Breast cancer is known to be the most common type of cancer among women, even more common than skin cancer. The scary thing about breast cancer is that it spreads to the other parts of the body as well. Preventing breast cancer When it comes to prevention, the truth is that there is no kind [...]
Last month researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center announced that the incidence of breast cancer in the United States had dropped by just over 7% in 2003. This drop came after the WHI brought out a report showing an increase in the risks for breast cancer and stroke for women taking [...]
Fewer American women are having mammograms to screen for breast cancer. This is according to a study carried out by the National Cancer Institute and the Center For Disease Control. The opposite had been the case for 20 years before the period of the study with increasing numbers of women having mammograms each year. Why [...]
African American women are more likely to die from breast cancer than white women. Although black women are less likely than their white counterparts to develop breast cancer, they are more likely to die from it. African American women are also more likely to see their doctor when the disease is at an advanced stage. [...]
Women over 65 are more likely to die if they have a hip fracture than if they are diagnosed with breast cancer. This finding was presented by a team of investigators at the American Geriatric Society’s annual meeting. In the study, women who had hip fractures tended to be older, better educated, have lower BMI [...]
A new study released by Harvard yesterday has once again discounted the link between abortion and breast cancer. This confirms an earlier conclusion reached by a panel of expert put together by the National Cancer Institute in 2003. Earlier reports of an increased risk of breast cancer associated with previous abortions was derived from women [...]
Meat is good! Well, it’s not all bad anyway. There are several things that have been linked to breast cancer in postmenopausal women like smoking e.t.c. Well, now it looks like eating meat is not one of them. Meat produces chemicals called “meat mutagens”, which are thought to cause changes in the DNA in cells. [...]
Findings presented recently at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium showed that about half of women over 40 are having yearly mammograms to screen for breast cancer even though the procedure is covered by employer-provided insurance or Medicare. Researchers used a database to review medical claims made over a 3 year period ending in December [...]
Breast cancer survivors often have problems when it comes to managing menopause symptoms. Use of hormonal therapy may lead to a relapse of the cancer. In addition, some of the medication used to treat breast cancer can themselves worsen menopause symptoms. According to a recent US study, breast cancer survivors can find relief from menopause [...]
Post-menopausal women on hormone replacement are usually advised to stop taking their hormone therapy for 1-2 months before they have a mammogram to screen for breast cancer based on research that suggested that this would improve the quality of the mammogram. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) makes the breast tissue appear more dense (thicker) so that [...]
