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THURSDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) — Consuming the toxic metal cadmium in the foods you eat may raise your risk for breast cancer, a new Swedish study suggests. Cadmium, which is found in many farm fertilizers, can make its way into soil and water, the researchers explained. Some of the main sources of cadmium in [...]

Published: Feb. 22, 2012 at 10:05 AM ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland, Feb. 22 (UPI) – Nine Canadian women are suing a regional health authority in Newfoundland because their breasts were removed based on flawed cancer tests. Lawyer Ches Crosbie is representing the women against Eastern Health, which oversaw the inaccurate testing and ensuing mastectomies as far [...]

Published: Feb. 22, 2012 at 10:05 AM ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland, Feb. 22 (UPI) – Nine Canadian women are suing a regional health authority in Newfoundland because their breasts were removed based on flawed cancer tests. Lawyer Ches Crosbie is representing the women against Eastern Health, which oversaw the inaccurate testing and ensuing mastectomies as far [...]

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) — Obese women with early stage breast cancer are less likely to survive than other women who are of normal weight, new research suggests. Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine are slated to present their findings Wednesday at the 2011 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. “The findings add to the [...]

TUESDAY, Dec. 6 (HealthDay News) — A woman’s risk of developing breast cancer appears to rise if she has diabetes or is obese after age 60, a new study indicates. Previous research has linked obesity and increased breast cancer risk, but “the diabetes link had not been clearly shown,” said researcher Dr. Hakan Olsson, a [...]

Published: Nov. 21, 2011 at 11:05 PM BALTIMORE, Nov. 21 (UPI) — Complications following breast reduction surgery, particularly infections, are more common in women age 50 or older than in younger women, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Michele A. Shermak and colleagues of The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore said the increased complication rate in [...]

Published: Sept. 21, 2011 at 7:15 PM LEEDS, England, Sept. 21 (UPI) — Some novel drugs being developed to stop cancer recurrence should be considered as a future treatment for breast cancer too, researchers in Britain say. Lead author Dr. Darren Tomlinson of the University of Leeds said the researchers discovered a key protein they [...]

Published: Sept. 20, 2011 at 9:53 PM WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (UPI) — Breast magnetic resonance imaging screenings used on high-risk, underserved women detected more tumors than mammography, U.S. researchers said. Lead researcher Dr. Anne C. Ford, assistant professor in obstetrics and gynecology at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., and colleagues compared breast cancer [...]

Published: Sept. 16, 2011 at 1:06 AM GRANADA, Spain, Sept. 16 (UPI) — Spanish researchers say about 83 percent of those diagnosed with breast cancer survive five years but 66 percent of them suffer fatigue following treatment. Lead author Manuel Arroyo of the University of Granada linked psychological disorders and physical pain episodes with fatigue [...]

FRIDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) — Having weight loss surgery before breast reduction surgery is best for severely obese women who have both procedures, according to a small new study. While there are some benefits to having breast reduction surgery first — including reduced pain and increased ability to exercise — women may be disappointed [...]

Published: Sept. 2, 2011 at 1:30 AM An Iranian woman buys walnuts on the first day of the Muslim fasting of Ramadan on August 22, 2009. Muslims around the world give up from eating, and drinking from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. UPI/Maryam Rahmanian   Advertisement HUNTINGTON, W.Va., [...]