Women Would Cut Drinking to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer
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A poll of British women conducted by Breakthrough Breast Cancer finds that most would curb their alcohol consumption if it meant reducing their risk of breast cancer, the BBC reported Oct. 26.
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The list of excuses red wine lovers might employ for drinking their own health lengthens today with research from Spain suggesting a regular tipple helps guard against lung cancer, the most common cancer in Britain.
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Side effects are causing women to stop taking pills that can help keep breast cancer from returning, and women who stop taking the pills risk early death, according to several reports released on Thursday.
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Boston researchers say many women at high risk for breast cancer are declining tamoxifen, the first approved drug for prevention of breast cancer.
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Using Herceptin in combination with chemotherapy before surgery could cut the number of mastectomies needed in women.
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Women who imbibe a little wine, beer or even spirits every day are less likely than teetotalers to see their memories and other thinking powers fade as they age, according to the largest study to assess alcohol's impact on the brain.
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Three or more drinks a day, whether  beer, wine or spirits, boost a woman&#39;s risk of breast cancer as  much as smoking a pack of cigarettes, U.S. researchers said on  Thursday.
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NEW YORK  - Older women who are drinking within the recommended limits of one to two glasses of spirits daily are more likely to survive and more likely to remain in good health than women who do not drink, suggest new data from a long-term study of Australian women.
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Strenuous exercise -- such as lap  swimming, aerobics and running -- appears to cut the risk of  some breast cancers in women, a study said on Monday.
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Young women who have mastectomies should be given drugs to prevent the cancer returning, research suggests.
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Women are better at  maintaining their self-control when they drink, researchers find.
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Authors of a report released  this week encourage women who survive breast cancer to address  all of the modifiable risk factors they have for heart disease,  because breast cancer therapy can damage the heart.
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Women who enjoy a drink of beer or wine daily have sharper minds into old age than women who abstain, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON -- Cutting dietary fat may also cut the risk of ovarian cancer, says a study of almost 40,000 older women that found the first hard evidence that menu changes protect against this particularly lethal cancer.
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Shed weight, avoid bacon and cut alcohol consumption if you want to reduce your cancer risk, a major report urges.
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Tamoxifen reduces the risk of breast cancer returning long after women stop taking the drug, research suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Women who are thinking about  becoming pregnant are usually advised to stay away from  alcoholic beverages. Now, new research suggests that their  partners should do the same.