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Posts Tagged ‘hormone replacement therapy’

Gene mutation ups women’s risk of breast cancer via pill and HRT use

A Europe-wide study has lent more force to the argument that women with a gene linked to breast cancer should consider having their ovaries removed, for the gene may greatly increase their chances of contracting the disease through long-term use of the pill and hormone replacement therapy.
Studies conducted in the past have shown that [...]