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  • November 3, 2009
    High fiber intake may interfere with ovulation
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who get the recommended amount of fiber in their diets may have lower estrogen levels and ovulate less often than women who eat less fiber, a new study suggests.

  • November 2, 2009
    REFILE: Liposuction: A source for breast augmentation?
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Worried about what to do with fat you've had liposuctioned from pudgy areas? Researchers have turned it into stem cells in the lab, but here's a more immediate use: Fat liposuctioned from other parts of the body can safely be used to increase a woman's breast size, according to study findings presented this week at the Plastic Surgery 2009 meeting in Seattle.

  • October 30, 2009
    Liposuction: A source for breast augmentation?
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Worried about what to do with fat you've had liposuctioned from pudgy areas? Researchers have turned it into stem cells in the lab, but here's a more immediate use: Fat liposuctioned from other parts of the body can safely be used to increase a woman's breast size, according to study findings presented this week at the Plastic Surgery 2009 meeting in Seattle.

  • October 26, 2009
    Risks to personalized medicine seen in U.S. reform
    CHICAGO (Reuters) - The federal government's push to control health costs through comparative effectiveness research could threaten strides in personalized medicine, in which medicines are tailored to an individual's genetic makeup, the chief of the National Institutes of Health said on Monday.

  • October 22, 2009
    Former KISS drummer: men get breast cancer too
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Peter Criss, founding member of rock band KISS, knows that many of his male fans are macho, so he is making the rounds to tell them even tough rocker guys like him can suffer from a disease usually associated with women -- breast cancer.

  • October 21, 2009
    UK's NICE blocks Glaxo breast cancer drug again
    LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's cost-effectiveness watchdog has decided to block use of GlaxoSmithKline's breast cancer drug Tyverb on the National Health Service (NHS) once again, despite a fresh review of the medicine.

  • October 20, 2009
    Meat, dairy and breast cancer: new findings
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cutting down on processed meats and red meat cooked at high temperatures as well as high-fat diary products may help reduce a woman's risk of risk of developing breast cancer, hints results of a large study on diet and breast cancer.

  • October 19, 2009
    Low income linked to poorer breast cancer survival
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Lower-income women appear less likely to survive breast cancer than their more-affluent counterparts, and later diagnosis may largely explain why, a new study suggests.

  • October 19, 2009
    Mice study gives clue to how breast cancer spreads
    LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists who watched tumor cells spread in living mice said on Sunday they had found a gene signal controlling how cancer cells move, which could help companies design new drugs to fight the disease.

  • October 15, 2009
    Exercise eases fatigue in cancer patients on chemo
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Exercise can reduce the often debilitating fatigue that cancer patients experience during chemotherapy, new research shows.

  • October 14, 2009
    U.S. Sen. Snowe shows independence on healthcare
    BOSTON (Reuters) - Maine Senator Olympia Snowe became the most-watched lawmaker in the U.S. healthcare debate by following one of the oldest and most pragmatic of maxims -- that all politics is local.

  • October 13, 2009
    Program eases trauma of chemotherapy side effects
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Michele VonGerichten started chemotherapy to treat her breast cancer, one of her big worries was that her newly bald head would distract attention as she tried to carry on with her marketing job.

  • October 12, 2009
    For women on HRT, tenderness may be warning sign
    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Women whose breasts became tender after taking hormone replacement therapy had nearly twice the risk of developing breast cancer than women whose breasts did not become tender on the drugs, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

  • October 12, 2009
    Are old drugs the future of personalized medicine?
    LONDON (Reuters) - Shaping the future of personalised medicine is not all about developing expensive new drugs - it will also mean revisiting older, cheaper medicines armed with new genetic knowledge.

  • October 8, 2009
    Exercise boosts well-being after breast cancer
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Being told you have breast cancer is tough emotionally, but regular exercise can help you keep your spirits up, a new study shows.

