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For the Women: Pardon my asking, but do you have really smelly armpits? What about wet, sticky earwax? If yes, please make sure to do your monthly self breast exam and get an annual mammogram.

As reported earlier this month, a team of Japanese scientists led by Toshihisa Ishikawa

…found that a gene responsible for breast cancer causes these physical symptoms. Ishikawa and colleagues monitored the activities of a protein created by a gene associated with breast cancer, called "ABCC11." By studying this gene and its complex cellular and molecular interactions in the body, the researchers discovered a distinct link between the gene and excessively smelly armpits and wet, sticky earwax...This discovery could lead to practical tools…to rapidly identify who may have a higher risk for breast cancer.
~Medical News Today

And if your armpits and earwax are normal, you should still do the monthly exam and get an annual mammogram. There’s no need to take chances.

One more request – please say a prayer for my baby sister Amy today. She’s having a radical mastectomy at the age of 34. Thank goodness she found the lump when she did.