Dr Bob's Medical News Aug 20004 by Robert Roy MD

It’s Proven Mom’s Have A Strong Role In Shaping Their Childs Family Roles

Depending on the role of the mother, the son and/or daughter will take on different roles as they mature to adults. For example, college aged men will expect to do more child care if their moms were employed. On the other hand, if their mom’s were homemakers they would expect their wives to be tending after the home and children.

For daughters the roles were reversed. If their mothers were employed they tended to Spend less time with their children. But, if the mothers were homemakers their daughters tended to stay home more.

This study was based on a survey of college men and women conducted by psychologist Heidi Riggio of Claremont McKenna College. The study size was 351 students.

Dr Bobs Take: Although this study was small additional studies are needed to verify the results. So Moms and Dads don’t change what you are doing based on this study.

Breast Cancer And..

Several studies have recently come out linking diet with increased risk of cancer. The first is that breast cancer is more frequent in obese women who have a low HDL (the good cholesterol). This study was by Norway’s University of Tromso. HDL does not have an active role in the development of breast cancer but may act as a signal to pay more attention to women with low HDL.

In another study co authored by Dr Walter Willett of the Harvard School of Public Health and Instituto Nacionalde Salud Public of Mexico has shown an increase in breast cancer in women on a high carb diet. Women in Mexico were twice more likely to get breast cancer if they were on a high carbohydrate diets than those who ate less starch.

Dr Bob’s Take: it has been known for a long time that obesity carries a higher risk of breast cancer and each of these studies goes on to verify this, only in different ways. With the rise in obesity in this country, I am especially concerned about our children and their increases in obesity, you could surmise that this could mean that breast cancer could be detected at younger ages as time goes on.

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