Cholesterol Levels, Lipid-lowering Drugs Not Associated With Breast Cancer Risk
Cholesterol levels and use of statins or other lipid-lowering drugs are not associated with breast cancer risk, according to a study in the October 24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Although some evidence suggests that statins (the most commonly used type of lipid-lowering drugs) may inhibit tumor development and may work in combination with chemotherapy drugs against cancer, studies on the association between the use of statins and breast cancer have had conflicting results, according to background information in the article. A. Heather Eliassen, Sc.D., of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Mass., and colleagues analyzed data from the Nurses’ Health Study to evaluate the associati…
Why heart disease kills more women than breast cancer
The Herald - 1 hour agoTHE myth that heart disease is a men-only condition is firmly dispelled today in the British Medical Journal. The illness, which is the leading cause of death in both sexes throughout the world, kills four times more women than breast cancer.Women told to wake up to heart disease dangers ScotsmanWarning over heart disease in women Daily Mail - UKReuters.uk