What Do Societal Beauty Standards Have to Do with Breast Cancer?

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🗓️ 23 October 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Host Rachel Feltman is joined by Jasmine McDonald, an assistant professor of epidemiology at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, to discuss the disturbing trend of an increase in early-onset breast cancer diagnoses. They explore how chronic exposure to endocrine disruptors could be fueling this rise and examine the surprising role that societal beauty standards may play in shaping these risks. This episode is part of “Women’s Health,” an editorially independent special project produced with financial support from Organon. We value your input! Take our quick survey to share your feedback. Email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-check our show. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Oregon on is an independent global health care company with a mission to help improve the health of women throughout their lives.
0:07.0	The company invests in innovative solutions and research to drive future growth opportunities of women's health,
0:13.0	including conditions and diseases that impact women differently,
0:17.0	disproportionately, and uniquely, such as reproductive health,
0:21.0	cardiovascular disease, neurology,
0:24.1	autoimmune and respiratory conditions, and dermatology.
0:28.0	Organon is a convener of like-minded
0:30.4	biopharmaceutical partners, innovators, government agencies, research institutions,
0:36.1	and advocacy groups with an aim to create a better and healthier every day for women and
0:41.5	their communities.
0:43.0	Learn more at W.orgonon.com. According to a recent report by the American Cancer Society, breast cancer diagnoses climbed by 1% annually from 2012 to 2021 and that increase was actually sharper in
1:06.8	people under the age of 50 with so-called early onset cancers on the rise
1:11.1	scientists are working to sort out the complex tangle of factors that can contribute to
1:16.4	someone's risk.
1:18.1	For Scientific American Science Quickly, I'm Rachel Feltman.
1:21.1	I'm joined today by Dr. Jasmine McDonald.
1:23.6	She's an assistant professor of epidemiology
1:25.9	at Columbia Universities at Mailman School of Public Health.
1:29.2	Thank you so much for coming in to chat with us today.
1:31.5	Thank you for having me.
1:32.8	So I know that you study breast cancer,
1:35.1	but can you tell me more about your particular area of expertise?
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