I know I've already pointed out the tune once but it seemed so fitting here. Besides it is a solid little rock tune (& no; even I can't use that same lame-as-hell joke again. For now at least). But the relevant part is in the chorus:
Breast Cancer Drop Tied To Hormones
"The millions of women who quit taking menopause hormones after a big federal study found that the pills raised the risk of breast cancer now have more reason to be glad they stopped.
A new analysis reveals that U.S. breast cancer rates plunged more than 7 percent in 2003 and strongly suggests that the reason is less hormone use."
That is interesting. I would suggest if you or someone you care for is currently using hormonal therapy to consult with a doc about the risks. But read the whole article as it has much more info than what I've presented here.
Update: (12-16-06 17:20)
In a related vein:
Low-fat diets may help some dodge cancer
"The first experiment ever to show that low-fat diets could help prevent a return of breast cancer now reveals, with longer follow-up, that the benefit was almost exclusively to women whose tumor growth was not driven by hormones."
Again read the whole thing.
Posted by Publicola at December 16, 2006 05:09 PM | TrackBack