Although Angelina Jolie certainly hasn't made any big show about being born again in the months since she's announced that she has had a double mastectomy as a way to head-off breast cancer. Word has it the Brad Pitt's wife has become very spiritual since dealing with the possibly of getting sick. According to the latest gossip news updates, the Maleficent actress has found god through her trying ordeal and now starts every morning with prayer. While Angie is said to have been inspired by her brush with cancer, the actress' opting to have the surgery to stop the disease in its tracks in reportedly on the upswing even in men. Doctors and well as industry insiders have reportedly nicknamed the uptick in patients opting to get a double mastectomy the "Angelina Jolie effect."
She may not be what born again Christian Mike Huckabee would point to as being the best example of crusader for the faith, but Angelina Jolie is said to have gotten serious about her faith ever since having to come face-to face-with the news that she is genetically predisposed to developing breast cancer.
One source in the latest September 21, issue of In Touch claims that these days Angie spends every morning reflecting on new found religious convictions and talking to god:
"She became humble through her illness. Now Angie wakes up every morning and says a prayer.
"She keeps the bible Brad [Pitts]'s mom, Jane, gifted her on the nightstand wherever she travels. She believes religion is pivotal for her existence."
While Jolie's very public battle to ward of cancer has reportedly inspired her to find God, experts claim that Angie's courageous decision to have a preemptive double mastectomy appears to have set off a trend in cancer treatment.
According to the latest report in TheStar.com, even men are now opting to have their breasts removed in order to stave off a fatal bout with breast cancer:
"The share of male breast cancer patients getting contralateral prophylactic mastectomy, or CPM, which involves removing a healthy breast in addition to one with a tumor, nearly doubled between 2004 and 2011, rising from 3 per cent to 5.6 per cent.
"This trend mirrors what's happening in women, whose CPM rate has also risen quickly, from 4.5 per cent to 11 per cent between 2003 and 2011.
"Experts have suggested that the trend may be due to the growing availability of genetic testing that gives people a better sense of their risk, as well as what cancer specialists call the 'Angelina Jolie effect.'"
It's inspiring to know that whatever the true status of Angie's religious convictions, the actress' battle with cancer is ultimately going to be responsible for saving hundreds of lives.
