I've never had a bra so comfortable I could sleep in it.

She was so top heavy, that if she didn't wear a bra to bed the mass of her chest would push against her neck when she would turn on her side in her sleep and make it harder for her to breath.

Me, I've always hated the damn things and up until I had my child in my 30's I rarely wore one. But it's always been the first thing off when I got home and still is.

they were too heavy.

should be the worst offenders and underwires would be next. Can't imagine women would wear an exercise bra all day though.

thinking of support hose here

of course, nobody should wear any of that 24 hrs/day IMHO

"Tight" vs support. Hopefully someone will have an answer for us.

I HATE underwire bras. Torture devices, I tell ya!

You want HURT? Are we supposed to do that too? If you have a proper fitting bra, especially with those cup sizes, it feels a lot better than going about your normal daytime routine braless.

How much money did they spend on this garbage research?

Edit: I need those underwires. The girls won't stay UP without them. Best thing they even invented for us "full figure" girls.

1st source quoted: " Scientists also know that 5 to 10 percent of breast cancers are linked to BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations. "
So it looks like there is a genetic vulnerability in about 5 to 10 % of women.

2nd source is just a blog.

There may be a link between tight bras & breast caner. I wouldn't rule it out. We don't know for sure.

The entire medical & scientific community shunned the physician for many years who had evidence that a bacteria caused most stomach cancers.

Arthritis doc in the late 40s and early 50s saw an unusual connection between his patients and heart disease. They had less. He proposed that the only thing that could possibly cause this reduction in heart disease for people in the late 40s and early 50s was the so called pain killer that most patients were taking that was cheap and widely available. aspirin ..

Yes, late 40s and early 50s. In the mid to late 80s, a German company, Bayer Aspirin , forked over the millions needed for a double blind test, and guess what? 25% fewer second heart attacks (the group was volunteers who already had at least one heart attack)..among those taking aspirin, than those taking the placebo. When the results became clear, they stopped the test, and put everyone on aspirin. No one was willing to fund the double blind test, because no one could make any money off of this drug that was in the so called "public domain"... Bayer did it to prove the truth ...how effective a blood thinner was it?...How many lives would have been saved, or extended if aspirin was used for this purpose in the 50s and on???

in the case of Salma Hayek.

Sorry, I know this is as serious topic, but it really screams for some snide remarks.

Don't they understand that Playtex and other bra makers provide important sponsorship and support of Komen?

I can't really imagine not wearing a bra throughout the day. I would like to see more research on the topic before I change my daily routine.

Breast cancer is in fact associated with higher breast mass--more cells = more options for DNA to get screwed up. Women with smaller breastsa are at less risk, and are also less likely to wear bras.