It's rare for migraines to be seen as a good health omen, but new research on over 9,000 women suggests they just might lower the risk of breast cancer. Researchers say women who experience migraines may be 26 percent less likely to develop cancer than women who don't experience the headaches. And that positive statistic stays true regardless of menopausal status, age, use of prescription medications, and migraine triggers. Experts say hormones may be the reason for the link, since some...
Read moreThe headlines are full of the good news: Cancer deaths in the U.S. declined for the second straight year. According to the American Cancer... Read more »
The New York Times recently ran a story detailing results of a large study by a team from Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical... Read more »
At the San Antonio Breast Cancer Conference in December 2006 a major presentation linked the drop in new cases (incidence) of breast cancer... Read more »
It has long puzzled researchers why African-American women are more likely to die from breast cancer than white women, even though white... Read more »
A new report casts some light on a link between Vitamin D levels and breast cancer progression. In the Canadian study, low blood levels of... Read more »
Men who have a mutation on the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes--commonly called the "breast cancer genes"--may be more likely to develop aggressive forms of... Read more »
A study published in the journal Breast Cancer Research has linked the heart drug digoxin to an increased risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal... Read more »
The reduced breast density that comes with age may reduce the risk of breast cancer, experts say. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic studied almost... Read more »
Women with African heritage are more prone to the deadlier "triple negative" type of breast cancer, researchers say. Scientists at the University of... Read more »
New research published in the journal Anesthesia & Analgesia suggests that the type of painkiller a woman uses after undergoing a mastectomy may... Read more »