General Information Note: Separate PDQ summaries on Screening for Breast Cancer; Prevention of Breast Cancer; and Male Breast Cancer Treatment are also available. What is breast cancer? Breast cancer, a common cancer in...
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Doctors in the future might be able to diagnose breast and ovarian cancer or Alzheimer’s disease using magnetism and microscopic particles of iron oxide bound to the type of cells being traced. A team led by Dr...
Risk begins to return to normal after women stop taking hormones Researchers confirmed that a daily, combined dose of estrogen and progestin increases breast cancer risk in post menopausal women, but added that this...
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today approved nine new states’ requests to extend Medicaid benefits to uninsured women who are diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer through a federal screening program...
Dietary use of garlic may lower some types of cholesterol in the short term, but it does not appear to offer long-term protection against cardiovascular disease, says a new evidence report released today by the Agency...
Adults need shots to prevent serious diseases. You should ask your doctor or other health care provider which shots are right for you. Influenza (flu) shots Everyone over age 65 needs this every year. You may need flu...
Extracting the lifesaving anticancer drug paclitaxel–better known by its brand name, Taxol–could cause less of an impact on the environment now that significant amounts of the drug have been found in the...
June 12, 2002 The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has launched a clinical trial of electroacupuncture to determine if it reduces the delayed nausea experienced by cancer patients...
The American Cancer Society suggests all women over the age of 20 should examine their breasts once a month. The best way for women to discover a lump early is to take the time to know her own breasts and to examine...