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Whether we're staunch believers or when-I-remember types, most of us have never thought to stop and ask: Do breast self-exams do us any substantive good? Now a new study dares to ask that question. The answer: probably...
...Results from a ten-year study of 266,000 female factory workers in Shanghai, China, published Wednesday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, show the workers who performed self-exams regularly were no less likely to die from breast cancer than the women who never did the exams. Self-exam practitioners were more likely to detect benign breast anomalies than their peers, but there was no effect on the risk of death...
Staying healthy and in shape is an increasingly challenging proposition for many busy women. TIME has assembled the best of our stories, special reports, investigations and tips on everything from breast cancer to weight loss and fitness...
Main courses were slightly less successful. Pan-roasted monkfish ($17.95) was cooked perfectly, the optimal blend of a crisp exterior with a moist inside. However, its pairing with large cubes of chorizo was heavy-handed and the spicy sausage overwhelmed the delicate flavor of the fish. Seared duck breast ($16.95) was distinctly disappointing. The slices of meat were cooked inconsistently, ranging from medium rare to a dry, grayish well-done. The kitchen had overly reduced the pomegranate glaze coating the duck, resulting in a sickly-sweet concoction tasting faintly of Robitussin...
...UPDATE Hormone replacement therapy seems to raise the risk of breast cancer, but there may be a silver lining: HRT users appear to survive breast cancer longer than women who never took hormones. In a study of 292 postmenopausal women, 92% of the HRT group were still alive six years after diagnosis, vs. 80% of nonusers...