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...Royal Highness anymore, just so long as she's Her Royal Hereness? PRINCESS DIANA was greeted warmly by a mixture of Madison Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue types on her first major international engagement since the royal divorce, an eating, dancing and shopping spree that raised money for breast-cancer research in Washington. Diana, who called the disease "a great dark enemy stalking women," charmed everyone from diva designer Isaac Mizrahi, who said,"Charles really blew it when he dumped her," to solid soldier Colin Powell, who, after scoring the first dance, opined, "She's a lot of fun." Earlier...
...Early reports suggest that post-menopausal women with SPINAL FRACTURES may have something to be grateful for: a 60% lower risk of breast cancer. Fractured vertebrae are often associated with low levels of estrogen, which in turn may protect against the cancer...
...spite of the cardiovascular benefits of moderate amounts of ALCOHOL, the American Cancer Society says that a few glasses a week may increase the risk of breast cancer among high-risk women. The group's advice: limit intake or abstain altogether...
...follow suit. The trouble was, the only way to achieve that was to kill off the body's entire current bone-marrow supply and replace it with another--a technique oncologists use as a last-ditch weapon to try to cleanse patients of such systemic cancers as leukemia and breast cancer...
...irritability and weight gain. Post-menopausal women are also at higher risk for heart disease and osteoporosis (among other things, estrogen prevents the buildup of plaque in blood vessels and protects bone from thinning). On the plus side, the drop in estrogen reduces a woman's risk of developing breast cancer. Estrogen-replacement therapy--whether by pill, skin patch, above, or injection--provides just enough estrogen to prevent the unpleasant symptoms of menopause while offering protection against heart disease and osteoporosis. Before starting hormone-replacement therapy, those with a family history of breast cancer should, in consultation with a physician...