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  dorpus, 7 Feb 2005 @ 8:37pm

  
  

  Womyn Take Back The Night

  By the way, I learned last week in genetics class that men can get breast cancer. So do yourselves a favor and fondle your man-boobs in the shower to check for lumps.
  
  http://aboutplastic.surgery.uiowa.edu/surgery/oncology/malebreastcancer.html
  
  How is male breast cancer diagnosed?
  Because most cases present with a palpable mass, fine needle aspiration cytology is extremely useful. This is performed in the physician’s office. A fine gauge needle is inserted into the mass and cells drawn out for examination under the microscope (6,17,25). Nipple discharge can be smeared on microscope slides and examined microscopically (13,20).
  

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    Anonymous Coward, 8 Feb 2005 @ 12:49am

    
    

    Re: Womyn Take Back The Night

    Dude, wasn't an episode of OZ devoted to this? You know, the one were O'Reily was diagnosed with breast cancer, and as a result was freaking out because in his mind, any sign of weakness (especially in his case, as everyone wanted a piece of him) would result in his death. He ended up pleading with his doctor (who he later fell in love with, killed her husband, and was rejected by) to keep his "chick" disease a secret. If you haven't seen this great HBO series, please go out and rent it!

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      dorpus, 8 Feb 2005 @ 3:11am

      
      

      Re: Womyn Take Back The Night

      Sounds good, I don't own a TV, so.
      
      There is another neat party trick I learned -- if you measure someone's blood pressure at their wrist and ankle, then you can deduce the congestion in their arteries by the difference in blood pressure. i.e. a person with congested arteries will have a bigger difference in blood pressure, because the ankle is further from the heart than the wrist.
      
      Now, I'm not suggesting that you go to a party, tie people up spread-eagle, and measure their BP on all 4 limbs.
      

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  DV Henkel-Wallace, 7 Feb 2005 @ 9:07pm

  
  

  Headline is misleading

  Given the headline I was expecting something more like The king's healing touch (if you find this interesting check out Les Rois thaumaturges by the incomparable Marc Bloch -- a man I aspire to be even half the man he was).

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  Dennis Cheung, 9 Feb 2005 @ 12:41am

  
  

  Nice find

  Nice find. As a Program Manager on the Entourage team, this definitely piqued my curiousity.

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