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Cancer-Detecting Bra Could One Day Surpass Mammograms In Accuracy
fangmcgee writes "Reno-based First Warning Systems is working on a new bra that could detect if you are developing breast cancer. Integrated sensors and a data controller regularly monitor your breasts and can watch for irregularities which may signal the growth of tumors. Tests so far are showing that the bra is far superior and may be able to detect cancerous growth up to 6 years sooner than self-exams or mammograms."
but the secret is now cancer :(
We could pay for the tech with the profits from the webcams they will put in the bras!
FYI : My hands are the most advanced detector to date.
Please add Bluetooth connectivity. That way, I can figure out my date's cup size without staring at her chest all night.
sudo make me a sandwich
I support watching breasts.
Integrated sensors and a data controller regularly monitor your breasts and can watch for irregularities which may signal the growth of tumors.
Look, I know I could stand to shed a few pounds, but I don't think I'm anywhere close to the point where a bra would be entering the picture.
At first I thought it said "bro". My bad.
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I don't have time to figure out the wording, but it's something about how I like breasts. Just thought I'd let you know I thought it was pretty funny.
Anal probe for early prostate cancer detection.......
This machine has a fatal flaw which will decrease it's maximum possible accuracy to only 96.8% (3.2% undetected): It will only be worn by women.
If in high school guys were taught how to detect breast cancer, the detection rate would probably be quicker than even these bras. No joke. Everyone wants to protect the things they love ;-;
Ever notice they always reply telling you whether it opens in back or in front?
Mammograms In Accuracy.
Virtually anything can surpass mammograms in breast cancer detection because they are so crap at finding breast cancer.
Hey lets load up a power pack and all these sensors into clothing you wear all the time! Instead of putting it in a specialized machine for daily use.... which would make sense.
And by the time they actually make 'smart' clothing that would do all this without extra weight, power, ect.... I suspect you'll be able to tell the nanobots swimming in your blood to go check out your tits for cancer instead of using clunky external devices and 'clothing'.
Sounds like it could also detect if you're pregnant. Do breasts start to grow as soon as your body knows you're pregnant or do they wait a few weeks first?
Why is this tagged as idle? It looks like a great idea for at risk women. I didn't realize this was /. - news for 6th graders.
I for one welcome our under wire overlords.
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Oh, please don't tell me what device they'll use to monitor my prostate 24x7....
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I took too long checking her for breast cancer.
Anyone else feel like men get the sort end of the stick in cancer research? Yes, I could technically get breast cancer. But I am a lot more likely to get prostate cancer. Yet everyone from the NFL to the WWE have their pink ribbons on and I've never seen a benefit for prostate cancer. While I am happy for the funding and interest, I just wish money were allocated according to reason, not just "I like boobies".
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I offer my manual breast examination services to the control group, and promise to spend far more time fondling da boobies than medically necessary.
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I'm thinking, "Kon-Kup"
This Kon, for our non-anime fans out there.
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6 years sooner to get on the per-existing condition list under the GOP plan.
Up next DNA testing.
Seriously. It's a sports bra. You know when I wear sports bras? NEVER. Because they are uncomfortable, ugly, and offer little actual support for anyone bigger than an A cup. For ladies with higher letters in the alphabet, it'd be a useless tank top. I'm glad TFA says it probably just needs to be worn a few hours a day. Maybe when I sleep at night (although my husband will probably grumble about that.)
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Testicular cancer. Guess we guys will have to start wearing a monitoring cup daily.
And teenage boys will still have trouble unhooking them.
Just do a search of #SCCAbc for what's really going on with breast cancer research.
First: self-exams do work. In fact, they're the most useful thing young women can do, due to the density of their breast tissue.
Second: mammograms before age 40 and after age 70 are at best problematic in terms of risk/reward ratios. If you're in the 40-70 year range, get periodic exams at the schedule determined by your physician or nurse. If you have BCRA1 or BCRA2 genetic risks, this may mean Annual exams. For other women, it may mean less frequent exams. Men with significant breasts may wish to ask their doctors about their risks. No, I'm serious.
Third: do not interpret BCRA1 or BCRA2 genetic risk factors yourselves. A lot of people mess this up and overreact. Diet, environment, stress, normal breast shape/type for your ethnic background - all have significant impacts. Genetic counselors in established medical settings can help you decide what your real imputed risk factors are, in consultation with your doctor or nurse.
thanks.
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They were saying all the same sorts of things back in 1999 when I first invested money under LBTI. Five years later they were still saying the same things only they had reverse split, and the penny stock was now a 10,000th of a penny stock. When I got out they were using the symbol LBTT, who knows how many times they have reverse split and changed symbols since (now LLBO at $0.0004, with only about 5 BILLION shares). BEWARE!
Nobody here is going to buy one.
From the article, around $1,000 each and only for high risk patients.
That's for initial deployment. With Moore's law, economy of scale, and amortization of development and regulatory costs, it could get a LOT cheaper after a few years. Especially if it becomes widely adopted.
Why stop with breasts? A body stocking could search for hot spots across nearly the whole surface of a person. Knitting machines upgraded to include a distribution of sensors and their wiring could make such a device quite inexpensively. (The electronic package could be re-used with multiple "suits".)
Still, they don't don't have to be worn every day... what kind of granularity do you want? You could wear it once a week and still be way ahead of the game.
Agree.
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So they say that it is effective in 90% of women and that it detects up to 7 years earlier than a mammogram. How did the 3 clinical trials prove that this is effective? Talking to my wife (an Medical Imaging Professional) Mammograms are the Gold standard. Thermography has been refuted for years as ineffective and a sham... From http://sunleitehealth.ca/breastthermography.html which is a proponent of similar technology "Does thermography have the ability to show exactly where there is a tumor? Thermography does not have the ability to pinpoint the location of a tumor for biopsy purposes. Consequently, for a comprehensive analysis, if indicated, an ultrasound and/or mammography are recommended to complement breast thermography if breast cancer is suspected." Mammography today can detect micro-calcifications in the breast. it seems that they are using Mammography as it was 20 years ago not as it is today. I think this is just a bunch of guys wanting to get thermal images of Women's breasts.
It is just a little fluff piece, important and good news but what you can't get into a heated debate about this. Nobody could be against this, so it is for Idle because all the comments will be either jokes or praise.
And as someone who lost all members of his family to cancer. Good news everyone!
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Because cures for breast cancer don't work for prostate cancer of course.
But the main reason you don't see the same public attention is that the color for breast cancer is pink. The color for prostate cancer would be?
If you said brown, your the reason there are fewer public benefits, people snicker about the prostate to much. But cancer research isn't split on just curing breast cancer and leaving other cancers be. It is just that if you want to save the jungle, you focus on the fluffy cuddly animals that people want to hug and squeeze and then the ugly animals will have their habitat saved as well.
Donate to breast cancer and save your own ass. And don't snicker.
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I can just imagine THAT task, your the techie at the hospital and have to sew sensors into a piece of lady clothing. What would you pick? A relatively harmless sports bra that looks like it could be worn as over-clothing or a frilly lacy bra?
Every single female on the staff would make your life a living hell.
Oh and this sports bra could mean you are alive in ten years with both bra's attached. Has you husband seen a loved one with massive surgery trauma, poisoned by chemo and still dying slowly until finally they choke to death in your arms?
No? Then SHUT THE FUCK UP.
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you are a robot.
How long before this becomes a Dr. Who episode?
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those!?!?!