Doctors and patients have a new tool to prevent breast cancer: A drug that is already approved for the treatment of the disease.
How many, if any, cases of nervous system disorders have been reported because of A-C breast cancer chemotherapy? I'm 45 and had treatment at 39 and 40. I now experience a very exaggerated amount of shaking of the hands.
Women with breast cancer who eat more soy are less likely to die or have a recurrence of cancer than women who eat few or no soy products, according to a new study.
How does tamoxifen affect weight? Can one expect weight loss after the prescription is over? Thanks.
Women at high risk of breast cancer can often lower that risk by taking medication, including drugs like tamoxifen or the osteoporosis drug raloxifene (Evista).
Researchers find breastfeeding reduces the risk of breast cancer in high-risk women. CNN's Melissa Long reports.
Women with a family history of breast cancer may have a new weapon against the disease: breast-feeding. In a new study of more than 60,000 women, nursing a baby for at least three months cut the risk of breast cancer in half for those who had a family history of the disease.
Dr. Todd Schlifstein, a New York-based sports rehabilitation medicine expert, who testified before Congress during its steroid hearings in 2008, is trolling the aisles of a GNC in Manhattan. He is trying to figure out exactly what is being sold.
Let's face it: There's no body part women obsess about more than breasts -- their size, shape, sag factor, and whether those strange pains stem from monthly PMS hormones or something more ominous, like breast cancer.
A new report says gynecomastia, or male breasts, occurs in nearly half of all men. But most of the time, it's nothing to worry about
Scientists are testing seasickness patches and other surprising options in a challenging search for new ways to treat the crushing depression and uncontrolled mania of bipolar disorder.
Eli Lilly & Co.'s osteoporosis drug Evista reduces the risk of breast cancer in some patients, but at a cost of an increased risk of serious side effects, regulatory reviewers said in documents released Friday.
Business 2.0: The gene screenupdated: Tue Oct 10 2006 18:02:00
This summer retired computer consultant Carleton Neville went online, took out his credit card, and ordered a $500 colon cancer test from DNA Direct, a San Francisco genetic-testing service.
Despite the Memorial Day holiday, there was no rest for obesity researchers in the major medical journals.
Smaller tumors, better outcomes
Better care for women cited
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For all the pink ribbons and breast-cancer walks, how much progress has society really made in detecting and battling breast cancer, a disease that strikes one in eight women? Not as much as you th...
When Leslie Wallace began having symptoms of menopause five years ago, her doctor prescribed Prempro, a combination of the hormones estrogen and progestin (synthetic progesterone). She wanted relie...
Many of the 29 million American women at high risk for breast cancer who want to take the drug tamoxifen will have to wait at least six months for their health plans to approve such treatment.
If you think your doctor always knows best and that only the truly foolish or congenitally obnoxious painstakingly research their health problems, think again. If Mary Lee Horton had not questioned...
PROFITS FLOODED into the world's largest corporations in 1993, rising 133% above last year's. But the cascade of gold (more than $116 billion) wasn't quite as luxurious as those numbers imply. Sinc...
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