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Teen drinking tied to breast disease by WellYourself Posted Mon 19 Apr 2010 11:49am the odds of developing so-called benign breast disease years later. Earlier reports have linked adolescent drinking to benign breast disease based on women's recollections many... at age 18 to 27, 67 -- or about 1 percent -- said they had been diagnosed with benign breast disease and had the diagnosis confirmed with a biopsy. Those who drank more were Read on »

Benign breast disease and young women by Katherine B. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 15 Jan 2009 7:53pm disease (BBD) known as atypical hyperplasia substantially increases a young woman's risk of developing breast cancer, even if there is no history of breast cancer in her family, say researchers at Mayo Clinic. Researchers say the women they studied with this kind of benign breast disease had a risk of developing breast cancer that was almost six times greater Read on »

Gum Disease (Gingivitis) and Breast Cancer Risk by Robert W. Posted Tue 26 Oct 2010 10:45pm Weekly Health Update: Gum Disease (Gingivitis) and Breast Cancer Risk "A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious... DISEASE (GINGIVITIS) AND BREAST CANCER RISK Gum disease, also known as gingivitis, or periodontal disease, has been closely linked to an increased risk of heart disease. Now Read on »

Disease and Therapy Review: Breast Cancer - Aarkstore Enteprise by Aarkstore Posted Wed 26 May 2010 11:51pm The Breast Cancer Disease and Therapy Review provides incidence and one-year and five-year prevalence numbers and percentages for major countries worldwide. Information... market size, with comments about continuing research are also provided. Additional Information Disease and Therapy Reviews were developed to provide a basic understanding Read on »

Zoledronic Acid Did Not Improve Disease-Free Survival in Breast Cancer by Cancer.gov Posted Mon 27 Dec 2010 12:00am Zoledronic Acid Did Not Improve Disease-Free Survival in Breast Cancer Adapted from the NCI Cancer Bulletin, vol. 7/no. 24, December... not extend disease-free survival (DFS), according to results from the phase III AZURE trial presented December 9, 2010, at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS). The findings Read on »

Study Says Mega-Doses of Vitamin D Help Prevent Breast Cancer and Other Diseases by Sheri Goddard Posted Mon 14 Mar 2011 4:44pm serious diseases like breast cancer, a new study published in the journal Anticancer Research has found. Researchers from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School... in the range needed to reduce by about half the risk of several diseases — breast cancer, colon cancer, multiple sclerosis, and type 1 diabetes," said Cedric Garland, DrPH, professor Read on »

Misdiagnosis in Breast Cancer and Other Diseases by Dr. Charlotte Thompson Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 21 Jul 2010 12:41pm There is a scary article in yesterday's New York Times by Stephanie Saul about incorrect diagnoses in breast cancer. Unfortunately, not only is there misdiagnosis in breast cancer, but other types of pathological diagnosis are frequently wrong. Having reviewed countless muscle pathology slides for patients I have found that the majority from Read on »

Breast Cancer and Alzheimer's Disease by Bob DeMarco Patient Expert

Posted Fri 17 Dec 2010 8:50am By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer's Reading Room About 1 in 8 women in the United States (between 12 and 13%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. In 2010, an estimated 207,090 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in women in the U.S., along with 54,010 new cases of non-invasive Read on »

Breast Implants, Autoimmune Disease, & Sleep Position by Dr. Steven P. Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 23 Nov 2010 9:19pm I wrote about breast implants and sleep problems a few weeks before, but I wanted to address an additional aspect of breast implants that deserves even more attention. In past years, there was a push to move towards saline-based over silicone-based implants, since there were reports autoimmune diseases with silicone implants. Studies performed Read on »

Bone Drug Suppresses Wandering Tumor Cells In Breast Cancer Patients And May Reduce Metastatic Disease by Ed H. Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted Thu 03 Jun 2010 5:23am Breast cancer cells taken from a patient’s bone marrow. The cancer cells are stained to make them easy to spot among the normal cells of the bone marrow. The bone-strengthening drug zoledronic acid (Zometa) can help fight metastatic breast cancer when given before surgery, suggests research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Read on »