Breast Cancer Risk Linked to Virus Found in Cattle

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Breast Cancer Risk Linked to Virus Found in Cattle
Topic Started: Oct 1 2015, 04:53 AM (231 Views)
Darcie	Oct 1 2015, 04:53 AM Post #1
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Quote: Women who are infected with a virus called the bovine leukemia virus (BLV) may face an increased risk of breast cancer, according to a recent study. In the study, researchers tested the breast tissue of about 240 women for BLV, and found that 59 percent of the samples from women who had breast cancer showed signs of BLV. Only 29 percent of the samples from women without breast cancer showed signs of the virus. The researchers' analysis of the data revealed that the odds of having breast cancer, when taking other risk factors into account, were three times higher if BLV was present — an increase that's higher than those of several other well known risk factors for breast cancer, including drinking alcohol, being obese and using hormone treatments after menopause, the study said. BLV is frequently found in cattle herds throughout the United States, infecting the animals' blood cells and mammary tissues. Most cows do not become sick from the virus, although a very small percentage do develop cancer of the lymph system. [6 Things Women Can Do to Lower Breast Cancer Risk] http://www.livescience.com/52314-breast-cancer-risk-bovine-leukemia-virus.html?cmpid=NL_Health_weekly_2015-09-29 Could this be true?



Dana	Oct 1 2015, 05:02 AM Post #2
WWS Hummingbird Guru & Wildlife photographer extrordinaire Posts: 13,054 Group: Member Member #830 Joined: March 23, 2011	Chicken and egg? "Maybe there's something about cancerous breast tissue that somehow attracts the virus, or makes a good home for the virus," Greger told Live Science."



Trotsky	Oct 2 2015, 02:09 AM Post #3
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	I imagine milk drinking might be contributory and perhaps rare beef? Edited by Trotsky, Oct 2 2015, 02:09 AM.



wildie	Oct 2 2015, 03:50 PM Post #4
Veteran Member Posts: 12,173 Group: Member Member #442 Joined: October 11, 2006	Trotsky Oct 2 2015, 02:09 AM I imagine milk drinking might be contributory and perhaps rare beef? Think about the billions of barrels of petroleum product that we spread over our food production just by air travel alone. I doubt that a measly little virus could cause such havack ! I say, make air travel illegal and we could make major inroads in the battle against cancer. A secondary affect would be no money for the warring factions in the middle east.



Dana	Oct 2 2015, 04:02 PM Post #5
WWS Hummingbird Guru & Wildlife photographer extrordinaire Posts: 13,054 Group: Member Member #830 Joined: March 23, 2011	Oh Wildie, such craaaazy ideas. I fully concur !



Trotsky	Oct 3 2015, 01:42 AM Post #6
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	wildie Oct 2 2015, 03:50 PM Trotsky Oct 2 2015, 02:09 AM I imagine milk drinking might be contributory and perhaps rare beef? Think about the billions of barrels of petroleum product that we spread over our food production just by air travel alone. I doubt that a measly little virus could cause such havack ! I say, make air travel illegal and we could make major inroads in the battle against cancer. A secondary affect would be no money for the warring factions in the middle east. Or the tons of radioactive fissionable products spewed over the land by hundreds of atmospheric weapons test explosions over a half century. I HAVE made air travel illegal in our household. I haven't been in a plane since 1965 and one of those had PROPELLERS. Bob not for 30 years. Edited by Trotsky, Oct 3 2015, 01:42 AM.



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