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...Saturday around 10:45 a.m., a man on a bike approached a University employee walking on the path behind Leverett Towers, grabbed her breast and fled down Banks Street on his bicycle...
...woman to nine extra weeks of estrogen a year, and doctors have long known that taking estrogen increases a woman's risk of suffering a blood clot or stroke--particularly if she smokes or has high blood pressure. Estrogen may also boost a woman's risk of developing breast cancer, although the evidence for that is less clear...
...soft bones, poor growth and seizures, is making a surprise comeback. In a study, doctors found 30 cases among black babies whose mothers had breastfed without vitamin supplements. African Americans are vulnerable because dark skin inhibits absorption of sunlight, needed to produce vitamin D. Tip for moms: use supplements--breast milk has less than 25% of the vitamin D babies need...
...foundation sees its role as filling the breach where the private sector is not addressing a crisis. The industrialized world's ailments, from indigestion to breast cancer, are already the focus of drug-company research. Cure a First World disease, and reap millions in profits. But cure a Third World disease such as malaria--the No. 1 killer in tropical climes--and there is hardly a penny to be earned. Those patients don't have health insurance. That is why the Gates Foundation has made finding a malaria vaccine a priority, along with eradicating scourges such as hookworm, hepatitis...
...repeated the conclusion of Dr. Steven Goldstein, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at New York University Medical Center: "Eighty percent of women who experience hot flashes are over the hump within 18 to 24 months. They could get away with taking hormones for that period without an increased breast-cancer risk." My mother and I finally reached an agreement. If she was still determined to try alternatives, she would take them in moderation until they were better studied and better understood...