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How Do Sports Prevent Breast Cancer And Osteoporosis?
The osteoporosis med Evista may help prevent certain kinds of breast cancer, a new study suggests. The drug is already approved for women who are at high risk of breast cancer, but the new study suggests it may help other women as well. California researchers found that post-menopausal women who took the drug for several years were 55 percent less likely to develop invasive, ER-positive breast cancer than women who did not take the med.
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From Our Experts
Breast Cancer and Osteoporosis: Beware the Connection
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Osteoporosis after Breast Cancer
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Evista (Raloxifene), Breast Cancer and Osteoporosis
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Breast Cancer or Osteoporosis: Which is Worse?
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Can Exercise Prevent Osteoporosis?
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From Our Sources
Osteoporosis Meds May Cut Breast Cancer Risk
Analysis from the Women's Health Initiative has found that women who took the bone saving drugs called bisphosphonates had fewer invasive breast... Read more »
Understanding Risk Factors Is a Key to Preventing Breast Cance...
October 3: Simply being female puts you at risk for breast cancer. More than 75 percent of women with breast cancer have no family history of the... Read more »
Apples may help prevent breast cancer
Researchers at Cornell University say that eating apples may help slow the growth of breast tumors. An animal study found that 87 percent of the rats... Read more »
Tamoxifen Prevents More Breast Cancer Cases Than Evista
Researchers say the drug tamoxifen prevented more cases of breast cancer after 7 years than the osteoporosis drug Evista, though Evista had fewer... Read more »
Osteoporosis
Source: Harvard Decision Guide
Prevention You can help to prevent osteoporosis by: Getting enough calcium and vitamin D - Many doctors routinely recommend extra... Read more »
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