The Science of Boobs

Breasts are pretty amazing!
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Further Reading:

Birth Size and the Pathogenesis of Breast Cancer
http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.0050194
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8785595 An anatomical study of the nerve supply of the breast, including the nipple and areola.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/eph8702327/pdf Milk prolactin, feed volume and duration between feeds in women breastfeeding their full-term infants over a 24 h period
http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Malcolm_Peaker/publication/10755459_The_mammary_gland_in_mammalian_evolution_a_brief_commentary_on_some_of_the_concepts/links/0deec53a2e7040194d000000.pdf The mammary gland in mammalian evolution: A brief commentary on some of the concepts
Genetic variants associated with breast size also influence breast cancer risk http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2350-13-53.pdf
Breast Volume Measurement of 598 Women Using Biostereometric Analysis. http://journals.lww.com/annalsplasticsurgery/abstract/1989/05000/breast_volume_measurement_of_598_women_using.2.aspx
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003153.htm Premenstrual breast changes
http://www.nature.com/news/1999/990805/full/news990805-1.html Why do men have nipples?

http://www.sciencedirect.com.subzero.lib.uoguelph.ca/science/article/pii/S0047248482800079 Permanent breast enlargement in human females: a sociobiological analysis
The Secretion of Areolar (Montgomery's) Glands from Lactating Women Elicits Selective, Unconditional Responses in Neonates http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2761488/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/014067369391210D Infective and anti-infective properties of breastmilk from HIV-1-infected women

http://www.stiftungstillen.ch/logicio/client/stillen/file/stillen/Fachpersonal/Powe_2010.pdf Infant Sex Predicts Breast Milk Energy Content
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/boys-and-girls-may-get-different-breast-milk/ Boys and Girls May Get Different Breast Milk
Eye-Tracking of Men’s Preferences for Waist-to-Hip Ratio and Breast Size of Women http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19688590
http://www.plasticsurgery.org/Documents/news-resources/statistics/2014-statistics/cosmetic-procedure-trends-2014.pdf 2014 Cosmetic Plastic Surgery Statistics
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16681470 Nipple/Breast stimulation and sexual arousal in young men and women.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3186818/ Women's clitoris, vagina and cervix mapped on the sensory cortex: fMRI evidence

http://www.cancer.gov/types/common-cancers Common Cancer Types

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