  • October 8, 2009
    Canada researchers map a tumor's transformation
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Canadian researchers said on Wednesday they had documented the genetic transformation of a breast tumor mutation by mutation, shedding light on how cancer develops and offering potential new routes to fighting it.

  • October 7, 2009
    Tiny chip can measure estrogen in breast tissue
    CHICAGO (Reuters) - A new pocket-sized device may allow doctors to check a woman's breast cancer risk in minutes with just droplets of blood or a sliver of breast tissue, Canadian researchers said on Wednesday.

  • October 7, 2009
    U.S. study shows mammograms save lives
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women who never get mammograms are far more likely to die of breast cancer than women who are regularly screened, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.

  • October 6, 2009
    Gene clue may explain breast cancer drug response
    LONDON (Reuters) - German scientists have found a clue to why some women with breast cancer respond better to treatment with the drug tamoxifen than others, and say the finding could help doctors offer more personalised treatment.

  • October 1, 2009
    'Prudent' diet linked to lower breast cancer risk
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A diet rich in fruits, vegetables and whole grains, and low in sweets and processed meats, may help lower the risk of breast cancer in some African-American women.

  • September 29, 2009
    Mastectomy can safely spare nipple for some women
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who have mastectomies to limit the risk that breast cancer will spread or come back often lose their nipples along with the breast.

  • September 29, 2009
    Does estrogen help women survive colon cancer?
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Estrogen could help women diagnosed with advanced colon cancer to survive longer, a new study out in the journal Clinical Cancer Research suggests.

  • September 28, 2009
    More women having a healthy breast removed
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A small but growing number of women with breast cancer are choosing to have the unaffected breast removed in an effort to prevent a recurrence, researchers reported Monday.

  • September 25, 2009
    Early form of breast cancer may need new name
    CHICAGO (Reuters) - A common, nonmalignant tumor of the breast called ductal carcinoma in-situ or DCIS may need a name change because the word "carcinoma" scares so many women, a U.S. panel of experts said on Thursday.

  • September 24, 2009
    Fat caused 124,000 cancer cases in Europe: experts
    BERLIN (Reuters) - More than 124,000 people in Europe developed cancer last year because they are overweight, and rising body fat levels threaten to add tens of thousands more to their ranks, experts said on Thursday.

  • September 23, 2009
    Breast cancer drug cuts risk of second cancer
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In premenopausal women with breast cancer, taking the breast cancer drug tamoxifen significantly reduces the risk of developing a second cancer in the other breast, according to a Swedish study.

  • September 21, 2009
    Hormone therapy may up risk of dying of lung cancer
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among women who already have lung cancer, hormone replacement therapy - which has been tied to a higher risk of serious conditions including breast cancer and heart attacks - seems to increase the risk of death from the tumor, according to a new study.

  • September 17, 2009
    Fertility drug may reduce hot flashes
    BOSTON (Reuters) - A drug that prevents premature ovulation during fertility treatments helped reduce the number of hot flashes by up to 80 percent in a small study of women entering menopause, researchers reported on Wednesday.

  • September 14, 2009
    Drugs to prevent breast cancer carry heavy risks
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Tamoxifen and other drugs used to help prevent breast cancer in women at high risk for the disease carry their own potential health risks and should be prescribed with caution, researchers warn in a report published Monday.

  • September 14, 2009
    Genetic test for breast cancer drug often lacking
    LONDON (Reuters) - A genetic test to determine if women should receive the breast cancer drug Herceptin is frequently not given, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

  • September 14, 2009
    Diabetes drug kept breast tumors away in mice
    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Adding the common diabetes drug metformin to chemotherapy helped shrink breast cancer tumors faster in mice and keep them away longer than chemotherapy alone, raising hope for a more effective way to treat cancer, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

  • September 11, 2009
    Using forensics to reveal medical ghostwriting
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Medical editors are growing increasingly frustrated with top researchers who sign their names to manuscripts but fail to disclose the contributions of ghostwriters paid for by pharmaceutical companies. In an effort to crack down on the practice -- widely viewed as unethical -- one tech-savvy editor has been turning to data forensics worthy of a crime investigation drama.

