleague with whom to start your next marriage, or your next family. It is not a sports car, a speedboat or a new set of golf clubs. It is your wife.

I encountered this attitude and understanding observing the marriage of friends Joe and Shirley, two “adolescents in love” after more than 40 years of marriage. Rather than have a midlife crisis alternative relationship, whether sexual or emotional, how about a fling with your wife. Take her away for a comfy weekend at a romantic bed and breakfast. In our case, it can be some quiet time together in the Berkshires, preferably paddling a canoe. Or take in a Broadway show, or a good movie and an after show dessert. Fall in love. Stay in love. Be in love.

9. Lemonade from lemons

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. See the silver lining. You are not a Pollyanna to find something exquisite, profound and meaningful in facing cancer, facing death and facing loss. Can you imagine yourself in the shoes or the psyche of a person with cancer? Or as the husband, lover and lifetime partner of a woman with breast cancer? Can you understand deep in your soul what intimacy is like, sexual and otherwise, when all your senses are stretched and heightened by the knowledge you’re making love to a woman you could lose?

You find joy to the point of pain. You discover a profound sense of being one with each other, and yet there is awareness that it could be fleeting and transitory. Reality may break in and shatter the moment, but you persevere. I have often said in the years since “our” treatment for Shirley’s breast cancer that a good marriage, or a solid relationship, will not only get through the trauma of breast cancer, the marriage will be strengthened and be the better for it. Go figure.

10. She is not damaged goods

A man attending a prostate cancer support group expressed concern about being “damaged goods” following prostate cancer treatment. Your bride is not damaged goods with or without breast reconstruction. She remains the woman you fell in love with, the woman you committed to for a lifetime together. Get beyond the inner thoughts never expressed, wondering whether your lovemaking was altered forever. You, too, may miss her breast, as it has brought you both pleasure in the past. Whether or not to have breast reconstruction is a personal choice, her choice. Shirley chose not to do so, in part I believe to avoid furthering tampering with and “awakening” of any missed cancer cells.

Now is the time to live your life to its fullest together. Cleave to her. Hold her. Love her. Smell her. Taste her. Smile with her. Laugh with her. Cry with her. Get angry with her. Yes, you still have “negative” feelings and emotions. You are still human beings in the ebb and flow of a love relationship that is more intense than most of those around you. You’ll both survive and thrive if you stay together.

By: Peter Flierl

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This is one of those underground subjects that everybody sort of knows about and ignores. It just is not a “conversational” topic. As humans, we just can not accept the practice of fecal eating. All sorts of imagery pops up. In fact, you are doing it yourself right now. And you are wondering if you can even finish reading this article. You have already been through the worse, might as well keep going now. It is all in the spirit to keep your dog healthy, right?

Coprophagy Or Coprophagia

Coprophagia is the technical term for the action of eating fecal matter. In the case of dogs, it can mean their own, or any other animals, including other dogs in the household. There would appear that there is a reason for this behavior. In fact, nobody has come up with a conclusive reason as to why dogs do it. Some believe that it is because of the dog lacking something in their diet. But if you think about this for a moment, fecal matter is comprised of non-essential “stuff” that the body could either not digest or not use. It is in all sense of the term “waste” product. So, to eat it does not any sense really, does it? This isn’t to say that a quality food should not be used to make sure that your dog is getting the right nutrition.

It is an unpleasant behavior in your pet. But it is not by any means fatal. Of course there are side effects that go along with your dog eating fecal matter. It goes without saying that the dog’s breath is horrendous and it is going to require you doing more doggie dental care to keep your dog healthy. There are also certain intestinal or internal parasites your dog can catch from practicing coprophagy. These parasites are even worse when your dog is eating other animals feces.

One of the worst offenders are cats. A lot of families have both cats and dogs in their homes as pets. That makes cat’s feces readily available to dogs inside of the home. Just a quick trip to the little box, and dog is in fecal heaven. Nobody can exact explain why, but cat feces seems to be a favorite amongst dogs. If you do have both in the house, to help keep your dog healthy, find a way to separate the litter box in an area of the house that the dog can’t get to. If you have a bigger dog, maybe installing an internal little doggie door to the area so that the cat can go through, but the dog can not fit through it. The best method is to buy one of those cat litter boxes that do self-cleaning after every use. That way if it is even out in the open, your dog does not have access to it. Yes, they are expensive, but then so is a vet bill and meds for your dog.

Some Ways To Try To Eliminate Coprophagy

There are some things you can do to try and curb or stop altogether your dog from eating on the “snacks” of other animal’s rear ends. Below are some things you can try that have been stated to work. But there is really only one absolute way to put a stop to this behavior. It is time consuming and even laborious, but an absolute positive way to stop this behavior is to constantly get rid of the poop as soon as it “arrives” in the lawn, in the cat box, or wherever. It is an obvious thing, but if it is not present to feed upon, the dog can not eat it. As promised, below is a list of possible solutions if eliminating the substance does not seem doable to you.

Supervision.

