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DIED. PHILIP STRAX, 90, impassioned radiologist who ran free clinics for women and championed early detection of breast cancer; in Bethesda, Md. Stricken by the loss of his first wife to the disease, Strax helped lead a landmark 62,000-woman-strong study in the 1960s that found mammography could reduce fatalities by a third...
PASS THE BUTTER? Eating lots of dietary fat, while unhealthy for the heart, probably won't increase a woman's risk of breast cancer. The purported link between fat intake and breast cancer has been controversial for years. But last week a new study on 90,000 women concluded that even long-term indulgence in fatty foods will not harm the breast. All types of fat, including saturated, are off the hook...
...least four times as likely to develop urinary-tract infections in their first year of life. These infections occasionally lead to kidney problems. But the rate of urinary-tract infections among uncircumcised infants in the U.S. is still no more than 1%. Intriguingly, uncircumcised boys who are breast-fed suffer fewer such problems than uncircumcised boys who are bottle...
...LESS BREAST Babies who use pacifiers give up breast feeding sooner than those who don't, according to a new study. Kids on pacifiers tend to have fewer breast-feeding sessions each day, which may cause milk to dry up early. That's easier for some moms, but breast feeding confers benefits to infants--such as the reduced risk of infections...
...Though health-maintenance organizations have been bashed for years, a study out last week finds they do a pretty good job of diagnosing and treating breast cancer in the elderly. On average, HMOs are more likely than traditional fee-for-service practices to detect the disease early. And they are just as likely as traditional centers to do a breast-conserving lumpectomy rather than a mastectomy...