All tag results for 'tested'

Angelina Jolie has been the center of attention the last couple of days for raising awareness for women's health issues when she announced she was having preventative surgeries!

But some people are still a little unclear about all of the medical jargon that has come along with the news, so here are some important facts to help clear up any lingering confusion:

What is a BRCA1 gene?

Tags: angelina jolie, brca1 gene, breast cancer, cancer, dna, doctor, gene mutation, health, medical jargon, ovarian cancer, surgery, tested

Oh, Lindsay!

We already heard the brakes weren't to blame after an insider revealed there were no skid marks at the scene of Lindsay Lohan's PCH crash. But now Porsche has proven it!

After hearing the fiery starlet had been sullying their fine name, Porsche asked

Tags: brakes, car crash, lindsay lohan, pch, porsche, tested

The breast milk of about 10,000 mothers living in Fukushima Prefecture, home to the debilitated Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, will be tested for radioactive contimation.

Details have yet to be finalized, but officials are working out a plan to obtain the breast milk samples from new mothers in the region. The cost will is said to be about ¥50,000 per person.

Last May and June, just months after the Japanese earthquake an tsunami, traces of radioactive cesium in the breast milk of 7 in 21 mothers were found.

So, so sad! Japanese is still dealing with such life-threatening effects of the disaster that occurred in March 2011.

Here's hoping that the government finds a way to help these mothers and their newborns.

[Image via AP Images.]

Tags: breast milk, contamination, earthquake, fukushima daiichi, japan, mothers, nuclear plant, radiation, tested, tsunami