What Doctors Don't Tell YouMammogram screening is generally agreed to be best practice for all women over the age of 40. It's supposed to be soon enough to detect early signs of cancer, and so increase the chances for successful treatment. It's a view that is supported by...
New data suggest that a combined oestrogen-proges-togen regime poses a greater risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women than oestrogen alone (JAMA, 2000; 283: 485-91). ...
Medicine has persisted with the idea that screening for breast cancer saves lives. Why? Because trial after trial has said so (with qualification). But a new study has come up with evidence that contradicts all the previous trials, and has concluded...
Wearing bras can cause breast cancer, two medical anthropologists have concluded. ...
Should women who have a familial history or genetic risk of breast cancer have a mastectomy just in case? No, according to a recent review. ...
The UK National Case Control Study Group has confirmed that breast feeding protects women against breast cancer. ...
I have been trying to figure out how to fight a standard medical procedure, the examination of the genitals of children during routine physical examinations, barring any obvious medical problems. ...
More confusing messages from medicine, this time over breast examination. ...
Karol Sikora, professor of oncology at London's Hammersmith Hospital Royal Postgraduate Medical School is calling for a comprehensive review of Britain's cancer services. ...
