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    nerdybirdyTracie Egan Morrissey
    9/05/14 12:41pm

    I wasn't even aware that people had tried to link breast cancer to bra-wearing...

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      GELLA - LLAPnerdybirdy
      9/05/14 12:46pm

      you can link everything to anything

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      KenVnerdybirdy
      9/05/14 12:48pm

      Everything causes cancer. Did you know that everybody who's had cancer has at some point in their lives drank water?!?!

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    kabrisketTracie Egan Morrissey
    9/05/14 12:58pm

    Coast 2 Coast AM (not something I normally cite facts to) had a guest covering this issue a few months back. The medical anthropologist, Sydney Ross Singer, researched groups of women in Fiji who had never worn bras. It definitely got me thinking about how often I use bras and what kinds. His book is Dressed to Kill. I haven't read it and don't know anymore than what I heard on the show but it sounds more legitimate than the one above.

    Dressed To Kill: The Link between Breast Cancer and Bras Dressed To Kill: The Link between Breast Cancer and Bras Dressed To Kill: The Link between Breast Cancer…

    Amazon.com: $11.90

    Buy now

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      Gemmabetakabrisket
      9/05/14 1:25pm

      holy confounding factors, Batman!

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    KaizykatTracie Egan Morrissey
    9/05/14 2:40pm

    Here's the abstract for the article. You can get the full text for $35. Only posting it because it was kind of a pain in the ass to find.

    Despite the widespread use of bras among U.S. women and concerns in the lay media that bra wearing may increase breast cancer risk, there is a scarcity of credible scientific studies addressing this issue. The goal of the study was to evaluate the relationship between various bra-wearing habits and breast cancer risk among postmenopausal women. We conducted a population-based case–control study of breast cancer in the Seattle–Puget Sound metropolitan area that compared 454 invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) cases and 590 invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) cases diagnosed between 2000 and 2004 with 469 control women between 55 to 74 years of age. Information on bra-wearing habits and other breast cancer risk factors was collected from study participants through in-person interviews. Multivariate adjusted odds ratios (OR) and their associated 95% confidence intervals (CI) were estimated using polytomous logistic regression. No aspect of bra wearing, including bra cup size, recency, average number of hours/day worn, wearing a bra with an underwire, or age first began regularly wearing a bra, was associated with risks of either IDC or ILC. Our results did not support an association between bra wearing and increased breast cancer risk among postmenopausal women

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      ohstewardessTracie Egan Morrissey
      9/05/14 12:40pm

      Good lord, this isn't something I even knew I needed to worry about. I'm relieved to know I can still not think about it.

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        lovelylipstickTracie Egan Morrissey
        9/05/14 7:19pm

        Well no duh.

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