Topic: Breast Cancer
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-02-08 23:05:36
<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The popular antidepressant drug Paxil may interfere with breast cancer treatments, making patients more likely to relapse and die, researchers in Canada reported on Monday.</p><p>Women who took GlaxoSmithKline's Paxil while taking tamoxifen at the same time were more likely to die of their breast ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-02-08 21:16:53
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Only a small number of U.S. women at high risk of breast cancer have chosen to use the drug tamoxifen to lower that risk, according to a study published Monday.</p><p>In 2005, government researchers found, about 51,500 U.S. women were using ...
AP News | 2010-02-01 20:40:58
<div id="subtitle">Hefty charges drag down Hologic's fiscal 1st-quarter profit, but results top expectations</div><div><p>Hologic Inc., which makes mammogram systems and other women's health diagnostic tools, said Monday its fiscal first-quarter profit fell 32 percent, hurt by charges and continued capital spending restraint by hospitals.< ...
isnare | 2010-02-01 18:13:22
In women, breast cancer is the common type of cancer and it is affecting one out of eight women. At any time, this cancer may develop and the risk increases with developing of cancer as the women get older. In most of the post-menopausal women, it is common and with the increase in age will increase the risk as well ...
