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Covid and menstruation
ING/CAST It is a fact that COVID-19 came to change our lives almost completely, and after a year of the entire planet enduring this pandemic, other symptoms, in addition to respiratory ones, related to this infectious virus are hardly being indicated. In the last...
Physiological changes of cancer
ING/CAST Knowing and describing the pathophysiological mechanisms of cancer is a complex task. In recent years, the development of new technologies has made it possible to learn about various aspects of the physiology of cancer. In the clinical setting, this has...
Special impact of the Blue Box
ING/CAST BB has a clear goal, and that is to bring a change in the way society deals with breast cancer, shifting the focus from reactive to preventive medicine. If this objective is achieved, this could have a great social impact in this area. To understand the...
Interesting facts about breast cancer
There is a lot of information about breast cancer unknown to most people, and in this post we explain some facts that we find very interesting about this disease. Fact 1: Breast cancer has been called the “nun’s disease” because of the high number of nuns affected....
Breast cancer prevention
ING/CAST There is no method to prevent breast cancer absolutely, but there are steps you can take that could lower your risk, such as changing risk factors that are under your control. If you are concerned about breast cancer, you may be wondering if there are steps...
More breast cancer cases happen to young and middle-aged women
During the past 30 years, more women aged 25 to 39 years were diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. It has increased from 1.53 cases per 100,000 women in 1976 to 2.90 cases per 100,000 women in 2009. This means that about 800 women under the age of 40 are diagnosed...
An analogy, the pregnancy test
To elaborate on the viability of launching The Blue Box into the market, a similar previous launching of another novel product can be considered. Our case is similar to that of the pregnancy test. But its way into the market encountered some major difficulties... Hope...
#NowReading, Spring 2021 edition: “Thinking out of the BOX”
Hello beautiful community! March is already here and we feel more motivated than ever! We have just started 3D-printing the first batch of Blue Boxes that will be used in a clinical setting, meaning that this one will sure be a busy month! For this reason, we (Billy...
#NowReading, Winter 2021 edition: “To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks”
Hello beautiful community! We are hitting the finish line of this busy #BreastCancerAwareness October by initiating a new space for our Blue Members to meet up and discuss about articles and posts! And we could not think of a better topic to start with than... "To win...
Women’s health in Ancient Times
In ancient times, health was seen as a balance. Health and medicine were linked to spiritual beliefs and the cause of an illness, for example, could be due to the presence of an evil spirit. In the patriarchal society of Ancient Greece, girls were owned by their...