Now that HRT has been largely discredited, millions of women embarking on the menopause are on the lookout for natural alternatives. One of the favourites is so-called ‘natural’ progesterone,
While doctors consider stepping up breast cancer screening, new data has revealed a regularly screened woman who develops cancer is no better off than a victim who had never had a mammogram. ...
Breast cancer patients have nothing to gain from taking tamoxifen for longer than five years, according to a new study. ...
Recently, you probably saw the newspaper articles about "new fears" raised by tamoxifen, the drug used to prevent and treat breast cancer. The stories concerned a Dutch case control study publish ...
AN ALTERNATIVE TO HRT: Take a walk
A new British review has concluded that a woman taking HRT is more likely to contract a life-threatening disease than be protected against one.
New evidence suggests that eating lots of soya products while pregnant may increase the risk of breast cancer in female offspring. ...
Many of the side effects of tamoxifen may be worth risking if you have cancer. However the risk/benefit equation changes considerably if you are healthy and offered the drug as a just in case mea ...
A Swedish county that stepped out of line by ending breast screening was quickly forced to reintroduce the procedure following immense pressure from the medical establishment. ...
Thirty five years of randomised trials of mammography have failed to confirm the efficacy of mammograms as a screening tool. ...
