Topic: Breast Cancer
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-01-29 19:54:33
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some elderly women with severe cognitive impairment are getting mammography breast cancer screening even though they are unlikely to ever benefit from it, a new study finds.</p><p>Researchers found that among more than 2,100 U.S. women age 70 and older, 18 percent ...
isnare | 2010-01-24 20:12:32
Our generation has made revolutionary inventions and discoveries our forefathers never thought of during their era. We also now live in a world where everything is available in an instant. The trade-off however is, many of the products we now use are laden with toxic chemicals.<br><br>Research has shown that a lot of the ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-01-24 17:04:46
<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - An abnormality in two genes can make a common class of chemotherapy drugs used to fight breast cancer less effective, U.S. researchers said on Sunday in a finding that could help doctors better tailor treatments.</p><p>They said changes in two genes on a small region ...
isnare | 2010-01-23 15:23:38
Both women and men can get the disease, but women are 100 times more likely to get it than men. While you can't guarantee the prevention of breast cancer by exercising, eating healthily, and being aware of changes in your body, such actions that are normally attributed to a healthy lifestyle can greatly reduce the risk of breast cancer ...
