Hip fractures - Cancer treatment is a major cause - Hip and pelvis fractures are a major health worry, especially among older, postmenopausal women. The risk of a fracture rises to 17 per cent in women...

Minimising breast cancer risk - Maintain a healthy weight. Obesity increases your risk of postmenopausal breast cancer by 50 to 100 per cent (Am J Clin Nutrition, 1987; 45: 289). It...

Tamoxifen not effective for some breast cancers - Although BRCA2-positive women who use tamoxifen may be less likely to develop breast cancer than those using a placebo, BRCA1-positive women derive no...

Hip fractures are linked to smoking in new study - Among all women, one hip fracture in eight is attributable to smoking, regardless of body weight, early menopause and physical activity, according to...

Mammograms: They detect just half of all early-stage breast cancers - The standard mammogram test detects only half of all breast cancers in the vital early stages. A new study has found that the mammogram x-ray scan pic...

Hrt women face greater risk of breast cancer - Women who choose hormone replacement therapy after menopause may be at greater risk of certain kinds of breast cancer, according to a US study. ...

Aromatase inhibitors for breast cancer - Oncologists often have only one strategy when dealing with breast cancer: stop the flow of oestrogen to the tumour. Although only half of all breast c...

Des mothers: breast cancer - Women who took diethylstilbestrol (DES) to prevent miscarriages during pregnancy in the Fifties and Sixties have a "statistically significant" increas...