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Contraceptive pill may increase risk of breast cancer

Women taking the contraceptive pill are 50 per cent more likely to develop breast cancer with those containing high hormone doses more than doubling the risk, a study has found. Researchers found women...

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Cancer survival rates improving

Most people diagnosed with cancer in England in recent years are surviving for longer, according to the latest statistics. Eighty per cent of those with breast, prostate and skin cancer are living for...

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Reduce the risk of breast cancer

More research is needed before we understand all the causes of breast cancer, but it is believed that it mostly develops as a result of the genes with which you were born, the environment in which you...

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The 5:2 diet, fasting and your health

It is often said you are what you eat – but when you eat it may be just as important. Researchers claim we are not designed for three meals a day – and having longer periods of little or no food could...

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Why breast is best

As mothers are encouraged by researchers to breastfeed for 18 months, we take a look at the benefits breastfeeding has. It is good for babies Breastfed babies have, according to the NHS: *Less chance...

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Zinc test for breast cancer

Detecting changes in zinc in the body through a simple blood test could help diagnose breast cancer early, finds a research that holds promise of an easily-detectable biomarker of early breast cancer....

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Breastfeeding cuts a woman’s risk of breast cancer by up to a fifth

Breastfeeding cuts a woman’s risk of breast cancer by up to a fifth, a major study has found. Thousands of cases could be avoided if more mothers persevered feeding their babies breast milk for six...

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Tamoxifen could cut the risk of developing breast cancer by a third

Tamoxifen could cut the risk of developing breast cancer by a third and costs just 6p per day. Women could slash the chance of breast cancer by a third with a daily 6p pill. Last year the NHS...

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Coffee can reduce the risk of heart disease

The much believed fact that coffee does good to people is now being proved as researchers have claimed that drinking coffee can dramatically reduce your risk of heart disease. According to a report...

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Progesterone to help breast cancer patients

A cheap and safe drug could help half of women with breast cancer to live longer, scientists suggest. Their study, published in Nature, is in its early stages, but hints that the hormone progesterone...

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