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ESTROGEN REPRIEVE Many women facing menopause consider hormone-replacement therapy but fear that the estrogen in HRT will increase their risk of breast cancer. The jury is still out, but here's some reassurance. A study of 37,000 women found little evidence that estrogen is linked to common types of cancers such as ductal carcinoma in situ (a cancer confined to a duct). It may, however, increase some uncommon forms--but they are slow growing and may be easily treatable...
Medical research?s hunt for the perfect designer estrogen is getting hot. Ever since science has come to appreciate the good-news/bad-news equation associated with the natural female hormone -- it helps lower cholesterol and the risk of osteoporosis, but it may increase the risk of breast cancer -- researchers have been trying to come up with a better, synthetic substitute to help women in need of long-term hormone-replacement therapy after menopause. A new study published in Wednesday?s issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that scientists may have made a significant discovery about...
...body and as anti-estrogens in other parts of the body," says TIME medical columnist Christine Gorman. In the latest study, for example, the researchers found that raloxifene fits into the body?s estrogen receptors in such a way as to both increase bone density and block breast cancer. There are apparent side effects to raloxifene, however, such as an increased risk of blood clots. And there are also side effects to the other well-known estrogenlike drug, tamoxifen, which can increase the risk of uterine cancer. "A new study is now under way to compare the benefits and risks...
...addition to providing treatment plans for needy people, Satcher also emphasized prevention programs. During his term as director, the breast-cancer-screening program expanded from 18 to all 50 states. Satcher also created initiatives to promote childhood immunization...
MOST LIKE A GEORGE John F. Kennedy Jr., at Washington College, paraphrasing the first President: "Labor to keep alive in your breast that celestial spark of fire called conscience...