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MSNBC
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One Saudi woman ignored the cancer growing in her breast because she didn't want to risk a referral to a male doctor. Another was divorced by her husband on the mere suspicion she had the disease, while a third was dragged away from a mammogram machine be..
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Washington Post
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After rising steadily for decades, the proportion of U.S. women getting mammograms to screen for breast cancer has dropped for the first time, federal researchers are reporting today.
The overall rate at which women are undergoing regular mammograms fe..
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Washington Post
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New federal statistics provide powerful evidence that the sharp drop in hormone use by menopausal women that began in 2002 caused a dramatic decline in breast cancer cases, according to an analysis being published today.
The statistics show that the nu..
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FOX News
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When people claim to have "tried everything" in the battle against the bulge, they never really mean it. Dieting and exercise? Absolutely! Fasting? Maybe. Breast milk? Probably not.
According to an article in the Japanese publication Asashi Geino, tran..
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Yahoo News
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Women with early stage breast cancer won a new gene test Tuesday to help predict whether they'll relapse in five or 10 years, information that could influence how aggressively they fight that initial tumor...
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New Scientist
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Three young boys grew breast tissue after exposure to lotions and shampoos containing lavender or tea tree oil, researchers say...
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BBC News
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Eating large amounts of red meat may double young women's breast cancer risk, a study suggests...
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MSNBC
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Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D were much more likely to die of the disease or have it spread than patients getting enough of the nutrient, a study found — adding to evidence the "sunshine vitamin'' has anti-cancer benefits.
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MSNBC
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A longer interval between the age a woman first begins to menstruate and her age when she first gives birth is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, the results of a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology suggests.
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SF Gate
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Heavy drinking significantly increases the risk of developing breast cancer, and even moderate drinking - just a glass or two of wine with dinner every night - can make women more vulnerable to the disease, according to research by Kaiser Permanente docto..
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USA Today
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Routine physical exams cost the U.S. health care system nearly as much as treating breast cancer, but that's not necessarily money well spent, a report said Monday.
The authors say they are the first to quantify the number and cost of routine checkups,..
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Reuters
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Women who get cosmetic breast implants are nearly three times as likely to commit suicide as other women, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.
The study, published in the Annals of Plastic Surgery, reinforces several others that have shown women who..
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FOX News
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Women who stay out of the sun are increasing their risk of developing breast cancer, a new study suggests.
The safe-tanning messages that are drummed into women each year may help to reduce their risk of skin cancer – but at the cost of increasing th..
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Washington Post
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Lorie Williams thought for months that she might have a lump in her breast. But when the doctor said it was cancer, she was still stunned. After all, she was just 29 years old, no one in her family had ever had breast cancer, and she had never heard of an..
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New Scientist
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FAMED for its restorative powers, it now seems that laughter also helps breast milk to fight skin allergies.
Breastfed babies with eczema experienced milder symptoms if their mothers laughed hours before feeding them, according to a study by Hajime Kim..
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USA Today
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A new study suggests that black women aren't benefiting from recent progress against breast cancer.
While survival rates for women diagnosed with the most advanced breast cancers has improved steadily since 1988, survival for blacks hasn't changed at a..
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Yahoo News
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A genetic mutation that raises the risk of breast cancer is found in up to 60 percent of U.S. women, making it the first truly common breast cancer susceptibility gene, researchers reported on Sunday.
Reports from several teams around the world identif..
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BBC News
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Scientists have developed a new technique to identify genes that increase the chance of women developing breast cancer.
They hope it will lead to a single blood test which would reveal a woman's risk of getting the disease.
Researchers say the new t..
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FOX News
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Research on two continents signaled more bad news for menopause hormones, offering the strongest evidence yet that they can raise the risk of breast cancer and are tied to a slightly higher risk of ovarian cancer.
New U.S. government numbers showed tha..
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Washington Post
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A major medical group is recommending for the first time that women at greatest risk of breast cancer undergo MRI exams every year to try to catch more tumors at their earliest, most treatable stages.
The American Cancer Society is issuing new guidelin..
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