Infertility: well, how about one of our cancer drugs?

Fertility drugs: cancer risks

Infertile women who unsuccessfully take drugs to help them conceive may not only remain childless but end up with ovarian cancer, according to an anal...

The marketing of menopause

Until the 1960s, medicine was not much interested in the menopause. It was something which women patients were told they would simply have to put up w...

Major breast cancer drug causes cancer

It’s been used for nearly 30 years as one of the major drugs for preventing a recurrence of breast cancer, but researchers have finally discovered tha...

Breast cancer drugs cause stroke and cancer

Three of the leading drugs prescribed to prevent breast cancer in high-risk women come with a long list of adverse reactions – including cancer.

Keep on walking: a simple remedy for postmenopausal women

Good news for postmenopausal women who might be wondering how to help themselves after the recent scares about HRT therapy The answer is simple res...

Drugs for arthritis and cancer

Q Have you any information on the new breast cancer drug Femara? I have heard that it is better than tamoxifen. - E.P., Glasgow