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FinanceFish oil linked to lower breast cancer risk
Thursday, July 8th, 2010Many Americans already take fish oil to keep their hearts healthy and to treat all kinds of ailments. Now, a new study suggests that the supplements may also help women lower their risk of breast cancer. Postmenopausal women between the ages of 50 and 76 who took fish oil were 32 percent less likely to [...]
Broccoli Compound May Kill Breast Cancer Cells
Thursday, May 6th, 2010Eat your broccoli. Your mom was right, it’s good for you. An extract found in broccoli can kill breast cancer stem cells, which drive a tumor’s growth, according to researchers at the University of Michigan’s Comprehensive Cancer Center. They tested the compound sulforaphane, which is in broccoli and broccoli sprouts, on mice and in human [...]
Bone drug lowers breast cancer risk 38% in high-risk women
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010According to a new study, a common osteoporosis drug, raloxifene, reduces breast cancer risk by 38% in women at high risk for the disease, without causing the serious side effects of similar drugs. That suggests more high-risk women should consider taking raloxifene, which is also known as Evista. Both raloxifene and tamoxifen, are approved to [...]
Multivitamins May Increase Breast Cancer Risk
Thursday, April 1st, 2010Multivitamins are good for you right? That’s what many people think. But a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that multivitamin use may increase the risk of breast cancer in women. The finding comes from a 10-year study which followed over 35,000 women between the ages of 49 and 83. [...]
Bitter Melon Extract May Slow, Stop Breast Cancer
Thursday, February 25th, 2010Extract of bitter melon, may help protect women from breast cancer, according to researchers. Bitter melon is a common vegetable in India, China and South America. Its extract is used in folk remedies for things like diabetes because of its ability to lower blood-sugar. “When we used the extract from that melon, we saw that [...]
Walking Cuts Breast Cancer Death Risk In Half
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009Almost 40,000 women die every year from breast cancer. On top of that, 180,000 will be newly diagnosed this year. There is some good news in fighting this however. A simple way to lower your risk of death from breast cancer is simple exercise. According to a study from the University of South Carolina, five [...]
