Mimi Rothschild is a homeschooling mother, writer, children’s rights advocate, and Founder and C.E.O. of home education company Learning by Grace, Inc. She and her husband of 28 years reside with their 8 children right outside Philadelphia, PA.
Rothschild launched Learning By Grace, Inc. because she believed that our nation’s public school system has failed parents and students. Learning By Grace, Inc. offers online education through a multimedia-rich curriculum to PreK-12 children across the country and throughout the world.
An accomplished author, Rothschild has written books regarding education published by McGraw Hill and others. Her Homeschooling News Café Blog consists of the most current and relevant education news.
Causes
Janet Lane-Claypon orchestrated the first scientific study of breast cancer during the mid-1920s. Eighty years later, we still lack a full understanding of what exactly causes breast cancer. We do know that all cancers are caused by some kind of damage to the DNA. Exposure to radiation, estrogen hormones, diet, and geography are all elements that could contribute to the mutation of DNA, leading to several kinds of cancer. Our inability to find a cure results from our inability to determine the root cause of breast cancer. The risks of breast cancer increase as women age. Women who are fortunate enough to live to be ninety have a one in seven chance of getting breast cancer. Family history is another important factor. Women whose mothers, grandmothers, and aunts suffered from breast cancer are more likely to experience breast cancer as well.
Symptoms
Regular breast examinations and mammograms are so important because the symptoms of breast cancer are completely painless and difficult to detect. Lumps on the breast, under the arm or above the collarbone that do not go away is one sign. Breast discharge, skin discolorations, and nipple inversion are also warning signs. Please review our guide to self-examinations below.
Treatment
Surgery remains the most popular form of treatment. Hormonal therapy is often used in tandem with surgery. The severity of a patient's condition, whether it be high or low risk, designates the specific cycle of hormonal treatment.
Patients are subjected to X-rays or gamma rays that bombard the cancerous tumors with powerful radiation. This is done using a machine called a linear accelerator. This treatment is often used in conjunction with surgery. Sometimes radiation will be used after surgery to clean up any remaining cancerous material that was not removed by the surgery. Other times, the radiation is used as a precursor to surgery to prepare the area for invasive entry. Radiation treatment is performed for about fifteen minutes each day, for five days a week. This goes on for five to seven weeks. Because normal cells repair themselves much more quickly than cancerous cells, we can use radiation without the risk of permanently damaging normal tissue.
Chemotherapy is also performed before and after surgery. Here are some common types of chemotherapy:
Tamoxifen is used to block estrogen receptors, common in cells, in order to stop the transportation of estrogen between cells.
Aromatase inhibitors lowers the estrogen count in post-menopausal women.
GnRH-analogues can be useful during the early stages of breast cancer.
Ovarian ablation or suppression can be used to stop the ovaries from producing hormones in pre-menopausal women
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By: Sarah Porter | 15/12/2009In some cities, you can find homeschool graduate programs that allow students to go through a ceremony similar to that experienced by traditional graduates. The ceremonies are usually small and are sometimes held at local churches.
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By: Clifford S. Magno | 15/12/2009Many home school groups are facing problems regarding accreditation. Even if there is no accreditation, home schoolers will not stop joining community college or university. Accreditation is a type of stamp of approval that is given to a school, but it does not guarantee the educational outcome of its students. But with many parents of children learning at home, it has become an affordable online home schooling.
Online High School Homeschooling For High School Diploma
By: Clifford S. Magno | 15/12/2009Online high school home schooling is a unique experience, because every online high school helps each student to meet his needs. The rules of education are not laid down; they are tailored according to your unique set of circumstances. Since there are no distractions and obstacles, the students have an opportunity to get a quality education.
Home schooling and Online help
By: Jade Marshall | 14/12/2009Home schooling has been the way for children in less developed areas in he world. Now, with advent of online education and e-learning the landscape is bound to get changed soon!
The Top Four Reasons Why Now is the Best Time to Use a Homeschooling Teacher for Your Child
By: Kimberly | 14/12/2009More parents are beginning to get the assistance of a homeschooling teacher to help their child succeed in school. There is also an increase in the number of resources in which parents can find homeschooling lessons and home tutoring for their children in local communities and on the internet
Research Aids You Determine Affordable Online Home Schooling
By: Clifford S. Magno | 12/12/2009It is expensive if you consider home schooling for your children, because all the curricula has to be bought by you and is generally expensive. Buying online costs a lot of money too. If you are a single earning family, then it means that one of you is staying home to do home schooling for your kid. So, in order to have affordable online home schooling, the best option is to order home schooling material from online sources.
Adapting To Free Home School
By: Clifford S. Magno | 12/12/2009Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could have had the choice of doing free home school, getting a jump start at school? It could have probably been so if both our parents didn't have to go work way back in the day, or if we could have someone watch over us without them getting paid, like a big sister or brother. Wouldn't that just have been great? Doubt it, wanting your older sibling even having more rules over you, as if they weren't bossy enough.
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Public School Graduates Reject Christ
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Home School Myths: Low Education Standards" Myth of Homeschooling
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Home School Myths: No Socialization" Myth of Homeschooling
By: Mimi Rothschild | 08/05/2007 | HomeschoolingOne of the greatest myths that exist about the homeschooling phenomenon is that children who learn at home will not develop the necessary social skills needed for later in life...
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By: Mimi Rothschild | 08/05/2007 | HomeschoolingThe Washington Post states that 900,000 teenage girls become pregnant each year...
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By: Mimi Rothschild | 08/05/2007 | HomeschoolingTo most homeschoolers, the decline of academic quality in America’s public school is not news...