Word: breasted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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PAMELA ANDERSON A new study questions link between breast implants and connective-tissue disease...
David Sadker will accept the $5,000 award at a banquet this evening in Orlando, Fla., at the American Association of University Women (AAUW) convention. In addition, the organization will establish a $15,000 teaching fellowship in memory of Myra Sadker, who died recently of breast cancer...
What does emerge from the longer-term data is that prolonged use of estrogen appears to increase the risk of breast cancer and other malignancies. And the longer estrogen is taken, the greater the risks. For instance, a study of 240,000 women sponsored by the American Cancer Society found that those who took estrogen for at least six years had a 40% increased risk of fatal ovarian cancer. For those taking estrogen for 11 or more years, the increase jumped...
...launched the $628 million Women's Health Initiative. In the HRT portion of the study, which will involve 27,500 women, half will be randomly assigned to HRT, half to a placebo. Researchers will follow the women for at least eight years and compare rates of heart disease, osteoporosis, breast cancer and other ailments. When the results are reported, doctors and patients may finally have some clear picture of the risks and benefits of long-term HRT. Alas, that won't be until...
...meantime, women are faced with a tough choice. Dr. Isaac Schiff, chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Massachusetts General Hospital, puts it with refreshing bluntness: "Basically, you're presenting women with the possibility of increasing the risk of getting breast cancer at age 60 in order to prevent a heart attack at age 70 and a hip fracture at age 80. How can you make that decision for a patient...