  • September 10, 2009
    Nearly any lifetime smoking ups breast cancer risk
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women taking the next puff of a cigarette might consider this: smoking 100 or more cigarettes may substantially increase their odds of developing breast cancer, researchers report.

  • September 10, 2009
    Lifestyle affects risk of second breast cancer
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Surviving breast cancer is no guarantee that a new cancer won't appear in the other breast. However, research now suggests that women can build their own personal armor to at least partially protect themselves from this occurring.

  • September 1, 2009
    Wine may curb toxic skin effects of radiation
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cancer patients undergoing radiation treatment may want to sip some red wine before treatment.

  • September 1, 2009
    Hospital cancer care worse when whites are scarce
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Mortality is higher for breast and colon cancer patients treated at predominantly black hospitals, regardless of whether they themselves are black or white, according to a new study.

  • September 1, 2009
    Healthy habits prevent breast cancer: study
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 40 percent of all breast cancer cases in the United States could be prevented if women kept a healthy weight, drank less alcohol, exercised more and breastfed their babies, according to a report published on Tuesday.

  • August 31, 2009
    Adding breast exam to mammogram - is it worth it?
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adding a clinical breast exam to screening mammography increases breast cancer detection rates, but it also increases rates of falsely positive results, Canadian researchers report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

  • August 26, 2009
    Drug ads may not alter most cancer patients' care
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study suggests that most cancer patients have seen ads for various drugs used against their disease, but it may ultimately have little impact on their treatment.

  • August 24, 2009
    Moving to U.S. tied to higher cancer risks
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hispanic adults who immigrate to the United States may face higher risks of certain cancers than their native countrymen, a new study suggests.

  • August 19, 2009
    Drug sequence does not up breast cancer survival
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - After surgery for breast cancer, adding tamoxifen -- either before or after treatment with letrozole -- does not help women live longer free of disease, researchers report in Thursday's issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.

  • August 19, 2009
    Low-dose estrogen may help if breast cancer recurs
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A very low dose of estrogen might help women whose breast cancer has come back after treatment, researchers reported on Tuesday.

  • August 18, 2009
    Digital mammography finds more breast cancers
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The switch from film mammography to digital mammography has led to an increase in breast cancer detection rates, researchers from California report.

  • August 14, 2009
    Drug compound kills breast cancer stem cells
    CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have discovered a compound that can kill breast cancer stem cells, a kind of master cancer cell that resists conventional treatment and may explain why many cancers grow back, they reported on Thursday.

  • August 14, 2009
    More people surviving cancer in the UK
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of cancer survivors in the UK is increasing by about 3% each year, according to new estimates, and grew from 1.2 million in 1992 to approximately 2 million at the end of 2008.

  • August 13, 2009
    Chemical kills tumor-making master cells
    CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have found a chemical that can kill breast cancer stem cells -- a kind of master cancer cell that resists conventional treatment and may explain why many cancers grow back.

  • August 13, 2009
    Study traces steady declines in U.S. cancer deaths
    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Improvements in cancer screening and better treatments have resulted in steady declines in cancer death rates over the past three decades, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

  • August 12, 2009
    Weight lifting good for women with lymphedema
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who develop arm swelling following surgery for breast cancer -- a bothersome condition known as lymphedema -- derive significant benefits from participating in a slowly progressive weight lifting program, a study shows.

  • August 10, 2009
    Breastfeeding protects against breast cancer
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A woman with a mother or sister with breast cancer should "strongly" consider breastfeeding her baby, doctors advise in a report released today.

  • August 7, 2009
    Breast reconstruction may not boost well-being
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who have a mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer seem have a similar quality of life in the long term whether they have breast reconstruction surgery or not, a research review suggests.