This is as time consuming as cleaning it up at first, but this option you might be able to stop doing after a certain time period where cleaning it up is constant. Just like training the dog on what to chew and what not to chew, you will have to supervise the dogs activity and every time the dog goes in for a “snack” either make a loud noise or shout a stern “No” and immediately give the dog something alternative to put into their mouth. Give them a toy, a chew toy, a raw hide, or a chew bone. This can, over time, re-wire the dog’s mind into thinking to chew on the alternative versus the fecal matter every time that urge comes up.

Flavor the poop.

There are certain food items and additives that, after digestive processing, makes the poop taste bad. I know you are currently thinking, “what, it doesn’t taste bad to begin with?” I can not honestly answer that question, and hope that I never will be able to. But you do have to keep a perspective in mind. Dogs have no problem chewing on rotting road kill that has been in the hot sun for days. I can not imagine fecal matter can taste any worse than that, right? So it is rumored that pineapple makes fecal matter taste bad to dogs. You can either pour pineapple juice over the dog food, or try mixing some chunks of pineapple in the food. I believe the fresher, the better. Dogs like the sweet flavor, but apparently some chemical reaction happens during digestion that changes that completely at the other end.

Try a product.

There are some products you can get from either your vet or at a pet store that is suppose to eliminate the behavior as well. I am not sure how they work, I would assume they work something similar to the pineapple theory above, rendering the fecal matter tasting bad to the dogs. I can not recommend any particular brand name, as I have not used any. But I am sure your vet or maybe a friend or family member could give you some idea which ones work and they have had success with.

Summation

Dogs often are found eating the fecal matter of themselves, or other animals. The technical term for this behavior is called, “coprophagy” or “coprophagia”. Despite rumors and suggestions that the dogs eat the matter because they are missing something from their diet, there is no proof to support it. The reason dogs do it is currently unknown, and anything used for the reasoning at this time should be taken as pure speculation. Cat feces is a personal favorite amongst dogs. If you have both dogs and cats in the house, try to take care to separate the litter box from the dogs so that they do not have access to an instant buffet. The only true way to stop the behavior is to eliminate any fecal matter by picking it up as soon as it is dropped. You can also try to train the dog to no longer eat fecal matter.

There are other ways that have been stated to work, although I personally have no evidence to back them up. The other ways require you to feed the dog something with their food that will make the fecal matter no longer tasteful to the dog. Pineapple is rumored to be one of the best deterrents. Another method is to purchase a product made specifically for this from your vet or from a pet store. Eating fecal matter is not deadly to the dog, but can create health issues, especially internal parasites. Stopping the fecal eating not only seems “practical” (no kisses for me thanks) but also helps you to keep your dog healthy and happy.

By: Ian Westynn

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Breast cancer is a serious disorder that attacks women. It is a disease that women dread about. In medical terms, this disease can be defined as a formation of malignant or cancer cells in the breast tissues.

The disease has been termed as heterogeneous. This means that it is a different disease that appears and forms differently in different women of different age groups. Younger women are said to be more vulnerable to this disease.

This disease can be cured if detected early. This is the reason that young women are advised to carry out a self-examination for any kind of lungs inside their breast every three to six months. They should also go for a medical examination in every six months.

When failed to detect, this disease can result in to some real threatening stages. In certain severe and final stages of breast cancer, women are advised to go for a breast removal surgery or masectomy. This is really dreadful moment in a woman life.

Fortunately, this disease can be treated successfully if detected early. Hence, it is very important to learn about the symptoms of breast cancer and keep tabs on any of the warning signs that may hit our body anytime.

Here are some potential breast cancer symptoms to help you learn about this disease and detect it on time in a better and effective way.

- The warning sings

Usually, breast cancer does not carry any pain. However, a woman is still advised to visit her health care practitioner on a regular basis to know about the development of the disease in her body.

Common symptoms

a) Change in breast and nipple feel

You may suddenly experience tenderness of nipple or even a lump or thickening near the breast or underarm area without any specific reason.

b) Change in the appearance of breast or nipple

This means that there is a change in the shape or the size of the breast or a nipple. The nipple may appear scaly, read, swollen, turn slightly inward or contain ridges or pitting similar to the skin of an orange.

c) Nipple discharge

Sometimes, you may also experience nipple discharge. The discharge may be clear or bloody.

d) Pain

You may sometimes feel pain in the nipple.

e) Swelling

Women with breast cancer can even observe swelling or mass inside the arm pit.

f) Lump

A lump near the arm pit or breast is a clear indication of breast cancer.

g) Rash

You would find a rash on a nipple or the surrounding area.

All the above mentioned signs and symptoms are an indication that you may be suffering from breast cancer.

However, there are several other ways to detect breast cancer such as self examination. You can conduct a self examination at your home. Just inspect your breasts for any lumps or swelling, changes in contour of each breast, dimpling of skin or changes in the nipples.

Remember that early detection of this disease is the only way to cure it. You need to focus on the signs and symptoms of this disease in order to detect it. Watch out for the symptoms and be safe.

By: Bertil Hjert

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