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September 26th, 2007

Women’s Health Newsflash: Stress & Breast Cancer Recurrence, Colon Cancer Screening, Caffeine & Painkillers, and a New Diet Drug

Who has time to stay on top of all the latest health news? Here are four recent headlines you need to know about:
Got Stress? It Could Impact Breast Cancer Recurrence
Excerpt: Women diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer who have also endured previous traumatic or stressful events see their cancer recur nearly twice as fast as other […]

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March 30th, 2007

10 Myths About “the Pill”

Are they good for you?  Are they bad for you?  Will they make you lose weight or gain it?  Increase your sex drive or wipe it out?  Raise your cancer risk or reduce it? 
How do you know who/what to believe when it comes to reliable information about your birth control pills?
Health Magazine breaks down 10 […]

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March 15th, 2007

Bizarre and Dangerous Sleep Aid Side Effects

Well-known and heavily prescribed sleeping pills Ambien and Lunesta are demonstrating increasingly common (and extremely odd) side effects, reports today’s New York Times:
The [FDA] review was prompted, in part, by queries to the agency from The New York Times last year, after some users of the most widely prescribed drug, Ambien, started complaining online and […]

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